Data set on: Land slugs in plant nurseries, a potential cause of dispersal in Argentina

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Data set on: Land slugs in plant nurseries, a potential cause of dispersal in Argentina

Autor(es)

Gutiérrez Gregoric, Diego Eduardo; Daglio, Eduardo Daniel; Lucía, Micaela de; Robinson. David G.; Darrigran, Gustavo Alberto

Afiliación(es) del/de los autor(es)

López, Luciano. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Instituto de Recursos Minerales. Provincia de Buenos Aires. Gobernación. Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas. Instituto de Recursos Minerales; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina
Richiano, Sebastián Miguel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

Resumen

Commercial plant nurseries may serve as causes of dispersal of land snails and slugs (native and non-native) through the trade of plants and the related transport of eggs and small individuals that may pass unnoticed. Studies on the possible role of plant nurseries as a potential cause of dispersal of slugs in South America are lacking. To explore the role of garden centers, we collected and identified slugs in 12 commercial nurseries in two cities in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Eight species of slugs were found. Based on our findings we validate the existence of Deroceras laeve and Belocaulus angustipes for Argentina and confirm the existence of Ambigolimax valentianus, which was recently cited for Argentina. We recommend that plant nurseries be regularly monitored given that snail and slug species are accidentally spread through trade in plants.
Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Centro de Investigaciones Geológicas; Argentina.
Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo

Año de publicación

2020

Idioma

inglés

Formato (Tipo MIME)

application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet

Clasificación temática de acuerdo a la FORD

Ciencias naturales

Materia

Zoología; Mollusks; Non-native; Horticultural trade; Potential pests;

Condiciones de uso

Disponible en acceso abierto bajo licencia Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Repositorio digital

SEDICI (UNLP) - Universidad Nacional de La Plata

Identificador alternativo

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4304621

Publicación referenciada

http://hdl.handle.net/hdl/10915/128172