Rapid spread of an invasive snail in South America: The giant African snail, Achatina fulica, in Brasil

Biological Invasions

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 693-702

  Thiengo, Silvana C ^a   Faraco, Fábio André ^b   Salgado, Norma C ^c   Cowie, Robert H ^d   Fernandez, Monica A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b IBAMA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Achatina fulica; Brasil; Control; Dispersal; Giant African snail; Mollusca

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SPREAD; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; INTERMEDIATE HOST; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INVASIVE SPECIES; PEST SPECIES; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL; SNAIL;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

ACHATINA FULICA; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; GASTROPODA; HELIX POMATIA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 34547843510     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-006-9069-6     Document Type: Review

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