Species richness and zoogeographic affinities of earthworms in the Levant

Pedobiologia

Volumn 47, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 452-457

  Pavlíček, Tomáš ^a   Csuzdi, Csaba ^b,c   Nevo, Eviatar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY   (Hungary)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Distribution; Earthworms; Endemism; Levant; Species richness

Indexed keywords

EARTHWORM; ENDEMISM; SPECIES INVENTORY; SPECIES RICHNESS; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

LEVANT; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ACANTHODRILIDAE; ALLOLOBOPHORA; ANNELIDA; APORRECTODEA; APORRECTODEA CALIGINOSA; BIMASTOS; CRIODRILIDAE; DENDROBAENA; INVERTEBRATA; LUMBRICIDAE; MEGASCOLECIDAE; OCNERODRILIDAE; OLIGOCHAETA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 0347300445     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0031-4056-00212     Document Type: Conference Paper

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