Are tropical cyclones sources of natural selection? Observations on the abundance and behavior of frogs affected by extreme climatic events in the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1345-1347

  Luja, Víctor H ^a   Rodríguez Estrella, Ricardo ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate change; Cyclones; Environmental stochasticity; Exotic; Lithobates catesbeianus; Mortality risk; Native frogs; Pseudacris hypochondriaca curta

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EXTREME EVENT; FLOODING; FROG; INVASIVE SPECIES; MORTALITY RISK; NATIVE SPECIES; NATURAL SELECTION; RAINFALL; STOCHASTICITY; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WATER FLOW;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(PNN) MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

ANURA; HYLA; LITHOBATES; PSEUDACRIS; RANA CATESBEIANA;

EID: 77955175297     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2010.04.005     Document Type: Article

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