Micro-hydrological and micro-meteorological controls on survival and population growth of the whorl snail Vertigo geyeri Lindholm, 1925 in groundwater fed wetlands

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1868-1875

  Kuczyńska, Anna ^a,b   Moorkens, Evelyn ^c  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b POLISH GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^c 53 Charleville Square ^*  (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bioindicators; Eco hydrology; Fen; Hydro ecology; Vertigo geyeri; Wetland

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; ECOHYDROLOGY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EUROPEAN UNION; FEN; GROUNDWATER; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HYDROGEOLOGY; MICROHABITAT; MICROMETEOROLOGY; PHREATIC ZONE; POPULATION GROWTH; PROTECTED AREA; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SNAIL; SURVIVAL; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

IRELAND;

EID: 77954817131     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.04.033     Document Type: Article

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