Snail faunas in southern English calcareous woodlands: Rich and uniform, but geographically differentiated

Journal of Conchology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 13-40

  Cameron, R A D ^a,b   Pokryszko, B M ^c   Long, D C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

^d NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Land snails; Species richness and composition; Woodlands

Indexed keywords

GASTROPODA;

EID: 33745963597     PISSN: 00220019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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