A tale of two snails: Is the cure worse than the disease?

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1231-1252

  Civeyrel, L ^a,c   Simberloff, D ^b  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Achatina fulica; biological control; Euglandina rosea; extinction; introduced species; non indigenous species; predation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; EPIZOOTIC DISEASE; GIANT AFRICAN SNAIL; INTRODUCED PREDATOR; INTRODUCED SNAIL;

ACHATINA FULICA; EUGLANDINA ROSEA; FULICA; GASTROPODA; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 0030303099     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00051574     Document Type: Article

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