Discordance in body size, colour pattern, and advertisement call across genetically distinct populations in a Neotropical anuran (Dendropsophus ebraccatus)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 298-313

  Ohmer, Michel E ^a   Robertson, Jeanne M ^a   Zamudio, Kelly R ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic signal; Biogeography; Central America; Discordant character evolution; Gene flow; Microgeographic differentiation; Phenotype

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CALLING BEHAVIOR; COLOR MORPH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIVERGENCE; EVOLUTION; FROG; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENETICS; SELECTION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

EID: 66149084061     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2009.01210.x     Document Type: Article

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