Palatability of macrophytes to the invasive freshwater snail Pomacea canaliculata: Differential effects of multiple plant traits

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2023-2031

  Wong, Pak Ki ^a   Liang, Yan ^a   Liu, Nga Ying ^a   Qiu, Jian Wen ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Apple snails; Food palatability; Invasive species; Pomacea; Wetland

Indexed keywords

ALTERNANTHERA PHILOXEROIDES; BASOMMATOPHORA; GASTROPODA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; MYRIOPHYLLUM AQUATICUM; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; POMACEA; POMACEA CANALICULATA; VALLISNERIA NATANS;

EID: 77956250656     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2010.02458.x     Document Type: Article

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