Igor Balashov

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Are there some detailed morphological studies on the hairs of land snails?

There seems to be no well-published detailed research on the haired snails except Pfenninger et al., 2005 ("Why do snails have hairs?..."), but this work is not morphological... I know also an...

30 August 2015 5,178 9 View

Are there some well studied cases of the extrusion of native not carnivorous species by an invasive intruder with similar preferences?

I.e. not just the destruction of native species by predating, like with rats or Euglandina rosea, but replacing in some other way, concurrence for resources or something. Maybe on the islands or...

28 July 2014 273 20 View

Were there some publications about findings of the living terrestrial molluscs on the birds?

It seems that land snails are often dispersed by birds, but most of literature is mainly theoretical in this.

13 July 2014 7,798 4 View