Shells of the Roman snail are important microhabitats for soil invertebrates
Soil Organisms, 2021 Shells of molluscs from snail farms (heliciculture) are used as food additives or construction material and ecological engineering approaches utilize their potential to assist with ecosystem restoration.
Claudia Tluste, Klaus Birkhofer
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The European Zoological Journal, 2020 Neuropeptides play a central role in the regulation of reproduction, growth, development, and various other physiological processes. In our study, 26 neuropeptide precursors were identified from the pleuropedal and cerebral ganglia of Pacific abalone ...
M. R. Sharker +4 more
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Mortality of the invasive white garden snail Theba pisana exposed to three US isolates of Phasmarhabditis spp (P. hermaphrodita, P. californica, and P. papillosa). [PDF]
, 2020 Theba pisana is a serious snail pest in many parts of the world and affects diverse crops including grain, vegetables, grapevines, and ornamental plants and shrubs.
Dillman, Adler R +3 more
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Tuning gastropod locomotion: Modeling the influence of mucus rheology on the cost of crawling [PDF]
, 2006 Common gastropods such as snails crawl on a solid substrate by propagating muscular waves of shear stress on a viscoelastic mucus. Producing the mucus accounts for the largest component in the gastropod's energy budget, more than twenty times the amount ...
A. E. Hosoi +26 more
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Ukrainian Journal of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, 2019 An important problem today is the pollution of the territory of Ukraine with heavy metals: lead, cadmium, copper, zinc and others. Relevance of the topic is that nowadays the issues of safety and quality control are not fully resolved in the country, as ...
I. V. Zabarna, I. V. Jacenko
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Radiocarbon and blue optically stimulated luminescence chronologies of the Oitavos consolidated dune (Western Portugal) [PDF]
, 2007 The dune of Oitavos, the underlying paleosol, and Helix sp. gastropod shells found within the paleosol were dated using a combination of radiocarbon and blue optically stimulated luminescence (OSL).
Brito, P. +9 more
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The effect of temperature, soil nitrogen and gastropods on _Thuja plicata_ growth and reproduction [PDF]
, 2010 Humans are changing the environment. For example, nitrogen deposition, rising temperatures, and non-native species are influencing plant communities. These changes have and will continue to affect trees, thus, understanding the response of species to ...
Ailene Ettinger +2 more
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Terrestrial gastropod responses to an ecosystem-level calcium manipulation in a northern hardwood forest [PDF]
, 2007 The effects of acid deposition on soil calcium (Ca), and in turn on land snail populations, have been of heightened concern for several decades. We compiled a 10 year record (1997–2006) of gastropod abundance on two small watersheds at the Hubbard Brook ...
Blum, Joel D. +3 more
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Exploring Ant-Mollusk Interactions: Insights From Southern Spain. [PDF]
Ecol EvolThis study reports new data about ant‐mollusk interactions from accidental field observations, a quantitative analysis of the snail shells found in 16 Messor ant nest cleanings, and a qualitative analysis of 51 additional nests of different species. ABSTRACT Ants occupy a great variety of habitats, perform essential ecological roles, and interact with ...
Robla J +3 more
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Predicting protein decomposition: the case of aspartic-acid racemization kinetics [PDF]
, 1999 The increase in proportion of the non-biological (D-) isomer of aspartic acid (Asp) relative to the L- isomer has been widely used in archaeology and geochemistry as a tool for dating. The method has proved controversial, particularly when used for bones.
A. C. T. van Duin +24 more
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