Native species vulnerability to introduced predators: Testing an inducible defense and a refuge from predation

Biological Invasions

Volumn 5, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 23-31

  Whitlow, W Lindsay ^a,b   Rice, Neil A ^b   Sweeney, Christine ^b  

^a BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Carcinus maenas; Depth; Inducible defense; Introduced predator; Invasive species; Mya arenaria; Native species; Predator avoidance; Refuge

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; INDUCED RESPONSE; NATIVE SPECIES; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REFUGE;

BIVALVIA; CARCINUS MAENAS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MYA; MYA ARENARIA; MYIDAE; PORTUNIDAE;

EID: 0038379730     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024059025890     Document Type: Conference Paper

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