Recolonization by Slugs: Vertical and Horizontal Dispersal by the Field Slug, <i>Deroceras reticulatum</i>

Following treatment with molluscicides or other controls, slugs can recolonize a site very quickly, but the proportion of the colonizing slugs moving from adjacent areas (horizontal dispersal) and the proportion from within the soil (vertical dispersal) has not previously been established. At a gras...

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Main Authors: Gordon Port, Alan Craig, Mark Shirley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-06-01
Series:Insects
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/12/6/531