Preliminary conservation status and needs of an oceanic island fauna: The case of Seychelles insects

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 12, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 293-305

  Gerlach, Justin ^a  

^a Nature Protection Trust of Seychelles   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Conservation; Insects; Invasive species; Seychelles

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EXTINCTION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INSECT; INVASIVE SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; SEYCHELLES;

DERMAPTERA; DICTYOPTERA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; ORTHOPTERA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 44949259972     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-008-9156-3     Document Type: Article

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