Crossing the Tasman sea: Inferring the introduction history of Litoria aurea and Litoria raniformis (Anura: Hylidae) from Australia into New Zealand

Austral Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 623-629

  Vörös, Judit ^a   Mitchell, Anthony ^b   Waldman, Bruce ^c   Goldstien, Sharyn ^b   Gemmell, Neil J ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Australia; Litoria; Mitochondrial DNA; New Zealand; Phylogeography

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ACTIVITY; FROG; GENETIC VARIATION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; TASMAN SEA;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; HYLIDAE; LEIOPELMA; LITORIA; LITORIA AUREA; LITORIA RANIFORMIS;

EID: 64549140790     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2007.01828.x     Document Type: Article

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