Abundance and diversity of land-snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda) on limestone hills in Borneo

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-42

  Schilthuizen, Menno ^a   Chai, Hsieh Nee ^a   Kimsin, Tracy Elaine ^a   Vermeulen, Jaap J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

^b SINGAPORE BOTANIC GARDENS   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Calcium carbonate; Endemism; Karst; Malaysia; Sabah; Soil pH

Indexed keywords

GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 0141478704     PISSN: 02172445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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