An experimental investigation of the competitive displacement of a native gecko by an invading gecko: No role for parasites

Oecologia

Volumn 115, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 196-205

  Hanley, Kathryn A ^a,b   Petren, Kenneth ^a,c   Case, Ted J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apparent competition; Competitive displacement; Corticosterone; Hemidactylus frenatus; Lepidodactylus lugubris

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMPETITIVE DISPLACEMENT; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LIZARD; PARASITE PREVALENCE;

PACIFIC ISLANDS;

CESTODA; CYLINDROTAENIA; HEMIDACTYLUS FRENATUS; LEPIDODACTYLUS LUGUBRIS;

EID: 0031863141     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050508     Document Type: Article

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