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Thirty years of slug control using the parasitic nematode Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita and beyond
Pest Management Science, Volume 79, Issue 10, Page 3408-3424, October 2023., 2023 The nematode Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita is a parasite of slugs and snails and has been formulated into a biological control agent for use across northern Europe since 1994. Here, we review all research on P. hermaphrodita that has been carried out over the last 30 years and suggest future priorities.
Robbie Rae +2 more
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Journal of the World Aquaculture Society, Volume 54, Issue 5, Page 1247-1259, October 2023., 2023 Abstract Bolbophorus damnificus is a digenetic trematode causing significant economic losses within the United States commercial catfish industry. The indirect life cycle is complex, requiring piscivorous birds, aquatic snails, and fish to complete.
Bradley M. Richardson +6 more
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Vodní měkkýši přírodní rezervace Krabonošská niva [PDF]
Malacologica Bohemoslovaca, 2021 A floodplain of the Lužnice river at the Czech-Austrian border is protected by the Krabonošská niva Nature Reserve (Southern Bohemia, Czech Republic). This floodplain has a relatively natural character and, in addition to the Lužnice river, there is a ...
Luboš Beran, Jaroslav Beran
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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 13, Issue 9, September 2023., 2023 In response to uncertain risks, prey may rely on neophobic phenotypes to reduce the costs associated with the lack of information regarding local conditions. We conducted an in situ field experiment of two high‐risk guppy populations designed to determine how the ‘average’ and ‘variance’ of several environmental factors might influence the neophobic ...
Laurence E. A. Feyten +2 more
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Novel environments induce variability in fitness‐related traits
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 13, Issue 6, June 2023., 2023 Snails expressed much greater variability in specific growth rates in novel, transplanted sites relative to their natal site (a; p < .001). Populations expressed moderately higher variability in aperture area in novel sites relative to their natal site (b; p ≤ .020) and no difference in variability in aperture shape (ratio of aperture width to aperture
Arielle W. Balph, Amy C. Krist
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On the use of antibiotics in plasticity research: Gastropod shells unveil a tale of caution
Journal of Animal Ecology, Volume 92, Issue 5, Page 1055-1064, May 2023., 2023 This study investigates the invasive cosmopolitan gastropod Physella acuta, an established plasticity model system. Its results highlight that antibiotic treatment has the potential to uncover a larger extent of risk‐induced morphological antipredator plasticity but might counterintuitively distort plasticity estimates for natural populations where ...
Denis Meuthen, Klaus Reinhold
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Functional Ecology, Volume 37, Issue 4, Page 947-958, April 2023., 2023 Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Contemporary ecosystems commonly support multiple non‐native species, which can alter community structure and directly or indirectly interact with one another. Novel interactions between invasive species can result in the facilitation or suppression of one or both ...
Erin R. Crone +2 more
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The evolution of reproductive isolation in a simultaneous hermaphrodite, the freshwater snail
BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2011 Background The cosmopolitan freshwater snail Physa acuta has recently found widespread use as a model organism for the study of mating systems and reproductive allocation.
Lydeard Charles +2 more
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Invasive freshwater snails are less sensitive to population density than native conspecifics. [PDF]
Ecol EvolSpecies invasion can negatively affect natural ecosystems, so understanding how and why lineages become invasive is critically important to effectively predict potential future invasions. We address whether key life‐history traits across invasive versus native lineages of a New Zealand freshwater snail species differ in response to population density ...
Lewis Najev BS, Neiman M.
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Influence of Water Temperature on the MXR Activity and P-glycoprotein Expression in the Freshwater Snail, Physa acuta (Draparnaud, 1805) [PDF]
, 2017 P-glycoprotein (P-gp) mediated multixenobioticresistance (MXR) is a mechanism analogous to multidrug resistance, which has been extensivelycharacterized in mammalian tumours.
Assef, Yanina Andrea +1 more
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