Rapid range expansion of an invasive predatory snail, Oxychilus alliarius (Miller 1822), and its impact on endemic Hawaiian land snails
| Autor: | Wallace M. Meyer, Patrick A. Curry, Kenneth A. Hayes, Andrew D. Taylor, Robert H. Cowie, Norine W. Yeung |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0106 biological sciences
education.field_of_study Ecology biology 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology Population Introduced species Snail biology.organism_classification 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Population density Succineidae Oxychilus alliarius Abundance (ecology) biology.animal parasitic diseases Threatened species education Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics |
| Zdroj: | Biological Invasions. 18:1769-1780 |
| ISSN: | 1573-1464 1387-3547 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10530-016-1119-0 |
| Popis: | The invasive predatory snail Oxychilus alliarius is established in many locations around the world including the Hawaiian Islands. Anecdotal evidence suggests that it negatively impacts indigenous snail species where it has been introduced, although such impacts have not been quantified. On the Hawaiian island of Oahu, we tested the hypothesis that indigenous snails, especially small ones ( |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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