Local adaptation and genetics of acid-stress tolerance in the moor frog, Rana arvalis

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 513-527

  Merilä, Juha ^a   Söderman, Fredrik ^b   O'Hara, Robert ^a   Räsänen, Katja ^b   Laurila, Anssi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

acidification; Bayesian statistics; dominance; heritability; maternal effects

Indexed keywords

ACID; CONSERVATION GENETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FROG; HERITABILITY; LOCAL ADAPTATION; TOLERANCE;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; RANA ARVALIS; REPTILIA;

EID: 4544324288     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:COGE.0000041026.71104.0a     Document Type: Article

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