Indirect effects in an experimentally staged invasion by a major predator

American Naturalist

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 347-358

  Schoener, Thomas W ^a   Spiller, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Herbivory; Indirect effects; Invasions; Islands; Lizards; Predation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOTA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIZARD; PREDATOR;

EID: 0032945812     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303177     Document Type: Article

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