Combining data-driven methods and lab studies to analyse the ecology of Dikerogammarus villosus

Ecological Informatics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 133-139

  Boets, Pieter ^a   Lock, Koen ^a   Messiaen, Marjolein ^a   Goethals, Peter L M ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Classification trees; Habitat suitability modelling; Invasive species; Predator prey experiments; Substrate preference

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; AQUATIC COMMUNITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HABITAT QUALITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NATIVE SPECIES; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; WATER QUALITY;

BELGIUM; FLANDERS;

ASELLUS AQUATICUS; CHIRONOMIDAE; CLOEON DIPTERUM; CRANGONYX PSEUDOGRACILIS; CRUSTACEA; DIKEROGAMMARUS VILLOSUS; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS PULEX; GAMMARUS TIGRINUS;

EID: 77549087961     PISSN: 15749541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2009.12.005     Document Type: Article

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