Contrasting responses of two xerophilous land snails to fire and natural reforestation

Contributions to Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 167-180

  Santos, Xavier ^a,b   Bros, Vicenç ^c   Ros, Elisabet ^c  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Diputacio de Barcelona   (Spain)

Author keywords

Burnt areas; Mediterranean basin; Terrestrial gastropods; Wildfires; Xerocrassa spp

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867467132     PISSN: 13834517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/18759866-08103004     Document Type: Article

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