Johngarthia lagostoma (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) on Ascension Island: A very isolated land crab population

Crustaceana

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 197-215

  Hartnoll, Richard G ^a   Mackintosh, Terri ^b   Pelembe, Tara J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Conservation Centre ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRAB; ISOLATED POPULATION; MORTALITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION MIGRATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTION;

ASCENSION ISLAND; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GECARCINIDAE;

EID: 33748941053     PISSN: 0011216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854006776952900     Document Type: Article

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