Potential impacts of the invasive flatworm Platydemus manokwari on arboreal snails

Biological Invasions

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 737-742

  Sugiura, Shinji ^a   Yamaura, Yuichi ^a  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conservation; Invasive alien species; Land molluscans; Land planarians; Oceanic islands; Pacific islands; Predation; Snail predators; Tree dwelling species

Indexed keywords

ARBOREAL SPECIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EXTINCTION RISK; FLATWORM; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INVASIVE SPECIES; PREDATION; SNAIL; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL;

PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

GASTROPODA; PLATYDEMUS MANOKWARI; PLATYHELMINTHES; RHYNCHODEMIDAE; STYLOMMATOPHORA; TRICLADIDA; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 59849106810     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-008-9287-1     Document Type: Article

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