Disentangling composite colour patterns in a poison frog species

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 433-444

  Wollenberg, Katharina C ^a,c   Lötters, Stefan ^b   Mora Ferrer, Carlos ^a   Veith, Michael ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aposematism; Dendrobates tinctorius; Dendrobatoidea; Molecular phylogeny; Multicomponent characters; Selection

Indexed keywords

COLOR MORPH; COMPOSITE; EVOLUTION; FROG; NATURAL SELECTION; PHYLOGENY;

ANURA; DENDROBATES TINCTORIUS; DENDROBATIDAE;

EID: 38849206808     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00906.x     Document Type: Article

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