Migration and trail affinity of snails, Littoraria scabra, on mangrove trees of Nananu-i-ra, Fiji Islands

Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 247-255

  Alfaro, Andrea C ^a  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Fiji Islands; Littoraria scabra; Mangroves; Migration; Snails; Tidal inundation

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; FEEDING; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MANGROVE; MIGRATION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SNAIL;

FIJI; MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

GASTROPODA; LITTORARIA SCABRA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 36349020268     PISSN: 10236244     EISSN: 10290362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10236240701450964     Document Type: Article

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