Species-isolating mechanisms in a mating system with male mate choice (garter snakes, Thamnophis spp.)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1091-1098

  Shine, Richard ^a   Phillips, Benjamin ^a   Waye, Heather ^b   Lemaster, Michael ^b   Mason, Robert T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; PHYSIOLOGY;

PREZYGOTIC ISOLATION; SNAKES; SPECIES ISOLATION;

BIODIVERSITY;

MATE CHOICE; MATING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SNAKE;

CANADA; MANITOBA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

SERPENTES; THAMNOPHIS; THAMNOPHIS RADIX; THAMNOPHIS SIRTALIS;

EID: 9944224744     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z04-086     Document Type: Article

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