Parasitism may enhance rather than reduce the predatory impact of an invader

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 636-638

  Dick, Jaimie T A ^a   Armstrong, Michael ^a   Clarke, Hazel C ^a   Farnsworth, Keith D ^a   Hatcher, Melanie J ^b   Ennis, Marilyn ^a   Kelly, Andrew ^a   Dunn, Alison M ^c  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Enemy release; Functional response; Invasive species; Parasites; Predation; Trait mediated indirect effects

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTIVITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; ISOPOD; PARASITISM; PREDATION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS);

ASELLUS AQUATICUS; ECHINORHYNCHUS TRUTTAE; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS PULEX; ISOPODA;

EID: 77958494442     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0171     Document Type: Article

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