Snail arboreality: The microdistribution of Sitala jenynsi (Gastropoda: Ariophantidae)

South African Journal of Zoology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 154-162

  Kasigwa, Peter F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SNAIL; SURVIVAL; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

TANZANIA;

ARIOPHANTIDAE; GASTROPODA;

EID: 0033503572     PISSN: 02541858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02541858.1999.11448503     Document Type: Article

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