Interference competition among native and invader amphipods

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 282-289

  van Riel, Mariëlle C ^a,d   Healy, Evan P ^a   van der Velde, Gerard ^a,b,d   bij de Vaate, Abraham ^c,d  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c INST INLAND WATER MGMT WASTE W   (Netherlands)

^d Netherlands Centre for River Studies NCR   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Competition; Gammarid; Intraguild predation; Invader; Substratum choice

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; HABITAT SELECTION; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INTRAGUILD PREDATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR;

AMPHIPODA; DIKEROGAMMARUS VILLOSUS; GAMMARIDAE; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS PULEX; GAMMARUS ROESELI; GAMMARUS TIGRINUS;

EID: 34247493757     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2006.12.006     Document Type: Article

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