Quantitatively sampling land-snail species richness in Madagascan rainforests

Malacologia

Volumn 38, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 203-212

  Emberton, Kenneth C ^a   Pearce, Timothy A ^a   Randalana, Roger ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Gastropoda; Leaf litter biota; Soil biota; Tropical biodiversity

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; CREEDIIDAE; GASTROPODA; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 0030510546     PISSN: 00762997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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