Are amphipod invaders a threat to regional biodiversity?

Biological Invasions

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 853-863

  Piscart, Christophe ^a,c   Bergerot, Benjamin ^b   Laffaille, Pascal ^b   Marmonier, Pierre ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Colonization process; Crustacean invasion; Habitat; Native and invasive species; Refuge; Species distributions

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; COLONIZATION; HABITAT RESTORATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MICROHABITAT; NATIVE SPECIES; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

FRANCE; LOIRE BASIN;

AMPHIPODA; CRUSTACEA;

EID: 77952236360     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-009-9506-4     Document Type: Article

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