Is the interspecific variation of body size of land snails correlated with rainfall in Israel and Palestine?

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 374-379

  Hausdorf, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body size; Israel; Land snails; Palestine; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; BIOLOGICAL METHOD; BODY SIZE; CORRELATION; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; NATURAL SELECTION; RAINFALL; SNAIL; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; PALESTINE;

GASTROPODA; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 33845323675     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2006.06.009     Document Type: Article

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