The ecology and rapid spread of the terrestrial slug Boettgerilla pallens in Europe with reference to its recent discovery in North America (2000)
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Abstract
The terrestrial slug Boettgerilla pallens Simroth, 1912, is reported from two sites on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, the first records for this Palaearctic species in America. This paper describes how to recognize the species, and summarizes European studies of its ecology. It is unusually wormlike in appearance, lives mostly underground, and occurs in a very wide range of habitats. This century the species has spread remarkably far and fast across Europe from the Caucasus. This is demonstrated by a table of first occurrences in each country, and by three case studies of spread within Great Britain, Belgium, and north-west Austria. We predict that it will spread rapidly in North America, and may already occur more widely, but there is no evidence that it will become an important pest.
Bibliographic entry
Reise, H., Hutchinson, J. M. C., Forsyth, R. G., & Forsyth, T. J. (2000). The ecology and rapid spread of the terrestrial slug Boettgerilla pallens in Europe with reference to its recent discovery in North America. Veliger, 43, 313-318.
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| Publication year | 2000 | |
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| Document type: | Article | |
| Publication status: | Published | |
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| Categories: | Animal Behavior | |
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