Competitive displacement of Biomphalaria glabrata by B. straminea.
Data on the interaction between populations of closely related species of Biomphalaria, B. glabrata and B. straminea, are presented in the current paper. Laboratory and field observations and experiments have shown that B. straminea has competitive advantages over B. glabrata.
D000818:Animals; D001700:Biomphalaria / Q000502:physiology*; D001938:Brazil; D003163:Competitive Behavior; D013045:Species Specificity