Rivers as barriers for high elevation amphibians: A phylogeographic analysis of the alpine stream frog of the Hengduan Mountains

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 277, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 309-316

  Li, R ^b   Chen, W ^b   Tu, L ^b   Fu, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b CAPITAL NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hengduan Mountains; Mountain ridge; Phylogeography; River system; Riverine barrier hypothesis; Scutiger boulengeri

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CLADISTICS; CYTOCHROME; ELEVATION; FROG; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; MOUNTAIN; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; RIVER; VICARIANCE;

ASIA; CHINA; DADU RIVER; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HENGDUAN MOUNTAINS; SICHUAN; YALONG RIVER;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; PTYCHOHYLA; SCUTIGER; SCUTIGER BOULENGERI;

EID: 62749167844     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2008.00543.x     Document Type: Article

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