Invasive ants compete with and modify the trophic ecology of hermit crabs on tropical islands

Oecologia

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 187-194

  McNatty, Alice ^a   Abbott, Kirsti L ^b   Lester, Philip J ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anoplolepis gracilipes; Carrion; Exclusion; Invasive ants; Trophic ecology

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

ANT; ATOLL; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CRAB; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INVASIVE SPECIES; ISLAND; TROPHIC INTERACTION; TROPHIC LEVEL; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANOMURA; ANT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; GEOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYNESIA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANOMURA; ANTS; CARBON ISOTOPES; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; GEOGRAPHY; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; POLYNESIA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYNESIA; TOKELAU;

ANOPLOLEPIS GRACILIPES; COENOBITA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FORMICIDAE;

EID: 64749085777     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1279-z     Document Type: Article

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