Snails and their trails: the multiple functions of trail-following in gastropods

Tracking Behavior in the SnailEuglandina rosea: First Evidence of Preference for Endemic vs. Biocontrol Target Pest Species in Hawaii

(2012) Brenden S. Holland et al.   AMERICAN MALACOLOGICAL BULLETIN

Effect of the mud snail Ilyanassa obsoleta on vital rates of the intertidal amphipod Corophium volutator

(2012) Michael R.S. Coffin et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

Misinterpreting the potential benefits of aggregation for reducing desiccation in the intertidal: a simple analogy

(2012) Richard Stafford et al.   Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective

A global molecular phylogeny of 147 periwinkle species (Gastropoda, Littorininae)

(2012) David G. Reid et al.   ZOOLOGICA SCRIPTA

Mucus trail following as a mate-searching strategy in mangrove littorinid snails

(2011) Terence P.T. Ng et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Characterization of mucus-associated proteins from abalone (Haliotis) - candidates for chemical signaling

(2011) Chitraporn Kuanpradit et al.   FEBS Journal

The predatory snail Euglandina rosea successfully follows mucous trails 
of both native and non-native prey snails

(2011) Elizabeth C. Davis-Berg   INVERTEBRATE BIOLOGY

Trail Marking by Caterpillars of the Silverspot ButterflyDione Juno Huascuma

(2011) Alfonso Pescador-Rubio et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT SCIENCE

Pheromone trail following in three dimensions by the freshwater copepod Hesperodiaptomus shoshone

(2011) J. Yen et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANKTON RESEARCH

Cheats in a cooperative behaviour? Behavioural differences and breakdown of cooperative behaviour in aggregating, intertidal littorinids (Mollusca)

(2011) Richard Stafford et al.   Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective

Robustness of Self-Organised Systems to Changes in Behaviour: An Example from Real and Simulated Self-Organised Snail Aggregations

(2011) Richard Stafford et al.   PLoS One

Sex pheromones and trail-following pheromone in the basal termites Zootermopsis nevadensis (Hagen) and Z. angusticollis (Hagen) (Isoptera: Termopsidae: Termopsinae)

(2010) CHRISTIAN BORDEREAU et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

The Trail Pheromone of a Stingless Bee, Trigona corvina (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini), Varies between Populations

(2010) S. Jarau et al.   CHEMICAL SENSES

The chemosensory ability of the predatory leech Whitmania laevis (Arhynchobdellida: Haemopidae) for prey searching

(2010) Yi-Te Lai et al.   CHEMOECOLOGY

Hydrodynamic trail following in a California sea lion (Zalophus californianus)

(2010) Nele Gläser et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A-NEUROETHOLOGY SENSORY NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY

Past and present grazing boosts the photo-autotrophic biomass of biofilms

(2010) MW Skov et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Allelic variation in a fatty-acyl reductase gene causes divergence in moth sex pheromones

(2010) Jean-Marc Lassance et al.   NATURE

Prey-tracking behavior in the invasive terrestrial planarian Platydemus manokwari (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida)

(2010) Noriko Iwai et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Extreme Female Promiscuity in a Non-Social Invertebrate Species

(2010) Marina Panova et al.   PLoS One

Indiscriminate Males: Mating Behaviour of a Marine Snail Compromised by a Sexual Conflict?

(2010) Kerstin Johannesson et al.   PLoS One

Crossing fitness valleys during the evolution of limpet homing behaviour

(2010) Richard Stafford   Open Life Sciences

Effects of small abalone, Haliotis diversicolor, pedal mucus on bacterial growth, attachment, biofilm formation and community structure

(2009) Feng Guo et al.   AQUACULTURE

Candidate chemoreceptor subfamilies differentially expressed in the chemosensory organs of the mollusc Aplysia

(2009) Scott F Cummins et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Complete lack of mitochondrial divergence between two species of NE Atlantic marine intertidal gastropods

(2009) P. KEMPPAINEN et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Self-Organization of Intertidal Snails Facilitates Evolution of Aggregation Behavior

(2008) Richard Stafford et al.   ARTIFICIAL LIFE

MALE DISCRIMINATION OF FEMALE MUCOUS TRAILS PERMITS ASSORTATIVE MATING IN A MARINE SNAIL SPECIES

(2008) Kerstin Johannesson et al.   EVOLUTION

The presence of GABA in gastropod mucus and its role in inducing larval settlement

(2008) Praphaporn Laimek et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

Choosy males in a littorinid gastropod: male Littorina subrotundata prefer large and virgin females

(2008) Tracy D. Zahradnik et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLLUSCAN STUDIES

Experimental evidence for a new transmission route in a parasitic mite and its mucus-dependent orientation towards the host snail

(2008) H. U. SCHÜPBACH et al.   PARASITOLOGY

Análise colorimétrica e espectroscópica do muco de caracóis terrestres Achatina sp alimentados com ração diferenciada

(2008) Adriana Tarlá Lorenzi et al.   REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE ZOOTECNIA-BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Minor workers have a major role in the maintenance of leafcutter ant pheromone trails

(2007) Sophie E.F. Evison et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Thermal constraints on daily patterns of aggregation and density along an intertidal gradient in the periwinkle Echinolittorina peruviana

(2007) J.L.P. Muñoz et al.   JOURNAL OF THERMAL BIOLOGY