Carnivore mollusks as natural enemies of invasive land flatworms

Annals of Applied Biology

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 127-131

  Lemos, V S ^a   Canello, R ^a   Leal Zanchet, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biological control; Bipaliinae; diet; Gastropoda; Geoplaninae; predation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CARNIVORE; DIET; FLATWORM; INVASIVE SPECIES; MICROHABITAT; NATURAL ENEMY; PREDATION; PREDATOR; SNAIL;

BIPALIUM KEWENSE; BRADYBAENA SIMILARIS; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; PLATYHELMINTHES; STREPTAXIDAE; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 84864553265     PISSN: 00034746     EISSN: 17447348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.2012.00556.x     Document Type: Article

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