Lumbricid prey and potential herpetofaunal predators of the invading terrestrial flatworm Bipalium adventitium (Turbellaria: Tricladida: Terricola)

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 305-314

  Ducey, Peter K ^a   Messere, Michael ^a,b   Lapoint, Kellie ^a   Noce, Stacey ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLATWORM; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

NORTH AMERICA;

AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; BIPALIUM ADVENTITIUM; CAUDATA; LUMBRICIDAE; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; PLANARIA; PLATYHELMINTHES; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; TERRICOLA; TRICLADIDA; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 0032965480     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(1999)141[0305:LPAPHP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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