Shell temperature, activity and resistance to desiccation in the polymorphic land snail Cepaea vindobonensis

Journal of Molluscan Studies

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 171-184

  Staikou, Alexandra E ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEPAEA; CEPAEA VINDOBONENSIS; GASTROPODA; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 0033031078     PISSN: 02601230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mollus/65.2.171     Document Type: Article

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