Life history and habitat requirements of the Oregon forestsnail, Allogona townsendiana (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Polygyridae), in a British Columbia population

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 232-242

  Steensma, Karen M M ^a   Lilley, Patrick L ^a,b   Zandberg, Heather M ^a  

^a TRINITY WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b A Rocha Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conservation; Endangered species; Harmonic radar; Land snail

Indexed keywords

ALLOGONA TOWNSENDIANA; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; POLYGYRIDAE; PULMONATA; STYLOMMATOPHORA; URTICA DIOICA;

EID: 70349199867     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: 17447410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2009.00168.x     Document Type: Article

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