Evaluation of concomitant foraging behavior between Megalobulimus paranaguensis and Achatina fulica

• Grant number: 13/00670-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: April 01, 2013
• End date: December 31, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Zoology - Animal Behavior
• Principal Investigator: Iracy Lea Pecora
• Grantee: Marcel Sabino Miranda
• Host Institution: Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus Experimental do Litoral Paulista. São Vicente , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Exotic species can be introduced illegally, seeking particular interests. They can cause damage to the environment and native species present there. The giant African snail Achatina fulica is one of the hundred most harmful exotic species in the world. This species was found in Porchat Island, in Sao Vicente, with possible niche overlap with the species Megalobulimus paranaguensis, and it not been proven yet competition for space or resources, nor the natural environment, nor artificial. Therefore, it is necessary to analyze the behavior in captive of the native species in the presence of that exotic, besides the presence or absence of both foraging. This information will be of great importance and usefulness to subsidize campaigns to control invasive species.

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

TELES, WANDERSON SIQUEIRA; SILVA, DANIEL DE PAIVA; VILELA, BRUNO; LIMA-JUNIOR, DILERMANDO PEREIRA; PIRES-OLIVEIRA, JOAO CARLOS; MIRANDA, MARCEL SABINO. How Will the Distributions of Native and Invasive Species Be Affected by Climate Change? Insights from Giant South American Land Snails. DIVERSITY-BASEL, v. 14, n. 6, p. 16-pg., 2022-06-01. (17/01081-5, 13/00670-6)