Body size and the colonisation of cereal crops by the invasive slug Arion lusitanicus

Annals of Applied Biology

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 79-86

  Honek, A ^a   Martinkova, Z ^a  

^a CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Arionidae; dispersal; distribution; mollusca; movement; population

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL VARIATION; BODY SIZE; CEREAL; HERB; INVASIVE SPECIES; ORCHARD; SLUG;

ARION LUSITANICUS; ARIONIDAE; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 78650190977     PISSN: 00034746     EISSN: 17447348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.2010.00442.x     Document Type: Article

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