Short- and long-term resistance to desiccation in a minute litterdwelling land snail Lauria cylindracea (Pulmonata: Pupillidae)

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 246, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 75-81

  Arad, Zeev ^a   Goldenberg, Shoshana ^a   Heller, Joseph ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aestivation; Desiccation; Lauria cylindracea; Snails

Indexed keywords

DESICCATION; LITTER; MOLLUSC; TOLERANCE;

ISRAEL;

GASTROPODA; LAURIA CYLINDRACEA;

EID: 0031736880     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836998009091     Document Type: Article

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