Environmental factors influencing land snail diversity patterns in Arabuko Sokoke forest, Kenya

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 352-355

  Lange, Charles N ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; SNAIL; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AFRICA; ARABUKO-SOKOKE FOREST; COAST PROVINCE; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

GASTROPODA; OTUS IRENEAE; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 0842334685     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2003.00482.x     Document Type: Article

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