Effects of fire management on the richness and abundance of central North American grassland land snail faunas;Efectos de la gestión con fuego sobre la riqueza y abundancia de la fauna de caracoles terrestres de las praderas de América del Norte

Animal Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 53-66

  Nekola, Jeffrey C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN GREEN BAY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation; Fire management; Grassland; Land snail; North America

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FIRE MANAGEMENT; GRASSLAND; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SNAIL; SPECIES RICHNESS;

NORTH AMERICA;

GASTROPODA; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 0012851939     PISSN: 1578665X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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