Promotion of ecosystem carbon sequestration by invasive predators

Biology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 479-482

  Wardle, David A ^a   Bellingham, Peter J ^a   Fukami, Tadashi ^a,b   Mulder, Christa P H ^c  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; Island ecology; Rats; Seabirds

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIRD; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PREDATION; RAT;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; BIRDS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; PLANTS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RATS;

EID: 35548943561     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0163     Document Type: Article

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