Soil-mediated indirect impacts of an invasive predator on plant growth

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 574-577

  Wardle, David A ^a   Bellingham, Peter J ^b   Fukami, Tadashi ^c   Bonner, Karen I ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Invasive predator; Soil community; Trophic cascade

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; GROWTH RATE; INVASIVE SPECIES; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEABIRD; SOIL BIOTA; TROPHIC LEVEL;

NEW ZEALAND;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84864419147     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0201     Document Type: Article

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