Responses of juvenile terrestrial salamanders to introduced (Lithobius forficatus) and native centipedes (Scolopocryptops sexspinosus)

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 271, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 54-62

  Anthony, C D ^a   Hickerson, C A M ^b   Venesky, M D ^a  

^a JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Competition; Intraguild predation; Introduced species; Lithobius forficatus; Plethodon cinereus; Scolopocryptops sexspinosus

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; ARTHROPOD; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DECLINE;

AMPHIBIA; CHILOPODA; INVERTEBRATA; LITHOBIUS FORFICATUS; PLETHODON CINEREUS; SALAMANDROIDEA; SCOLOPOCRYPTOPS SEXSPINOSUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33846112096     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2006.00202.x     Document Type: Article

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