Species introductions and their ecological consequences: An example with congeneric sunfish

Ecological Applications

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 612-625

  Fisher Huckins, Casey J ^a,c   Osenberg, Craig W ^b   Mittelbach, Gary G ^c  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Consumer resource interactions; Introduced species; Lepomis gibbosus; Lepomis microlophus; Michigan, USA; Pumpkinseed sunfish; Redear sunfish; Snails; Target neighbor experiment; Time scale

Indexed keywords

FISHERY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRODUCED SPECIES;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

GASTROPODA; LEPOMIS GIBBOSUS; LEPOMIS MICROLOPHUS; MICROLOPHUS;

EID: 0342520782     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2000)010[0612:SIATEC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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