Land snails associated with limestone outcrops in northern Australia - a potential bioindicator group

Northern Territory Naturalist

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 2-17

  Braby, Michael F ^a,b   Willan, Richard C ^c   Woinarski, John C Z ^a,d   Kessner, Vince ^d  

^a ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE SUPERVISING SCIENTIST   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY   (Australia)

^d NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMAENIDAE; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; SORGHUM MACROSPERMUM; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 84870233176     PISSN: 01554093     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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