Land snail diversity in a threatened limestone district near Istanbul, Turkey

Animal Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 181-188

  Örstan, Aydin ^a   Pearce, Timothy A ^a   Welter Schultes, Francisco ^b  

^a SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

^b I Zoologisches Institut   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation; Istanbul; Prosobranchia; Pulmonata

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; HABITAT RESTORATION; SNAIL; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EURASIA; ISTANBUL [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; PROSOBRANCHIA; PULMONATA; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 33748847126     PISSN: 1578665X     EISSN: 1578665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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