Species boundaries, phylogeography and conservation genetics of the red-legged frog (Rana aurora/draytonii) complex

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2667-2677

  Shaffer, H Bradley ^a   Fellers, G M ^b   Randal Voss, S ^a,c   Oliver, J C ^a,d   Pauly, Gregory B ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation genetics; Cytochrome b; Declining amphibian; Pacific Northwest phylogeography; Rana aurora; Rana draytonii

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FROG; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CALIFORNIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RANIDAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; RANA AURORA; RANA AURORA DRAYTONII; RANA CASCADAE; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 4344616244     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2004.02285.x     Document Type: Review

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