The species-area relationship of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda; Oniscidea) from the Aegean archipelago (Greece): A comparative study

Global Ecology and Biogeography Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 149-157

  Sfenthourakis, Spyros ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Island biogeography; Oniscidea; Species richness; Z

Indexed keywords

HABITAT DIVERSITY; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

GREEECE, AEGEAN ISLANDS;

ISOPODA; ONISCIDEA;

EID: 0030440525     PISSN: 09607447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2997397     Document Type: Article

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