Context-dependence of long-term responses of terrestrial gastropod populations to large-scale disturbance

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 111-122

  Bloch, Christopher P ^a   Willig, Michael R ^a,b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Hurricane; Land snails; Population dynamics; Puerto Rico

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; GASTROPOD; HURRICANE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; PUERTO RICO;

ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 31944452719     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467405002853     Document Type: Article

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