Species richness and meta-community structure of land snails along an altitudinal gradient on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea

Journal of Molluscan Studies

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 161-168

  Wronski, Torsten ^a   Gilbert, Kadeem ^b   Long, Elizabeth ^b   Micha', Baltasar ^c   Quinn, Ryan ^b   Hausdorf, Bernhard ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA   (Rwanda)

^b Universidad Nacional de Guinea Ecuatorial Facultad de Medio Ambiente ^*  (United States)

^c Facultad de Medio Ambiente   (Equatorial Guinea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 84899888804     PISSN: 02601230     EISSN: 14643766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mollus/eyu008     Document Type: Article

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