Human hydrographical changes interact with propagule predation behaviour in Sri Lankan mangrove forests

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 399, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 188-200

  Dahdouh Guebas, F ^a,b   Koedam, N ^b   Satyanarayana, B ^a,b   Cannicci, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biocomplexity; Crab; Feeding behaviour; Gastropod; Hydrography; Retrospection

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CRAB; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GASTROPOD; HYDROGRAPHY; MAMMAL; MANGROVE; MICROHABITAT; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; PROPAGULE; SNAIL; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

SRI LANKA;

AVICENNIA; AVICENNIA OFFICINALIS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EXCOECARIA AGALLOCHA; GASTROPODA; HEXAPODA; LUMNITZERA RACEMOSA; MAMMALIA; RHIZOPHORA APICULATA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 79952738036     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2010.11.012     Document Type: Article

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