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| =====Taxonomy===== | =====Taxonomy===== | ||
| The term "banana slug" refers to any member of the genus //Ariolimax//, of which there are three species. They are part of the mollusc superfamily Arionoidea, which contains most terrestrial air-breathing slugs. Within //Ariolimax//, there are three species: //A. columbianus//, //A. californicus//, and //A. dolichophallus//, which is the UC Santa Cruz mascot. | The term "banana slug" refers to any member of the genus //Ariolimax//, of which there are three species. They are part of the mollusc superfamily Arionoidea, which contains most terrestrial air-breathing slugs. Within //Ariolimax//, there are three species: //A. columbianus//, //A. californicus//, and //A. dolichophallus//, which is the UC Santa Cruz mascot. | ||
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| =====Appearance and Anatomy===== | =====Appearance and Anatomy===== | ||
| //Ariolimax dolichophallus//, the slender banana slug, can grow up to 7" long. As the name suggests, banana slugs are usually bright yellow in color, although they can also be green, black, brown, or white. | //Ariolimax dolichophallus//, the slender banana slug, can grow up to 7" long. As the name suggests, banana slugs are usually bright yellow in color, although they can also be green, black, brown, or white. | ||
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| Many animals are predators of the banana slug, including birds, raccoons, snakes, and salamanders. However, due to the mucous secreted by the slug, most such predators will roll the slug around in the dirt to remove the slime before eating the slug.((http://www.greatwildoutdoors.com/2007/09/10/banana-slug/)) | Many animals are predators of the banana slug, including birds, raccoons, snakes, and salamanders. However, due to the mucous secreted by the slug, most such predators will roll the slug around in the dirt to remove the slime before eating the slug.((http://www.greatwildoutdoors.com/2007/09/10/banana-slug/)) | ||
| - | ===== Citations ===== | + | ===== Search Strategies ===== |
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| + | To find the rather sparse literature on //A. dolichophallus// requires doing sensitive literature searches, then weeding the results to get higher specificity. This section should list searches tried, how many hits they got, and what sort of specificity they had. The results should be collected in the Annotated Bibliography section. | ||
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| + | ===== Annotated Bibliography ===== | ||
| * **Heritable body size mediates apparent life-history trade-offs in a simultaneous hermaphrodite**[(cite:body_size> | * **Heritable body size mediates apparent life-history trade-offs in a simultaneous hermaphrodite**[(cite:body_size> | ||
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| Menno Schilthuizen, The darting game in snails and slugs, Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Volume 20, Issue 11, November 2005, Pages 581-584, ISSN 0169-5347.\\ | Menno Schilthuizen, The darting game in snails and slugs, Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Volume 20, Issue 11, November 2005, Pages 581-584, ISSN 0169-5347.\\ | ||
| doi:[[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2005.08.014|10.1016/j.tree.2005.08.014]].)] | doi:[[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2005.08.014|10.1016/j.tree.2005.08.014]].)] | ||
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| - | * **Effect of mating history on gender preference in the hermaphroditic snail Physa acuta**[(cite:mating_history> | ||
| - | Benoit Facon, Virginie Ravigne, Laure Sauteur, Jerome Goudet, Effect of mating history on gender preference in the hermaphroditic snail Physa acuta, Animal Behaviour, Volume 74, Issue 5, November 2007, Pages 1455-1461, ISSN 0003-3472.\\ | ||
| - | doi:[[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.02.019|10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.02.019]].)] | ||
| * **Penis-biting slugs: wild claims and confusions**[(cite:penis_biting> | * **Penis-biting slugs: wild claims and confusions**[(cite:penis_biting> | ||
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| Nils Anthes, Annika Putz, Nico K. Michiels, Sex role preferences, gender conflict and sperm trading in simultaneous hermaphrodites: a new framework, Animal Behaviour, Volume 72, Issue 1, July 2006, Pages 1-12, ISSN 0003-3472.\\ | Nils Anthes, Annika Putz, Nico K. Michiels, Sex role preferences, gender conflict and sperm trading in simultaneous hermaphrodites: a new framework, Animal Behaviour, Volume 72, Issue 1, July 2006, Pages 1-12, ISSN 0003-3472.\\ | ||
