Extant populations of endemic partulids on Tahiti, French Polynesia

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Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 215-222

  Coote, Trevor ^a   Loeve, Eric ^c   Meyer, Jean Yves ^d   Clarke, Dave ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (French Polynesia)

^d Delegation a la Recherche   (French Polynesia)

Author keywords

Biological control; Conservation; Euglandina; Partula; Tahiti

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; INTRODUCED SPECIES; SNAIL;

FRENCH POLYNESIA;

EID: 0033166725     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3008.1999.00065.x     Document Type: Article

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