Seasonal fluctuation of invasive flatworm predation pressure on land snails: Implications for the range expansion and impacts of invasive species

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3013-3019

  Sugiura, Shinji ^a  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conservation; Invasive alien species; Land planarians; Oceanic islands; Predation; Snail predators

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLATWORM; GLOBAL WARMING; INVASIVE SPECIES; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; LABORATORY METHOD; MORTALITY RISK; PREDATION RISK; RANGE EXPANSION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNAIL; SURVIVORSHIP;

GASTROPODA; PLATYDEMUS MANOKWARI; PLATYHELMINTHES; STYLOMMATOPHORA; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 70350565671     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.07.032     Document Type: Article

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