Introduced rats indirectly change marine rocky intertidal communities from algae- to invertebrate-dominated

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3800-3804

  Kurle, Carolyn M ^a   Croll, Donald A ^a   Tershy, Bernie R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community structure; Invasive species; Marine birds; Rattus norvegicus; Trophic cascade

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ARTICLE; BIRD; BROWN NORWAY RAT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; INTERTIDAL SPECIES; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPECIES INVASION; TROPHIC CASCADE; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; UNITED STATES; WATER FLOW;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; AVES; INVERTEBRATA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

ALASKA; ALGAE; ANIMALS; BIRDS; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; INVERTEBRATES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RATS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 41649107871     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0800570105     Document Type: Article

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