2005Records of the Western Australian Museum SupplementOpen access

Species diversity, endemism and distribution of land snails of the Western Ghats, India

N. A. Aravind, K. P. Rajashekhar, N. A. Madhyastha

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– As elsewhere, invertebrate taxa have received little attention in conservation planning in India. The Western Ghats has been designated as a global biodiversity hotspot, one of only two such designations in India.

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– As elsewhere, invertebrate taxa have received little attention in conservation planning in India. The Western Ghats has been designated as a global biodiversity hotspot, one of only two such designations in India.

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– As elsewhere, invertebrate taxa have received little attention in conservation planning in India. The Western Ghats has been designated as a global biodiversity hotspot, one of only two such designations in India.

Key concepts: Endemism, Land snail, Fauna, Geography, Ecology, Biodiversity, Biodiversity hotspot, Taxon

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