The relevance of life-history traits in the establishment of the invader Eudiaptomus gracilis and the extinction of Eudiaptomus padanus in Lake Candia (Northern Italy): Evidence for competitive exclusion?

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 243-254

  Riccardi, Nicoletta ^a   Giussani, Gianluigi ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Copepods; Interspecific competition; Invasions; Life history strategy; Reproductive traits

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BODY SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; COEXISTENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; COMPETITIVE DISPLACEMENT; CRUSTACEAN; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EXTINCTION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORTALITY; NATIVE SPECIES; REPLACEMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LAKE CANDIA; PIEDMONT [ITALY]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TORINO [PIEDMONT];

COPEPODA; EUDIAPTOMUS GRACILIS; EUDIAPTOMUS PADANUS; EUGLENA GRACILIS;

EID: 34447632635     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10452-006-9061-3     Document Type: Article

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