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The Snail Communities Of The Lower Rio Grande Valley, Briante Shevon Lewis Najev
The Snail Communities Of The Lower Rio Grande Valley, Briante Shevon Lewis Najev
Theses and Dissertations
The lower Rio Grande Valley are three lowest latitudinal counties of south Texas. This unique, subtropical, semi-arid environment has the last remaining Tamaulipan Thornforest in the USA. The Tamaulipan Thornforest of Texas occupies less than 2% of their former range. Before this habitat possibly dwindles even more there has been a comprehensive survey of terrestrial snails in intact, altered, and urban areas of the valley.
We have found a 16397 of snails in intact sites with a high species richness at 17; followed by altered sites with an abundance of 12143 snails and a species richness of 15. There were …