Cryptic divergence: Countergradient variation in the wood frog

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1099-1109

  Ligon, Nisha F ^a   Skelly, David K ^a,b  

^a Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology ^*

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Countergradient variation; Cryptic; Divergence; Light; Microgeography; Phenotypic variation; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; RANA SYLVATICA;

EID: 70350324016     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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