New field observations on the competitive displacement between two species of planorbid snails inhabiting Northeastern Brasil
Observations reported in the present paper have shown that Biomphalaria glabrata is being gradually displaced by B. straminea in coastal areas of two counties on the state of Pernambuco, Brazil, confirming former observations made in the same region.
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Main Authors: | Barbosa,F. S., Costa,D. P. Pereira da, Arruda,F. |
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Format: | Digital revista |
Language: | English |
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Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde
1981
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Online Access: | http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761981000400004 |
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