Ecological consequences of invasive lake trout on river otters in Yellowstone National Park

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1144-1153

  Wengeler, William R ^a   Kelt, Douglas A ^a   Johnson, Michael L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cutthroat trout; Introduced species; North American river otter; Salvelinus namaycush; Scat analysis; Stable isotope analysis

Indexed keywords

BEAR; BIRD; CYPRINID; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOOD WEB; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAKE; MUSTELID; PISCIVORY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SALMONID; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; STABLE ISOTOPE;

LEWIS LAKE; UNITED STATES; WYOMING; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

AVES; CARNIVORA; CATOSTOMUS CATOSTOMUS; CYPRINIDAE; GILA ATRARIA; LONTRA CANADENSIS; LUTRA CANADENSIS; LUTRINAE; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS CLARKII; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 77951022986     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.02.012     Document Type: Article

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