Resistance to desiccation and distribution patterns in the land snail Sphincterochila
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- 1 July 1989
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Zoology
- Vol. 218 (3) , 353-364
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1989.tb02549.x
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