Reproductive Ecology of the Giant African Snail in South Florida: Implications for Eradication Programs

Amy Roda; Gösta Nachman; Scott Weihman; Mary Yong Cong; Fredrick Zimmerman

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0165408

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Reproductive Ecology of the Giant African Snail in South Florida: Implications for Eradication Programs

Amy Roda ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Amy Roda, Gösta Nachman, Scott Weihman, Mary Yong Cong, Fredrick Zimmerman

* E-mail: Amy.L.Roda@APHIS.USDA.GOV

Affiliation Miami Laboratory, Center for Plant Health Science and Technology, Plant Protection and Quarantine, Animal Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture USDA-APHIS, Miami, Florida, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2672-9695

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Gösta Nachman ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Amy Roda, Gösta Nachman, Scott Weihman, Mary Yong Cong, Fredrick Zimmerman

Affiliation Section of Ecology and Evolution, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Scott Weihman ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Amy Roda, Gösta Nachman, Scott Weihman, Mary Yong Cong, Fredrick Zimmerman

Affiliation Miami Laboratory, Center for Plant Health Science and Technology, Plant Protection and Quarantine, Animal Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture USDA-APHIS, Miami, Florida, United States of America
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Mary Yong Cong ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Amy Roda, Gösta Nachman, Scott Weihman, Mary Yong Cong, Fredrick Zimmerman

Affiliation Giant African Land Snail Eradication Program Miami, Division of Plant Industry, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Miami, Florida, United States of America
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Fredrick Zimmerman

Contributed equally to this work with: Amy Roda, Gösta Nachman, Scott Weihman, Mary Yong Cong, Fredrick Zimmerman

Affiliation Miami Plant Inspection Station, Plant Protection and Quarantine, Animal Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Miami, Florida, United States of America
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Reproductive Ecology of the Giant African Snail in South Florida: Implications for Eradication Programs

Amy Roda,
Gösta Nachman,
Scott Weihman,
Mary Yong Cong,
Fredrick Zimmerman

Published: November 18, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0165408

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