Spatial distribution, density and life history in four Albinaria species (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Clausiliidae)

Malacologia

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 33-46

  Giokas, Sinos ^a   Mylonas, Moysis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Albinaria; Density; Greece; Life history; Mortality; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

ALBINARIA; CLAUSILIIDAE; GASTROPODA; PULMONATA;

EID: 0036115395     PISSN: 00762997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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