Since 1955 snails of the Euglandina rosea species complex and Platydemus manokwari
flatworms were widely introduced in attempted biological control of giant African snails …

Nonmarine molluscs are the major animal group with the greatest number of recorded
extinctions due to anthropogenic impacts, and that number is certainly a serious …

Islands in the tropical Pacific Ocean are renowned for high biodiversity and endemism
despite having relatively small landmasses. However, our knowledge of how this …

Aim Phylogeographical and modelling studies have suggested that the biotas of oceanic
hotspot archipelagos (such as the Hawaiian, Canary and Galápagos islands) diversify in …

Abstract Eleven of eighteen Society Island Partula species endemic to the Windward Island
subgroup (Moorea and Tahiti) have been extirpated by an ill‐advised biological control …

We have undertaken a molecular analysis of the Orthurethra, one of the major groups of
stylommatophoran land snails and slugs. Approximately 4000 nucleotides of the rRNA gene …

Natural history museum collections provide a biodiversity window into the past and are of
particular importance to the study of extinction-impacted clades such as the Pacific Island …

Pacific island land snails are among the most imperiled animals on Earth, which elevates
the practical conservation importance of their systematics and biogeography. The …

The Asia-Pacific region is among the most diverse regions of the globe with unique
biodiversity, multitudes of ecosystems and highly-valued habitats spread across terrestrial …

Aim Here I review phylogenetic studies concerning the biogeography of the Marquesas
Islands, an oceanic hotspot archipelago in the Pacific Ocean formed< 5.5 Ma, and compare …