Incorporation of the invasive mallow Lavatera arborea into the food web of an active seabird island

Biological Invasions

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1805-1814

  Hawke, David J ^a   Clark, John McK ^a,b  

^a CHRISTCHURCH POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b CANTERBURY MUSEUM   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Habitat modification; Motunau Island; Penguin; Petrel; Plant invasion; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CARBON ISOTOPE; FOLIAGE; FOOD WEB; GUILD STRUCTURE; INVASIVE SPECIES; INVERTEBRATE; ISLAND; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LIZARD; MOLT; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PERENNIAL PLANT; POLLINATOR; SEABIRD; STABLE ISOTOPE; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TROPHIC LEVEL;

NEW ZEALAND;

APOIDEA; ARANEAE; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DERMESTES; GEKKONIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HOPLODACTYLUS MACULATUS; INVERTEBRATA; LAVATERA ARBOREA; SALTICIDAE; SPHENISCIDAE; TENEBRIONIDAE;

EID: 77952292946     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-009-9591-4     Document Type: Article

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