Gorging on gobies: Beneficial effects of alien prey on a threatened vertebrate

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 108-115

  King, R B ^a   Ray, J M ^a,b   Stanford, K M ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; GROWTH KINETICS; NUTRITION;

DIET COMPOSITION; FOOD SOURCES; POPULATIONS; PREDATORS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CARNIVORE; ECOLOGY; FOOD; INTRODUCED SPECIES; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDATOR; REPRODUCTION; SNAKE; VERTEBRATE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; UNITED STATES;

APOLLONIA MELANOSTOMUS; GOBIIDAE; NEOGOBIUS; NERODIA; NERODIA SIPEDON INSULARUM; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33646016025     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z05-182     Document Type: Article

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