Intraguild predation may explain an amphipod replacement: Evidence from laboratory populations

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 249, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 463-468

  Dick, Jaimie T A ^a   Montgomery, W Ian ^a   Elwood, Robert W ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amphipoda; Gammarus sp.; Intraguild predation; Invasions; Populations

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENT; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; MORTALITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATION;

CANNIBALISM; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INTRAGUILD PREDATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

AMPHIPODA; GAMMARUS DUEBENI; GAMMARUS PULEX;

EID: 0033387161     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836999009802     Document Type: Article

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