Effects of predation on the exotic freshwater snail Pomacea canaliculata (Caenogastropoda: Ampullariidae) by the indigenous turtle Chinemys reevesii (Testudines: Geoemydidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 475-482

  Yoshie, Haruko ^a   Yusa, Yoichi ^a  

^a NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alien species; Apple snail; Biological control; Mollusca; Natural enemy

Indexed keywords

AMPULLARIIDAE; BASOMMATOPHORA; CAENOGASTROPODA; GASTROPODA; GEOEMYDIDAE; LEMNA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; MAUREMYS REEVESII; MOLLUSCA; POMACEA CANALICULATA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 65549129000     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: 1347605X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2008.475     Document Type: Article

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