Evaluating the efficacy of land snail survey techniques in Hawaii: Implications for conservation throughout the Pacific

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 22, Issue 13-14, 2013, Pages 3223-3232

  Durkan, Torsten H ^a   Yeung, Norine W ^a,c   Meyer III, Wallace M ^d   Hayes, Kenneth A ^a,b,c   Cowie, Robert H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^d POMONA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastropoda; Inventory; Micromolluscs; Mollusca; Sampling methods

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; MICROHABITAT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SAMPLING; SNAIL; SOIL SURVEY; TAXONOMY; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; TOPSOIL;

HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 84888297914     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-013-0580-7     Document Type: Article

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