Identification guide
Our identification guide, published by the Field Studies Council, is now available.
This new full-colour AIDGAP guide gives a fully comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of the slug fauna of Britain and Ireland. It covers all known slug (and semi-slug!) species established in Britain and Ireland, with an introduction to their biology and pest status. It is aimed at both beginners and the more experienced.
Rowson, B., Turner, J., Anderson, R., & Symondson, W. O. C. 2014.
Slugs of Britain and Ireland: identification, understanding and control.
Field Studies Council, Telford, UK. 140 pp.
PRE-PUBLICATION OFFER: £13.50 INSTEAD OF £14.50 FOR ORDERS PLACED BEFORE 25 APRIL 2014.
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Research paper
Our paper on the results of our fieldwork and DNA analyses has now been published in the Open Access journal PLoS One. It is available for download here.
Rowson, B., Anderson, R., Turner, J., & Symondson, W. O. C. 2014. The slugs of Britain and Ireland: undetected and undescribed species increase a well-studied, economically important fauna by more than 20%.
PLoS ONE 9(4): e91907.doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0091907
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