The Southern Plains Gastropod Survey: The distribution of land snail populations in an American grassland environment

American Malacological Bulletin

Volumn 18, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 1-20

  Theler, James L ^a   Wyckoff, Don G ^b   Carter, Brian J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Land snails; New Mexico; Oklahoma; Southern Plains

Indexed keywords

GASTROPODA; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 21144432653     PISSN: 07402783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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