ArticleEvolutionary applications2014
Misperceived invasion: the Lusitanian slug (Arion lusitanicus auct. non-Mabille or Arion vulgaris Moquin-Tandon 1855) is native to Central Europe.
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- Efficacy of chemical and biological slug control measures in response to watering and earthworms.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Occurrence of the invasive Spanish slug in gardens: can a citizen science approach help deciphering underlying factors?BMC ecology · 2018Article
- Introgressive replacement of natives by invading Arion pest slugs.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- Interactions count: plant origin, herbivory and disturbance jointly explain seedling recruitment and community structure.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- Positive selection on panpulmonate mitogenomes provide new clues on adaptations to terrestrial life.BMC evolutionary biology · 2016Article
- Mechanisms driving diversity-productivity relationships differ between exotic and native communities and are affected by gastropod herbivory.Oecologia · 2016Article
- Transcriptomic and Proteomic Analysis of Arion vulgaris--Proteins for Probably Successful Survival Strategies?PloS one · 2016Article
- Recurrent camouflaged invasions and dispersal of an Asian freshwater gastropod in tropical Africa.BMC evolutionary biology · 2015Article
- Biological invasions, climate change and genomics.Evolutionary applications · 2015Review
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Abstract
The Lusitanian slug, presumed to be native to south-west Europe, was ranked among the 100 worst invading species in Central Europe. However, from the very beginning of its recognition in the presumed invasion area, there was little evidence that the species was actually anthropogenically introduced. We investigated the invasive status of the species by comparing specific predictions on the population genetic structure in the invasion area with the pattern actually found. In a DNA-taxonomy approach, the species could not be found in its presumed native range. Using statistical phylogeographic techniques on a mitochondrial (COI) and nuclear (ZF) marker and species distribution modelling, we could show that the species is with very high probability not an invasor, but native to Central Europe. The study underlines the value of statistical phylogeography in rigorously testing hypotheses on the dynamics of biological invasions.
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