Environmental and morphological factors influencing predatory behaviour by invasive non-indigenous gammaridean species

Biological Invasions

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2043-2054

  van der Velde, Gerard ^a,b   Leuven, Rob S E W ^a   Platvoet, Dirk ^c   Bacela, Karolina ^d   Huijbregts, Mark A J ^a   Hendriks, Harrie W M ^a   Kruijt, Dirk ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Allometric growth; Dikerogammarus villosus; Invasive amphipods; Predation; Seasonal effects; Sex; Species displacements; Water temperature

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; AMPHIPOD; BODY SIZE; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; INTRAGUILD PREDATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MORTALITY; NATIVE SPECIES; PREDATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX RATIO; WATER TEMPERATURE;

AMPHIPODA; DIKEROGAMMARUS VILLOSUS; GAMMARIDEA; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS FOSSARUM;

EID: 70350364506     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-009-9500-x     Document Type: Article

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