Biological control and invading freshwater snails. A case study

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences - Serie III

Volumn 322, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1093-1098

  Pointier, Jean Pierre ^a   Augustin, David ^a  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Biological control; Freshwater snails; Guadeloupe; Interspecific competition; Invasions

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; COMPETITIVE DISPLACEMENT; INTERMEDIATE HOST; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SNAIL;

ARTICLE; BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA; GUADELOUPE; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; SNAIL;

GUADELOUPE;

BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA; GASTROPODA; MARISA CORNUARIETIS; MELANOIDES TUBERCULATA;

EID: 0033374595     PISSN: 07644469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0764-4469(99)00108-0     Document Type: Article

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