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Capinha, Cesar ORCID: 0000-0002-0666-9755, Vermeulen, Jaap J., bin Lakim, Maklarin, Schilthuizen, Menno and Kappes, Heike (2014). Susceptibility of tropical mountain forests to biological invasions from the temperate and subtropical zone, exemplified by Zonitoides (Gastropoda: Gastrodontidae). Raffles Bull. Zool., 62. S. 600 - 610. SINGAPORE: NATL UNIV SINGAPORE, SCHOOL BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. ISSN 0217-2445

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Abstract

Colonisation by, and spread of, animal species from the temperate zone are rather uncommon observations in the tropics. The study provides the first reports of two snail species of the genus Zonitoides in Sabah, Borneo, namely Z. arboreus (Say, 1819) and Z. nitidus (O.F. Muller, 1774). The identification was aided using partial sequences of 28S rDNA, and the barcoding sequence of COI. So far, the two Zonitoides species were found in locations where the natural forest cover had been disturbed, and only in the montane forest at elevations between 1500 and 2000 m a.s.l.. Niche modeling suggests that both taxa could be widely distributed in the mountains of tropical South America and Africa. Z. arboreus finds suitable climates in many places in SE Asia and especially at many conservation areas in Borneo. In contrast, Z. nitidus finds only marginal climatic conditions in the same area, and introductions of Z. nitidus probably will remain spatially restricted. This prediction, however, needs to be monitored because the latter species can display molluscivory. Our results additionally point to the possibility of Z. arboreus being a species complex that, given its potential economic impact, urgently needs a taxonomic revision.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Capinha, Cesar UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-0666-9755 UNSPECIFIED Vermeulen, Jaap J. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED bin Lakim, Maklarin UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Schilthuizen, Menno UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Kappes, Heike UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-449521
Journal or Publication Title:	Raffles Bull. Zool.
Volume:	62
Page Range:	S. 600 - 610
Date:	2014
Publisher:	NATL UNIV SINGAPORE, SCHOOL BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Place of Publication:	SINGAPORE
ISSN:	0217-2445
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language LAND SNAIL DIVERSITY; TERRESTRIAL GASTROPODS; RAIN-FOREST; NITIDUS; SABAH; SLUGS; BORNEO; DNA Multiple languages Zoology Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/44952