Snail diversity, abundance and distribution in Arabuko Sokoke forest, Kenya

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-67

  Lange, Charles N ^a   Mwinzi, M ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^b MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Arabuko Sokoke; Conservation; Diversity; Land snails

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; SNAIL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

KENYA;

BRACHYSTEGIA; CYNOMETRA; GASTROPODA; GONAXIS; OPEAS; OTUS IRENEAE; STREPTAXIDAE; STYLOMMATOPHORA; SUBULINIDAE;

EID: 0037357250     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2028.2003.00412.x     Document Type: Article

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