Geographical and ecological distributions of frog hemiclones suggest occurrence of both 'General-Purpose Genotype' and 'Frozen Niche Variation' clones

Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 162-168

  Pagano, A ^a,b   Lesbarreres, D ^c   O'Hara, R ^d   Crivelli, A ^e   Veith, M ^f,h   Lode, T ^a   Schmeller, D S ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

^f Animal Systematics and Geography   (Netherlands)

^g HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^h NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asexuals; Distribution; Hybridogenesis; Niche width; Water frogs

Indexed keywords

CLONE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FROG; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT TYPE; NICHE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANURA; RANA ESCULENTA;

EID: 42149116460     PISSN: 09475745     EISSN: 14390469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2007.00439.x     Document Type: Article

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