Biogeography and conservation of endemic tenebrionid beetles (Coleoptera Tenebrionidae) on east Mediterranean Islands

Vie et Milieu

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 231-241

  Fattorini, Simone ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aegean Islands; Extinction; Island biogeography; Species area relationship

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENDEMISM; EXTINCTION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

AEGEAN ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

COLEOPTERA; TENEBRIONIDAE;

EID: 33750451193     PISSN: 02408759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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