Abstract

PATINO MONTOYA, Angie  and  GIRALDO, Alan. Ten years of the African giant snail in Colombia: Review of the research and dissemination carried out between 2008-2017. Ecol. austral [online]. 2020, vol.30, n.1, pp.125-133. ISSN 1667-782X.

The presence of the Giant African Snail (Achatina fulica) as an exotic species in Colombia since 2008 has promoted social alerts, control actions and research efforts on different aspects of natural history under the environmental conditions of the national territory. With the purpose of consolidating the knowledge that has been generated and disseminated on the Giant African Snail in Colombia during the 10 years of presence, information was sought in the main scientific and public databases at national and international level. This information was filtered according to the source, the year, the area and the subject, analyzing the temporal variation of the presence and control reports. This information comes from the media, establishing 2014 and 2016 as the years of greatest disclosure and predominant management and control issues, followed by presence records. According to the chronology of the consolidated information, the hypothesis of the entry of mollusk into the country is supported. A relationship was found between the frequency of presence records with interannual (e.g., ENSO) and intra-annual climatic processes (e.g., seasonal variation associated with the temporal dynamics of the intertropical convergence zone). In addition, it was found that although community-mediated control strategies have been given a higher priority, scientific knowledge on the adjustment of the biological and ecological characteristics of the species to the environmental conditions of the country has not been generated.

Keywords : Achatina fulica; Control strategies; Biological invasion.

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