Aggression and competition for shelter between a native and an introduced crayfish in Europe

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 111-119

  Vorburger, Christoph ^a   Ribi, Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aggressive interactions; Austropotamobius torrentium; Pacifastacus leniusculus; Shelter competition; Species replacement

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; CRUSTACEAN; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRODUCED SPECIES;

EUROPE;

EID: 0032839455     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.1999.00465.x     Document Type: Article

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