Physiological tolerances account for range limits and abundance structure in an invasive slug

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1661, 2009, Pages 1459-1468

  Lee, Jennifer E ^a   Janion, Charlene ^a   Marais, Elrike ^a   Van Vuuren, Bettine Jansen ^a   Chown, Steven L ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Abundance structure; Desiccation resistance; Range margins; Salinity tolerance; Thermal biology

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COASTAL ZONE; DESICCATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; ISLAND; PATCHINESS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; RANGE SIZE; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SLUG; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SURVIVAL; TOLERANCE;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GASTROPOD; GEOGRAPHIC ELEVATION; HABITAT PATCHINESS; HUMIDITY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL; VEGETATION;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MARION ISLAND; PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDS; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

DEROCERAS PANORMITANUM; GASTROPODA;

EID: 66149167552     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1240     Document Type: Article

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