{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2025,2,20]],"date-time":"2025-02-20T05:20:34Z","timestamp":1740028834656,"version":"3.37.3"},"reference-count":28,"publisher":"Cambridge University Press (CUP)","issue":"2","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2010,4,6]],"date-time":"2010-04-06T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1270512000000},"content-version":"unspecified","delay-in-days":5,"URL":"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/terms"}],"content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["Oryx"],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2010,4]]},"abstract":"<jats:title>Abstract<\/jats:title><jats:p>Terrestrial and freshwater molluscs are amongst the most threatened of all taxa, yet data exist on the distribution and status of only a small proportion of the species. Here we present the results of the first systematic survey of a terrestrial mollusc on the island of Pr\u00edncipe in the Gulf of Guinea.<jats:italic>Archachatina bicarinata<\/jats:italic>has never been previously surveyed, despite being categorized as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List and suffering from unregulated harvesting for food. We found that<jats:italic>A. bicarinata<\/jats:italic>is restricted to primary rainforest and its abundance and probability of occurrence increased as surveyed sites became less accessible. Additional anecdotal evidence from the observations of previous scientific expeditions, local guides and snail harvesters suggested that the species has suffered a dramatic decline in population size and distribution in recent years. We therefore recommend that immediate action be taken to prevent its imminent extinction on Pr\u00edncipe. The collection of<jats:italic>A. bicarinata<\/jats:italic>from protected areas should be banned, as should commercial harvesting and sales. Subsistence collecting should be limited to larger individuals. Our data have been used to inform the management plans for the protected areas on Pr\u00edncipe and S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9, and this should help to ensure the future of<jats:italic>A. bicarinata<\/jats:italic>on both islands.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1017\/s0030605309990834","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2010,4,7]],"date-time":"2010-04-07T03:16:24Z","timestamp":1270610184000},"page":"213-218","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Rapid decline of the endemic giant land snail<i>Archachatina bicarinata<\/i>on the island of Pr\u00edncipe, Gulf of Guinea"],"prefix":"10.1017","volume":"44","author":[{"given":"Martin","family":"Dallimer","sequence":"first","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Martim","family":"Melo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]}],"member":"56","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2010,4,6]]},"reference":[{"key":"S0030605309990834_ref12","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1472-4642.2007.00376.x"},{"volume-title":"The Birds of S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 and Pr\u00edncipe with Annob\u00f3n, BOU Checklist Series No. 22","year":"2006","author":"Jones","key":"S0030605309990834_ref20"},{"key":"S0030605309990834_ref21","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1641\/0006-3568(2004)054[0321:TGDONM]2.0.CO;2"},{"key":"S0030605309990834_ref11","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"785","DOI":"10.1007\/BF00129658","article-title":"Diversity and endemism of angiosperms in the Gulf of Guinea islands","volume":"3","author":"Figueiredo","year":"1994","journal-title":"Biodiversity and Conservation"},{"key":"S0030605309990834_ref5","first-page":"51","article-title":"Dilemmas of rarity: biogeographical insights and conservation priorities for land Mollusca","author":"Cameron","year":"1998","journal-title":"Journal of Conchology"},{"volume-title":"One Month in the Forests of Pr\u00edncipe","year":"1999","author":"Baillie","key":"S0030605309990834_ref2"},{"key":"S0030605309990834_ref7","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1023\/A:1008950123126"},{"volume-title":"Model Selection and Multimodal Inference","year":"2002","author":"Burnham","key":"S0030605309990834_ref3"},{"key":"S0030605309990834_ref13","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"794","DOI":"10.1007\/BF00129659","article-title":"The biogeography of land snails in the islands of the Gulf of Guinea","volume":"3","author":"Gascoigne","year":"1994","journal-title":"Biodiversity and Conservation"},{"key":"S0030605309990834_ref19","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.tree.2003.10.013"},{"volume-title":"A Lista Vermelha de Animais Amea\u00e7ados de S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 e Pr\u00edncipe","year":"1995","author":"Gascoigne","key":"S0030605309990834_ref15"},{"key":"S0030605309990834_ref22","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1523-1739.2007.00677.x"},{"key":"S0030605309990834_ref25","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1017\/S0376892900030630"},{"key":"S0030605309990834_ref16","first-page":"236","volume-title":"Terrestrial Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar: A Conservation Assessment","author":"Gascoigne","year":"2004"},{"key":"S0030605309990834_ref28","first-page":"77","article-title":"Patterns of diversity and endemism in East African land snails, and the implications for conservation","author":"Tattersfield","year":"1998","journal-title":"Journal of Conchology"},{"volume-title":"R: A Language and Environment for Statistical Computing","year":"2008","key":"S0030605309990834_ref26"},{"key":"S0030605309990834_ref9","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1469-1795.2009.00240.x"},{"volume-title":"Gulf of Guinea Conservation Group: Maps","year":"2004","author":"Gascoigne","key":"S0030605309990834_ref17"},{"key":"S0030605309990834_ref10","first-page":"1","article-title":"Carta de Zonagem Agro-Ecol\u00f3gica e da Vegeta\u00e7\u00e3o de S. Tome e Principe: I Ilha de S. Tom\u00e9","volume":"15","author":"Diniz","year":"2002","journal-title":"Garcia de Orta, Ser Botanica"},{"key":"S0030605309990834_ref23","first-page":"119","article-title":"Inventaire, potentiel et repartition des escargot terrestres d\u2019une for\u00eat tropicale humide de C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire: le Parc National du Banco (PNB)","volume":"9","author":"Memel","year":"2008","journal-title":"Novapex"},{"volume-title":"Californian Academy of Sciences Gulf of Guinea Biodiversity Project","year":"2001","key":"S0030605309990834_ref4"},{"key":"S0030605309990834_ref1","first-page":"88","article-title":"Utilization of the African giant land snail Archachatina marginata in the humid area of Nigeria","volume":"69","author":"Agbelusi","year":"1992","journal-title":"Tropical Agriculture"},{"volume-title":"2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species","year":"2008","key":"S0030605309990834_ref18"},{"key":"S0030605309990834_ref6","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1017\/S0030605303000176"},{"key":"S0030605309990834_ref27","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1365-2664.2008.01470.x"},{"key":"S0030605309990834_ref14","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1","DOI":"10.5962\/p.407942","article-title":"The dispersal of terrestrial gastropod species in the Gulf of Guinea","volume":"35","author":"Gascoigne","year":"1994","journal-title":"Journal of Conchology"},{"key":"S0030605309990834_ref8","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1365-2028.2007.00891.x"},{"key":"S0030605309990834_ref24","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1038\/35002501"}],"container-title":["Oryx"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/services\/aop-cambridge-core\/content\/view\/S0030605309990834","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2025,2,19]],"date-time":"2025-02-19T21:40:37Z","timestamp":1740001237000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/product\/identifier\/S0030605309990834\/type\/journal_article"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2010,4]]},"references-count":28,"journal-issue":{"issue":"2","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2010,4]]}},"alternative-id":["S0030605309990834"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/s0030605309990834","relation":{},"ISSN":["0030-6053","1365-3008"],"issn-type":[{"type":"print","value":"0030-6053"},{"type":"electronic","value":"1365-3008"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2010,4]]}}}