TY - JOUR
T1 - Trail following differs between wild and captive reared snails, Lymnaea stagnalis
AU - Liddon, James
AU - Dalesman, Sarah
N1 - This article has been accepted for publication in Journal of Molluscan Studies Published by Oxford University Press.
PY - 2015/5
Y1 - 2015/5
N2 - Trail following has been identified in a wide variety of gastropod species, in which individuals follow mucus trails laid down previously by themselves, conspecifics or heterospecifics. Trail following may have a variety of functions across species, including energy conservation through the reduction of mucus production (Davies & Blackwell, 2007) and energy gain through trail ingestion (Hutchinson et al., 2007), nutrition by exploitation of food in mucus trails (Davies & Beckwith, 1999), homing behaviour (Cook & Cook, 1975; McFaruume, 1980), surfacing (Wells & Buckley, 1972) and locating trail-laying prey (Paine, 1963). However, a primary purpose of trail following is thought to be the location of conspecifics (Croll, 1983; Ng et al., 2013).
AB - Trail following has been identified in a wide variety of gastropod species, in which individuals follow mucus trails laid down previously by themselves, conspecifics or heterospecifics. Trail following may have a variety of functions across species, including energy conservation through the reduction of mucus production (Davies & Blackwell, 2007) and energy gain through trail ingestion (Hutchinson et al., 2007), nutrition by exploitation of food in mucus trails (Davies & Beckwith, 1999), homing behaviour (Cook & Cook, 1975; McFaruume, 1980), surfacing (Wells & Buckley, 1972) and locating trail-laying prey (Paine, 1963). However, a primary purpose of trail following is thought to be the location of conspecifics (Croll, 1983; Ng et al., 2013).
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/2160/29629
U2 - 10.1093/mollus/eyu082
DO - 10.1093/mollus/eyu082
M3 - Article
SN - 0260-1230
VL - 81
SP - 299
EP - 302
JO - Journal of Molluscan Studies
JF - Journal of Molluscan Studies
IS - 2
ER -