The potential impact of the New Zealand flatworm, a predator of earthworms, in western Europe

Ecological Applications

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1276-1286

  Boag, Brian ^a   Yeates, Gregor W ^b  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b Landcase Research   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Arthurdendyus triangulatus; CLIMEX model; Earthworms; Flatworms; Impacts and controls; Invasive species; Invertebrate invasions; New Zealand flatworm; Plant quarantine regulations and exotics; Potential invasive impacts; Rule of "tens"; Soil ecosystems; Terrestrial planarians; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CLIMATE MODELING; EARTHWORM; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FLATWORM; RANGE EXPANSION;

(WEST); EUROPE;

ARTIOPOSTHIA TRIANGULATA; LUMBRICIDAE; OLIGOCHAETA; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 0034797541     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2001)011[1276:TPIOTN]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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