| doi:[[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2005.09.017|10.1016/j.anbehav.2005.09.017]].)] | doi:[[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2005.09.017|10.1016/j.anbehav.2005.09.017]].)] | ||
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| - | * **Variation of Satureja douglasii monoterpenoids in relation to light intensity and herbivory**[(cite:monoterpenoid_variation> | ||
| - | David E. Lincoln, Jean H. Langenheim, Variation of Satureja douglasii monoterpenoids in relation to light intensity and herbivory, Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, Volume 7, Issue 4, 26 November 1979, Pages 289-298, ISSN 0305-1978.\\ | ||
| - | doi:[[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0305-1978(79)90006-1|10.1016/0305-1978(79)90006-1]].)] | ||
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| - | * **A genetic approach to monoterpenoid compositional variation in Satureja douglasii**[(cite:monoterpenoid_genetic> | ||
| - | David E. Lincoln, Jean H. Langenheim, A genetic approach to monoterpenoid compositional variation in Satureja douglasii, Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, Volume 9, Issues 2-3, 10 November 1981, Pages 153-160, ISSN 0305-1978.\\ | ||
| - | doi:[[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0305-1978(81)90033-8|10.1016/0305-1978(81)90033-8]].)] | ||
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| - | * **The effect of moisture stress on monoterpenoid yield and composition in Satureja douglasii**[(cite:moisture_stress> | ||
| - | Jonathan Gershenzon, David E. Lincoln, Jean H. Langenheim, The effect of moisture stress on monoterpenoid yield and composition in Satureja douglasii, Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, Volume 6, Issue 1, 1978, Pages 33-43, ISSN 0305-1978.\\ | ||
| - | doi:[[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0305-1978(78)90022-4|10.1016/0305-1978(78)90022-4]].)] | ||
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| - | * **Effect of light and temperature on monoterpenoid yield and composition in Satureja douglasii**[(cite:monoterenoid_yield> | ||
| - | David E. Lincoln, Jean H. Langenheim, Effect of light and temperature on monoterpenoid yield and composition in Satureja douglasii, Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, Volume 6, Issue 1, 1978, Pages 21-32, ISSN 0305-1978.\\ | ||
| - | doi:[[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0305-1978(78)90021-2|10.1016/0305-1978(78)90021-2]].)] | ||
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| - | * **Effect of moisture stress on composition and yield in leaf resin of Hymenaea courbaril**[(cite:moister_stress2> | ||
| - | Jean H. Langenheim, Will H. Stubblebine, Craig E. Foster, Effect of moisture stress on composition and yield in leaf resin of Hymenaea courbaril, Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, Volume 7, Issue 1, 1979, Pages 21-28, ISSN 0305-1978.\\ | ||
| - | doi:[[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0305-1978(79)90036-X|10.1016/0305-1978(79)90036-X]].)] | ||
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| - | * **Variation in terpenes and phenolics through leaf development in Hymenaea and its possible significance to herbivory**[(cite:terpene_variation> | ||
| - | David R. Crankshaw, Jean H. Langenheim, Variation in terpenes and phenolics through leaf development in Hymenaea and its possible significance to herbivory, Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, Volume 9, Issues 2-3, 10 November 1981, Pages 115-124, ISSN 0305-1978.\\ | ||
| - | doi:[[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0305-1978(81)90029-6|10.1016/0305-1978(81)90029-6]].)] | ||
| * **Revision of the Giant West Coast Land Slugs of the Genus Ariolimax Moerch**[(cite:giant_west_slugs_review> | * **Revision of the Giant West Coast Land Slugs of the Genus Ariolimax Moerch**[(cite:giant_west_slugs_review> | ||
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| Length: 21 pp.\\ | Length: 21 pp.\\ | ||
| url: [[http://anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu/pdf/8336.pdf]].)] | url: [[http://anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu/pdf/8336.pdf]].)] | ||
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| + | * **Field guide to the slug**[(cite:field_guide> | ||
