Diversities and distributions of 80 land-snail species in southeastern-most Madagascan rainforests, with a report that lowlands are richer than highlands in endemic and rare species

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1137-1154

  Emberton, Kenneth C ^a,b  

^a Molluscan Biodiversity Institute   (United States)

^b Inst Conserv of Trop Environments   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Gastropoda; Leaf litter invertebrates; Mollusca; Tropical rainforests

Indexed keywords

CHAROPIDAE; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MICROCYSTIS; MOLLUSCA; STREPTAXIDAE; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 0030807125     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018336218628     Document Type: Article

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