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Temperature-induced plasticity in morphology and relative shell weight in the invasive apple snail Pomacea canaliculata.
Journal of thermal biology - 1 May 2018
Tamburi Nicolás E, Seuffert María E, Martín Pablo R
Abstract excerpt
Temperature has a great influence on the life-history traits of freshwater snails. In this study we investigated the long term effects of a range of temperatures on shell morphology of the apple snail Pomacea canaliculata, a highly invasive species and an important pest of rice. Analysis of shells using geometric morphometrics showed that the main source of morphological variation was allometry, which was...
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