The effect of temperature on metabolic rate (MO2) was similar for both native and alien slug species, but mass-specific metabolic rate was higher for the alien black slugs.

 
 
  Part of: Rodriguez-Cabal MA, Gibbons TC, PM, Barrios-Garcia MN, Crutsinger GM (2015) Comparing functional similarity between a native and an alien slug in temperate rain forests of British Columbia. NeoBiota 25: 1-14. https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.25.8316