| + | Field guide to the slug by David George Gordon, Western Society of Malcologists, Published in Sasquatch field guide series in 1950. ISBN 1-57061-011-8\\ | ||
| + | url: [[http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=aj-5iUAjvjgC&oi=fnd&pg=PA5&dq=Ariolimax+dolichophallus&ots=wQ60VTR3fN&sig=SEzmpgFPljoPh0cvf93v0U-HICU#v=onepage&q&f=false]].)] | ||
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| + | * **The Evolution of male and female reproductive traits in simultaneously hermaphroditic terrestrial gastropods**[(cite:reproductive_traits> | ||
| + | The Evolution of male and female reproductive traits in simultaneously hermaphroditic terrestrial gastropods.\\ | ||
| + | Kathleen Beese, Doctoral thesis:2003-2007. Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Switzerland.\\ | ||
| + | url: [[http://edoc.unibas.ch/577/1/DissB_7878.pdf]].)] | ||
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| + | ==== Things Banana Slugs Eat ==== | ||
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| + | === Satureja douglasii === | ||
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| + | * **Variation of Satureja douglasii monoterpenoids in relation to light intensity and herbivory**[(cite:monoterpenoid_variation> | ||
| + | David E. Lincoln, Jean H. Langenheim, Variation of Satureja douglasii monoterpenoids in relation to light intensity and herbivory, Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, Volume 7, Issue 4, 26 November 1979, Pages 289-298, ISSN 0305-1978.\\ | ||
| + | doi:[[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0305-1978(79)90006-1|10.1016/0305-1978(79)90006-1]].)] | ||
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| + | * **A genetic approach to monoterpenoid compositional variation in Satureja douglasii**[(cite:monoterpenoid_genetic> | ||
| + | David E. Lincoln, Jean H. Langenheim, A genetic approach to monoterpenoid compositional variation in Satureja douglasii, Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, Volume 9, Issues 2-3, 10 November 1981, Pages 153-160, ISSN 0305-1978.\\ | ||
| + | doi:[[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0305-1978(81)90033-8|10.1016/0305-1978(81)90033-8]].)] | ||
| + | |||
| + | * **The effect of moisture stress on monoterpenoid yield and composition in Satureja douglasii**[(cite:moisture_stress> | ||
| + | Jonathan Gershenzon, David E. Lincoln, Jean H. Langenheim, The effect of moisture stress on monoterpenoid yield and composition in Satureja douglasii, Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, Volume 6, Issue 1, 1978, Pages 33-43, ISSN 0305-1978.\\ | ||
| + | doi:[[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0305-1978(78)90022-4|10.1016/0305-1978(78)90022-4]].)] | ||
| + | |||
| + | * **Effect of light and temperature on monoterpenoid yield and composition in Satureja douglasii**[(cite:monoterenoid_yield> | ||
| + | David E. Lincoln, Jean H. Langenheim, Effect of light and temperature on monoterpenoid yield and composition in Satureja douglasii, Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, Volume 6, Issue 1, 1978, Pages 21-32, ISSN 0305-1978.\\ | ||
| + | doi:[[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0305-1978(78)90021-2|10.1016/0305-1978(78)90021-2]].)] | ||
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| + | === Hymenaea courbaril === | ||
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| + | * **Effect of moisture stress on composition and yield in leaf resin of Hymenaea courbaril**[(cite:moister_stress2> | ||
| + | Jean H. Langenheim, Will H. Stubblebine, Craig E. Foster, Effect of moisture stress on composition and yield in leaf resin of Hymenaea courbaril, Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, Volume 7, Issue 1, 1979, Pages 21-28, ISSN 0305-1978.\\ | ||
| + | doi:[[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0305-1978(79)90036-X|10.1016/0305-1978(79)90036-X]].)] | ||
| + | |||
| + | * **Variation in terpenes and phenolics through leaf development in Hymenaea and its possible significance to herbivory**[(cite:terpene_variation> | ||
| + | David R. Crankshaw, Jean H. Langenheim, Variation in terpenes and phenolics through leaf development in Hymenaea and its possible significance to herbivory, Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, Volume 9, Issues 2-3, 10 November 1981, Pages 115-124, ISSN 0305-1978.\\ | ||
| + | doi:[[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0305-1978(81)90029-6|10.1016/0305-1978(81)90029-6]].)] | ||
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