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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Land Snail"”.
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Land snail species diversity and composition between different forest disturbance regimes in central and eastern Kentucky Forests
<p>Land snails are cornerstone organisms that contribute to properly functioning ecosystems. However, habitat loss and destruction have led to these organisms being one of the most imperiled groups on the planet. Due to their relatively sedentary nature, land snails can be susceptible to …
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Reconstructing late-pleistocene climatic and glacial history of central North America using loess-derived land snail stable isotopes and detrital zircon provenance
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2023-12-04 without embargo terms
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Stakeholder perspectives on the giant African land snail and its spread in Samoa : a dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Applied Science in International Rural Development, Lincoln University
The Giant African Land Snail (Achatina fulica Bowdich) is native to East Africa and occurs in a large number of countries around the world. All of the countries in which it is established have tropical climates with warm, mild year round temperatures and high humidity. The snail has several …
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Reconstructing Australia’s late Quaternary climate from the geochemistry of lake sediments and snail shells
… climate variability is not only important for land use and management, but also has global relevance, due to Australia’s contribution to the global terrestrial carbon budget. Measurements of Australian temperature and rainfall only extend back to the early 20th century, and hence do not capture …
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Investigation of the cytogenetics of marine and terrestrial gastropods
… the chromosomal variation in populations of the land snail Cepaea nemoralis (L.) marine snail Nucella lapillus (L.) is presented. The first study (Part 1) concerns the investigation of the karyotype of C. nemoralis in populations from a region of the Berkshire Downs (U.K.)in which there are …
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The potential of restored landfill sites for biodiversity conservation in the UK
… UK Biodiversity Action Plan. Newly created grasslands on restored landfill sites are semi-natural habitats that could support a number of species. However, it is unknown whether these re-created habitats represent a significant resource in terms of biodiversity conservation though poor quality …