Foraging behaviour and invasiveness: Do invasive Gambusia exhibit higher feeding rates and broader diets than their noninvasive relatives?

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 352-360

  Rehage, J S ^a,b,c   Barnett, B K ^a   Sih, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Fish; Foraging behaviour; Gambusia; Invasion

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DIET; FOOD INTAKE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NICHE BREADTH;

DAPHNIA; GAMBUSIA; LIRCEUS;

EID: 28144431846     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2005.00109.x     Document Type: Review

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