Variation in body size and metamorphic traits of Iberian spadefoot toads over a short geographic distance

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 275, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 97-105

  Marangoni, F ^a,b   Tejedo, M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b Centro de Ecologia Aplicada del Littoral   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Body size; Geographic variation; Metamorphosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; DIVERGENCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; GROWTH RATE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; METAMORPHOSIS; PHENOTYPE; TOAD;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; PELOBATES CULTRIPES; PELOBATIDAE;

EID: 44649184854     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2007.00406.x     Document Type: Article

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