Immigration rates of signal crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus) in response to manual control measures

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 993-1001

  Moorhouse, Tom P ^a   Macdonald, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competition; Invasive crayfish; Manual removal; Movements; Pacifastacus leniusculus

Indexed keywords

ASTACOIDEA; PACIFASTACUS LENIUSCULUS;

EID: 79953306707     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2010.02528.x     Document Type: Article

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