Release from parasites as natural enemies: Increased performance of a globally introduced marine crab

Biological Invasions

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 333-345

  Torchin, Mark E ^a   Lafferty, Kevin D ^a   Kuris, Armand M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinus maenas; Global invasion; Green crab; Introduced species; Natural enemies; Parasites; Predators

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; NATURAL ENEMY; PARASITISM; PREDATION;

CARCINUS MAENAS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 0035555961     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015855019360     Document Type: Article

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