The ability to withstand short-term heat shocks and long-term elevated ambient temperatures suggests different sensitivity to future climatic changes for two sympatric Mediterranean land snail species, Theba pisana and Xeropicta derbentina (Helicoidea)
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In the 1940s, Xeropicta derbentina was introduced to the Provence region in south-eastern France. Since then, it has coexisted sympatrically with the native species Theba pisana. X. derbentina's successful establishment in Provence is commonly attributed to t... ...
