The land snail fauna of a square kilometer patch of rainforest in southwestern Cameroon: High species richness, low abundance and seasonal fluctuations

Malacologia

Volumn 40, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 231-250

  De Winter, A J ^a   Gittenberger, E ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Africa; Biodiversity; Gastropoda; Seasonal variation; Shell shape; Shell size; Species abundance; Species diversity; Vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

GASTROPODA; STREPTAXIDAE; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 0032324816     PISSN: 00762997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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