Patterns of land snail diversity over a gradient of habitat degradation: A comparison of three Czech cities

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 18, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 3453-3466

  Horsák, Michal ^a   Juřičková, Lucie ^b   Kintrová, Kateřina ^a   Hájek, Ondřej ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Diversity patterns and conservation; Land snails; Response to habitat degradation; Urban ecology

Indexed keywords

GASTROPODA; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 84861184741     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-009-9654-y     Document Type: Article

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