Character displacement via aggressive interference in appalachian salamanders

Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2664-2670

  Adams, Dean C ^a  

^a Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral interference; Character displacement; Geometric morphometrics; Plethodon

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; AMPHIBIAN; CHARACTER DISPLACEMENT; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; MORPHOMETRY;

AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; CAUDATA; PLETHODON; PLETHODON JORDANI; PLETHODON TEYAHALEE; REPTILIA;

EID: 7544238323     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-0648     Document Type: Article

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