Daily activity of the pest slug Arion lusitanicus under laboratory conditions

Annals of Applied Biology

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 35-44

  Grimm, B ^a   Schaumberger, K ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Arion lusitanicus; Feeding; Homing; Locomotor activity; Pest control; Resting; Shelter traps; Video analysis

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; PEST CONTROL; PEST SPECIES; SNAIL;

ANIMALIA; ARION; ARION LUSITANICUS; GASTROPODA;

EID: 0036338268     PISSN: 00034746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.2002.tb00193.x     Document Type: Article

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