Behavioural responses of the snail Lymnaea acuminata to carbohydrates in snail-attractant pellets

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 378-380

  Tiwari, Farindra ^a   Singh, D K ^a  

^a DDU Gorakhpur University   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; FRUCTOSE; MALTOSE; MOLLUSCACIDE; STARCH; SUCROSE;

ATTRACTANT; BAIT; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CARBOHYDRATE; PEST CONTROL; PESTICIDE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FASCIOLA GIGANTICA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LYMNAEA ACUMINATA; NONHUMAN; SNAIL;

AGAR; ANIMALS; FASCIOLIASIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; LYMNAEA; MALTOSE; PEST CONTROL; STARCH; SUCROSE;

FASCIOLA GIGANTICA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; GASTROPODA; HEPATICA; LYMNAEA; TREMATODA;

EID: 4544299515     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-004-0538-4     Document Type: Article

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