Differentiation of the snail community on the north- and south-facing slopes of lower nahal oren (Mount Carmel, Israel)

Israel Journal of Zoology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 411-424

  Broza, Meir ^a   Nevo, Eviatar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

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