Eggshell-pigmentation, soil calcium and the local abundance, distribution and diversity of woodland snails (Mollusca)

Ardea

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 59-70

  Jubb, Matthew R ^a,b   Wilkin, Teddy A ^a   Gosler, Andrew G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eggshell pigmentation; Snail ecology; Soil calcium; Woodland birds

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CALCIUM; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM; DIVERSITY INDEX; EGG PRODUCTION; EGGSHELL; MODELING; PIGMENT; SNAIL; SOIL ANALYSIS; WOODLAND;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; OXFORDSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WYTHAM WOODS;

EID: 33745566459     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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