Invasion by a non-native ecosystem engineer alters distribution of a native predator

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1190-1198

  Cameron, Erin K ^a   Bayne, Erin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Dendrobaena octaedra; Fragmentation; Habitat alteration; Invasive prey; Linear feature; Songbirds

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BOREAL FOREST; DIETARY SHIFT; EARTHWORM; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; PREDATOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SONGBIRD; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

DENDROBAENA OCTAEDRA; PASSERI; TURDUS MIGRATORIUS;

EID: 84868554947     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2012.00912.x     Document Type: Article

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