Diversity and body-size patterns of land snails in rain forests in Uganda

Journal of Molluscan Studies

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 87-100

  Wronski, Torsten ^a,b   Hausdorf, Bernhard ^b  

^a ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; ENDEMISM; MONTANE FOREST; NEW RECORD; RAINFOREST; SNAIL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

UGANDA;

GASTROPODA; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 76249097076     PISSN: 02601230     EISSN: 14643766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mollus/eyp048     Document Type: Article

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