Water beetles associated with reservoirs on Table Mountain, Cape Town: Implications for conservation

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 75-83

  Turner, Clive R ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Aquatic Coleoptera; Conservation; Dam; Environmental impact assessment; Reservoir

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMISM; RESERVOIR; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES INVENTORY;

AFRICA; CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TABLE MOUNTAIN; UNITED STATES; WESTERN CAPE;

COLEOPTERA; DRYOPIDAE; ELMIDAE; HYDRAENIDAE;

EID: 33947257828     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-006-9020-2     Document Type: Article

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