Medium-sized forest snails survive passage through birds’ digestive tract and adhere strongly to birds’ legs: more evidence for passive dispersal mechanisms

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216224:14310/16:00090890 RIV/00216208:11130/16:10325022 RIV/00216208:11310/16:10325022

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyw005" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyw005</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyw005" target="_blank" >10.1093/mollus/eyw005</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Medium-sized forest snails survive passage through birds’ digestive tract and adhere strongly to birds’ legs: more evidence for passive dispersal mechanisms

Original language description

It is well known that land snails can be dispersed by birds, both by attachment to the body (ectozoochory) and by passing intact and alive through the birds digestive tract (endozoochory). Endozoochory has, however, only been recorded for very small species. We examined the possibility that larger species (up to c. 17 mm in maximum shell dimension) could survive passage through a birds digestive system. Live Alinda biplicata, Cochlodina laminata (both Clausiliidae) and Discus rotundatus (Discidae) were fed to 10 bird species (Corvidae, Turdidae, Sturnidae and Columbidae) in 14 experimental trials. Of 720 snails offered, 14 passed intact through the birds, of which nine were alive (eight clausiliids and one D. rotundatus), thus more than 1% of all snails offered survived ingestion. In an additional experiment, some A. biplicata and C. laminata remained attached to birds legs by pedal adhesion in simulated flight trials where the birds legs oscillated at the maximum rate achieved during flight

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - 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

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

JOURNAL OF MOLLUSCAN STUDIES

ISSN

0260-1230

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

82

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

5

Pages from-to

422-426

UT code for WoS article

000380019000007

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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