Colonization and extinction of land planarians (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida) in a Brazilian Atlantic Forest regrowth remnant

Biological Invasions

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1131-1134

  Carbayo, Fernando ^a   Pedroni, Júlio ^a   Froehlich, Eudóxia Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Free living terrestrial flatworms; Introduced and exotic species; Invasion; Native; Neotropical; Urban forest

Indexed keywords

ACHATINA FULICA; GASTROPODA; GEOPLANA; MOLLUSCA; PLATYHELMINTHES; TERRICOLA; TRICLADIDA; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 64649100674     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-007-9190-1     Document Type: Article

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