Monitoring the small and slimy - Protected areas should be monitoring native and non-native slugs (Mollusca: Gastropoda)

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 322-327

  Moss, Melissa ^a   Hermanutz, Luise ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alien species; boreal forest; disturbance; fire; non native slugs

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; BOREAL FOREST; CONIFEROUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FIRE BEHAVIOR; GASTROPOD; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LICHEN; PROTECTED AREA; REGENERATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; TERRA NOVA NATIONAL PARK;

ARION SUBFUSCUS; CLADONIA; DEROCERAS LAEVE; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 77955187332     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3375/043.030.0307     Document Type: Article

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