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Avoidance Of Canopy Gaps By A Common Land Snail, Christopher P. Bloch, Michael Stock
Avoidance Of Canopy Gaps By A Common Land Snail, Christopher P. Bloch, Michael Stock
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Because canopy gaps are characterized by elevated temperature and decreased humidity relative to closed-canopy forest, terrestrial gastropods may be exposed to greater desiccation stress in gaps than in undisturbed forest. We placed individuals of Caracolus caracolla at the edges of canopy gaps in montane forest in Puerto Rico and observed their movements. Individuals preferentially moved out of gaps except in one gap on the first night of the study, and the proportion of individuals recaptured inside gaps decreased over time. Individuals moved, on average, farther into forest than into gaps. Juveniles and adults responded similarly. These results suggest that C. …
The Return Of The Wild, John Jahoda