Land snail diversity in post extraction secondary forest reserves in Edo State, Nigeria

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 244-254

  Chris, Oke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Edo State; Forest reserve; Mollusca; Nigeria; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DEFORESTATION; EXTINCTION; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; RAINFOREST; SECONDARY FOREST; SIEVING; SNAIL; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

EDO; NIGERIA;

GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; STREPTAXIDAE; STYLOMMATOPHORA; SUBULINIDAE;

EID: 84876451686     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aje.12029     Document Type: Article

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