Land-snail faunas in indigenous rainforest and commercial forestry plantations in Kakamega forest, western Kenya

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1809-1829

  Tattersfield, Peter ^a   Seddon, Mary B ^a   Lange, Charles N ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Forestry plantations; Kenya; Land snails; Rainforest

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; PLANTATION; RAINFOREST; SNAIL; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

KENYA;

BISCHOFIA; BISCHOFIA JAVANICA; GASTROPODA; KAKAMEGA; MAESOPSIS; MAESOPSIS EMINII; MOLLUSCA; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 0035679288     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013167726704     Document Type: Article

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