The role of introduced species in the degradation of island ecosystems: A case history of guam

Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics

Volumn 29, Issue , 1998, Pages 113-140

  Fritts, Thomas H ^a   Rodda, Gordon H ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boiga irregularis; Brown treesnake; Extinction; Guam Island

Indexed keywords

COEVOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; ISLAND; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

GUAM;

EID: 0032409113     PISSN: 00664162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.29.1.113     Document Type: Article

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