Structural and taxonomic correlates of habitat selection by a Puerto Rican land snail

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 70-79

  Willig, Michael R ^a   Sandlin, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Gannon, Michael R ^a,c  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The University of Arizona   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARACOLUS; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; PIPER GLABRESCENS; PIPERACEAE; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 0031827855     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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