Land snail species richness and abundance at small scales: The effects of distinguishing between live individuals and empty shells

Journal of Conchology

Volumn 40, Issue PART 2, 2010, Pages 233-241

  Cernohorsky, Nicole H ^a   Horsák, Michal ^a   Cameron, Robert A D ^b,c  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Densities; Fens; Sampling quadrats; Species estimates

Indexed keywords

GASTROPODA; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 79951470987     PISSN: 00220019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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