The paradox of the Long-Term positive effects of a north american crayfish on a european community of predators

Conservation Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1230-1238

  Tablado, Zulima ^a   Tella, José L ^a   Sánchez Zapata, José A ^b   Hiraldo, Fernando ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diet shift; Facilitative effects; Invasive prey; Non native species; Predator community; Procambarus clarkii; Red swamp crayfish

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CRAYFISH; DIET; DIETARY SHIFT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HERBIVORE; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SWAMP; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CRAYFISH; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD CHAIN; INTRODUCED SPECIES; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; SPAIN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ASTACOIDEA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DIET; FOOD CHAIN; INTRODUCED SPECIES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SPAIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

NORTH AMERICA; SPAIN;

ASTACOIDEA; PROCAMBARUS CLARKII;

EID: 77957121464     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2010.01483.x     Document Type: Article

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