Biology, population structure, and field-growth rates of Porcellionides pruinosus (Brandt, 1833) (Isopoda, Oniscidea) at Garat Nâam (Kasserine, Tunisia)

Crustaceana

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1241-1262

  Achouri, M S ^a   Charfi Cheikhrouha, F ^a   Marques, J C ^b  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RECRUITMENT; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

GARAT NAAM; KASSERINE; TUNISIA;

INVERTEBRATA; ISOPODA; ONISCIDEA; PORCELLIONIDAE; PORCELLIONIDES; PORCELLIONIDES PRUINOSUS;

EID: 0037696612     PISSN: 0011216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854002321518171     Document Type: Article

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