Geographic morphological variation in parapatric Western Palearctic tree frogs, Hyla arborea and Hyla savignyi: Are related species similarly affected by climatic conditions?

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 539-556

  Gvoždík, Václav ^a,b,c   Moravec, Joří ^b   Kratochvíl, Lukáš ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Czech Republic)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Body shape; Character displacement; Climatic response; Morphological convergence; Morphometrics; Zoogeography

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BODY SHAPE; CHARACTER DISPLACEMENT; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; FROG; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; PARAPATRY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

ASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; MIDDLE EAST;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; HYLA ARBOREA; HYLA SAVIGNYI; HYLIDAE;

EID: 55349134918     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.01056.x     Document Type: Article

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