The legacy of disturbance on habitat associations of terrestrial snails in the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico

Biotropica

Volumn 28, Issue 4 A, 1996, Pages 502-514

  Secrest, Michele F ^a   Willig, Michael R ^a   Peppers, Lottie L ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caracolus; Disturbance; Gaeotis; Habitat; Habitat selection; Hurricane; Nenia; Polydontes; Snails

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CARACOLUS; GASTROPODA; POLYDONTES; STYLOMMATOPHORA; TRIDENS;

EID: 0006177257     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2389092     Document Type: Article

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