Invertebrate morphospecies as surrogates for species: A case study

Conservation Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 99-109

  Oliver, Ian ^a   Beattie, Andrew J ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; BEETLE; MORPHOSPECIES; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES TURNOVER; SPIDER;

EID: 0029667682     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1996.10010099.x     Document Type: Article

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