Life cycle and field abundance of the snail Succinea costaricana (Stylommatophora: Succineidae), a tropical agricultural pest

The neotropical terrestrial snail Succinea costaricana has become a quarantenary pest in ornamental plants (Dracaena marginata, Dracaenaceae). Specimens were collected in GuápiJes, Limón, Costa Rica, where they reached a density of 282900 individualslha. In the field, reproduction is continuous (as...

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Main Authors: Villalobos M, Carlos, Monge-Nájera, Julián, Barrientos, Zaidett, Franco, José
Format: Online
Language:eng
Published: Universidad de Costa Rica 1995
Online Access:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/22427

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