Do snails eat exotic plant species invading river floodplains?

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11310%2F15%3A10288974" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11310/15:10288974 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://mollus.oxfordjournals.org/content/81/1/139.full.pdf+html" target="_blank" >http://mollus.oxfordjournals.org/content/81/1/139.full.pdf+html</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyu073" target="_blank" >10.1093/mollus/eyu073</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Do snails eat exotic plant species invading river floodplains?
Original language description
Exotic invasive plants are known to decrease mollusc species richness and also abundances of many snail species. However, there is not much evidence on how invasive plants influence snail trophic behaviour. In this study, food preferences of alluvial land snails for invasive plants were studied. Two snail species (Succinea putris and Urticicola umbrosus) that commonly climb up invasive plants were chosen for food preference experiments. The five most widespread exotic plant species invading river floodplains in Central Europe (Impatiens glandulifera, Helianthus tuberosus, Fallopia japonica, F. sachalinensis and F. bohemica) and one native species (Urtica dioica) were chosen as food for the snails. Results of the study confirmed a broadly accepted opinion, that land snails prefer senescent to fresh plant material. The climbing efforts of the alluvial snails is therefore not for the purpose of foraging. The most important factors for snail food preferences were plant species identity and
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
EG - Zoology
OECD FORD branch
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Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2015
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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