Climate and pH Predict the Potential Range of the Invasive Apple Snail (Pomacea insularum) in the Southeastern United States

James E. Byers; William G. McDowell; Shelley R. Dodd; Rebecca S. Haynie; Lauren M. Pintor; Susan B. Wilde

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0056812

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Climate and pH Predict the Potential Range of the Invasive Apple Snail (Pomacea insularum) in the Southeastern United States

James E. Byers ,

* E-mail: jebyers@uga.edu

Affiliation Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
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William G. McDowell,

Affiliation Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
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Shelley R. Dodd,

Affiliation Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
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Rebecca S. Haynie,

Affiliation Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
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Lauren M. Pintor,

Affiliations Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America, School of Environment and Natural Resources, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
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Susan B. Wilde

Affiliation Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
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Climate and pH Predict the Potential Range of the Invasive Apple Snail (Pomacea insularum) in the Southeastern United States

James E. Byers,
William G. McDowell,
Shelley R. Dodd,
Rebecca S. Haynie,
Lauren M. Pintor,
Susan B. Wilde

Published: February 22, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0056812

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Pomacea maculata

Posted by burksr on 04 Mar 2013 at 20:37 GMT

Excellent article that blends basic life history, ecological tolerances and GIS skills. For people reading this paper, just as a note, Hayes et al. (2012) has changed the taxonomy associated with this species and provides insight into the larger phylogenetic distance between different Pomacea species.
See:
Comparing apples with apples: clarifying the identities of two highly invasive Neotropical Ampullariidae (Caenogastropoda)

KENNETH A. HAYES, ROBERT H. COWIE, SILVANA C. THIENGO, ELLEN E. STRONG

Article first published online: 26 NOV 2012

DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00867.x

© 2012 The Linnean Society of London

Competing interests declared: I study this species in Texas and in its native habitat in Uruguay/Brazil. Hope to collaborate more soon.
Romi Burks

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