Partulids on Tahiti: Differential persistence of a minority of endemic taxa among relict populations

American Malacological Bulletin

Volumn 22, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 83-87

  Coote, Trevor ^a  

^a NONE   (French Polynesia)

Author keywords

Biological control; Euglandina; Extinctions; Partulidae; Tahiti

Indexed keywords

EUGLANDINA; EUGLANDINA ROSEA; GASTROPODA; PARTULA; PARTULA AFFINIS; PARTULA CLARA; PARTULA FILOSA; PARTULA NODOSA; PARTULA OTAHEITANA; PARTULIDAE; SAMOANA; SAMOANA ATTENUATA; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 34347263764     PISSN: 07402783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4003/0740-2783-22.1.83     Document Type: Conference Paper

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