Invasions and niche width: Does niche width of an introduced crayfish differ from a native crayfish?

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1731-1740

  Olsson, Karin ^a   Stenroth, Patrick ^a,b   Nyström, Per ^a   Granéli, Wilhelm ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Food availability; Food quality; Niche width; Noble crayfish; Signal crayfish; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ASTACOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; PACIFASTACUS LENIUSCULUS; PONTASTACUS LEPTODACTYLUS;

EID: 67650333336     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2009.02221.x     Document Type: Article

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