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<p>The snail and slug fauna of the Kabylia region (Bouira and Tizi-Ouzou) was studied during the years 2018/2019 and 2020/2021, focusing on seven stations belonging to three altitudinal levels (low, middle, and high altitude). A total of 5111 individuals were collected and 29 species were identified, with confirmation of the existence of <italic>Leiostyla anglica</italic> in the Kabylia region. Our results showed that altitude has a significant effect on the distribution and abundance of terrestrial gastropods in the study area – the low-altitude sites had the highest number of species (S = 21), while the high-altitude sites had the lowest species richness (S = 10).</p>
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The snail and slug fauna of the Kabylia region (Bouira and Tizi-Ouzou) was studied during the years 2018/2019 and 2020/2021, focusing on seven stations belonging to three altitudinal levels (low, middle, and high altitude). A total of 5111 individuals were collected and 29 species were identified, with confirmation of the existence of Leiostyla anglica in the Kabylia region. Our results showed that altitude has a significant effect on the distribution and abundance of terrestrial gastropods in the study area – the low-altitude sites had the highest number of species (S = 21), while the high-altitude sites had the lowest species richness (S = 10).

Diversity and ecology of terrestrial gastropods of the Kabylia region (northern Algeria)

Laboratory of Production, Safeguarding of Endangered Species and Crops. Influence of climatic variations

Ekológia (Bratislava)

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The snail and slug fauna of the Kabylia region (Bouira and Tizi-Ouzou) was studied during the years 2018/2019 and 2020/2021, focusing on seven stations...

Diversity and ecology of terrestrial gastropods of the Kabylia region (northern Algeria)

Published Online: Oct 08, 2023

Page range: 248 - 256

Received: Nov 06, 2022

Accepted: Apr 14, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eko-2023-0028

Keywords
snails, slugs, altitudinal distribution, Bouira, Tizi-Ouzou

© 2023 Ghania Sadouk et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Diversity and ecology of terrestrial gastropods of the Kabylia region (northern Algeria)

Published Online: Oct 08, 2023

Page range: 248 - 256

Received: Nov 06, 2022

Accepted: Apr 14, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eko-2023-0028

Keywordssnails, slugs, altitudinal distribution, Bouira, Tizi-Ouzou

© 2023 Ghania Sadouk et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
snails, slugs, altitudinal distribution, Bouira, Tizi-Ouzou