Genetic and physiological adaptations of the prosobranch landsnail Pomatias olivieri to microclimatic stresses on Mount Carmel, Israel

Israel Journal of Zoology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 425-441

  Rankevich, Dina ^a   Lavie, Batia ^b   Nevo, Eviatar ^b   Beiles, Avigdor ^b   Arad, Zeev ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

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