Patchiness and co-existence of indigenous and invasive mussels at small spatial scales: The interaction of facilitation and competition

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Erlandsson, Johan ^a   McQuaid, Christopher D ^b   Sköld, Martin ^c  

^a NOVIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HABITAT PATCHINESS; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; NATIVE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PERNA; PERNA PERNA; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PREDICTION; SPECIES COEXISTENCE; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES HABITAT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; BIVALVE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYMBIOSIS;

MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; PERNA PERNA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LINEAR MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SOUTH AFRICA; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 81555212290     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026958     Document Type: Article

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