Does intraspecific niche partitioning in a native predator influence its response to an invasion by a toxic prey species?

Austral Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 201-209

  Webb, Jonathan K ^a,b   Shine, Richard ^b   Christian, Keith A ^a  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation; Population; Predation; Snake; Toxic prey

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; NICHE PARTITIONING; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ADELAIDE RIVER; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NORTHERN TERRITORY; WORLD;

ACANTHOPHIS ANTARCTICUS; ACANTHOPHIS PRAELONGUS; ANURA; ARUNDINARIA; BUFO MARINUS; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; SCINCIDAE; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 17644379423     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2005.01437.x     Document Type: Article

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