The effect of enemy-release and climate conditions on invasive birds: A regional test using the rose-ringed parakeet (Psittacula krameri) as a case study

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 310-318

  Shwartz, Assaf ^a   Strubbe, Diederik ^b   Butler, Chris John ^c   Matthysen, Erik ^b   Kark, Salit ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Birds; Infertility; Introduced species; Predation; Reproductive success

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIRD; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INFERTILITY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; PREDATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; TESTING METHOD;

ASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; INDIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; SOUTH ASIA; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; PSITTACIDAE; PSITTACULA; PSITTACULA KRAMERI;

EID: 60349091466     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2008.00538.x     Document Type: Article

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