Effects of dormant duration, body size, self-burial and water condition on the long-term survival of the apple snail, Pomacea canaliculata (Gastropoda: Ampullariidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 627-632

  Yusa, Yoichi ^a,b   Wada, Takashi ^a   Takahashi, Satoshi ^b  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR KYUSHU OKINAWA REGION   (Japan)

^b NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Estivation; Freshwater snail; Invasive species; Mortality; Rice pest

Indexed keywords

AMPULLARIIDAE; BASOMMATOPHORA; GASTROPODA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; POMACEA CANALICULATA;

EID: 33847299167     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: 1347605X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2006.627     Document Type: Article

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