Continental-wide distribution of crayfish species in Europe: Update and maps

Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems

Volumn , Issue 413, 2014, Pages

  Kouba, A ^a   Petrusek, A ^b   Kozak P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Crayfish distribution; Indigenous species; Invasive species; Maps; Native range

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899476335     PISSN: 19619502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/kmae/2014007     Document Type: Article

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