Invading predatory crustacean Dikerogammarus villosus eliminates both native and exotic species

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1447, 2000, Pages 977-983

  Dick, Jaimie T A ^a   Platvoet, Dirk ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amphipods; Interspecific interactions; Invasions; Microcosms; Predation

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CRUSTACEAN; PREDATOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSTACEA; DIKEROGAMMARUS VILLOSUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; GAMMARUS; LABORATORY; MALE; MOLTING; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PREDATOR; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES; SURVIVAL;

NETHERLANDS;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA; DIKEROGAMMARUS VILLOSUS; GAMMARUS DUEBENI; GAMMARUS TIGRINUS;

EID: 0034701927     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1099     Document Type: Article

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