Introduced trout sever trophic connections in watersheds: Consequences for a declining amphibian

Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2187-2198

  Finlay, Jacques C ^a   Vredenburg, Vance T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpine ecosystems; Amphibians; Benthic; Food webs; Invasion; Pelagic; Rana muscosa; Riparian; Spatial interactions

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BENTHOS; ENERGY FLOW; FOOD WEB; FROG; GAPE LIMITATION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DECLINE; RIPARIAN ZONE; SALMONID; TROPHIC INTERACTION; WATERSHED;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; TRANSVERSE RANGES; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; RANA MUSCOSA; SALMONIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; FROG; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDATION; TROUT; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; INSECTS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RANIDAE; TROUT;

EID: 38449103266     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-0344.1     Document Type: Article

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