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 Land snails as indicators of biodiversity in both virgin and exploited forests in western Africa.
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Funded through :Tropenbos identified research projects
Year :1995
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Further information :Summary provided by Tropenbos
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Summary provided by Tropenbos
Title :Land snails as indicators of biodiversity in both virgin and exploited forests in western Africa.
Project Area :West Africa
Keywords :Biodiversity
Start - End dates :03/1995 - 1997
Objective :Potential of land snails for the assessment of biodiversity in tropical forests of Western Africa, with the prospect of using snails as a model group in developing methodologies of forest exploitation that do not impair biodiversity
Funding Agency :NWO
Researchers :Winter, Dr.A.J. de, Bruggen, Dr.A.C. van
Supervisors :Gittenberger, Prof. Dr. E.
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