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- Title
Food of slugs in mixed deciduous woodland.
- Authors
Jennings, T. J.; Barkham, J. P.
- Abstract
The palatability of food to 8 species of slug characteristic of lowland woodland on boulder clay soils, is discussed. Faecal analyses show that all 8 species Iced largely on plant material but seasonal variations arc important and reflect changing food availability. Food palatability experiments suggest that there is a low specificity in the choice of 6 of the slug species but this, together with feeding zone separation, may be sufficient to explain niche separation. The role of slugs as detritivores in woodlands is discussed.
- Subjects
BIOLOGICAL variation; BIOLOGY; STATISTICS; SOILS; SLUGS (Mollusks); FOOD
- Publication
Oikos, 1975, Vol 26, Issue 2, p211
- ISSN
0030-1299
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/3543711