Interspecific differences in responses to predation risk may confer competitive advantages to invasive freshwater turtle species

Ethology

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 115-123

  Polo Cavia, Nuria ^a   López, Pilar ^a   Martín, José ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; PREDATION RISK; TURTLE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

MAUREMYS LEPROSA; TESTUDINES; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA ELEGANS;

EID: 38149090129     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2007.01441.x     Document Type: Article

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