Date of Award:
5-1-2006
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
Biology
Department name when degree awarded
Life Sciences: Biology
Committee Chair(s)
Edmund D. Brodie Jr.
Committee
Edmund D. Brodie Jr.
Committee
Michael E. Pfrender
Committee
Karen H. Beard
Abstract
Studies of Northern Melanesia have contributed prominently to our understanding of evolution, but knowledge of the distribution, abundance, and diversification of amphibians of the region remains poor. In 2004, I accompanied members of the American Museum of Natural History to the New Georgia group, Western Province of the Solomon Islands, to conduct an investigation of the anurans of the area. Data consist of descriptions of morphology, behavioral traits, ecological settings, and relative abundance and diversity, as well as a review of historical information. Platymantines of the Solomon Archipelago are exceedingly distinctive, and are likely the product of an autochthonous radiation.
Recommended Citation
Scoville, Gerald W., "Anurans of the Solomon Islands" (2006). Biology. 720.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd_biology/720
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