Propagule predation in a Neotropical mangrove: The role of the Grapsid crab Goniopsis cruentata

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 707, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 135-146

  Ferreira, Alexander C ^a   Ganade, Gislene ^a   Morais Freire, Fúlvio A ^a   Attayde, José Luiz ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Exclusion experiment; Higher order interactions; Mangrove restoration; Multiple predators; Prey preference

Indexed keywords

CRAB; DOMINANCE; EXCLUSION EXPERIMENT; HABITAT RESTORATION; HYDROBIOLOGY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MANGROVE; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PREDATION; PREY PREFERENCE; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; PROPAGULE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SHRIMP FISHERY;

AVICENNIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GONIOPSIS; GONIOPSIS CRUENTATA; GRAPSIDAE; LAGUNCULARIA RACEMOSA; RHIZOPHORA MANGLE; RHIZOPHORACEAE; UCIDES; UCIDES CORDATUS;

EID: 84875055184     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1416-2     Document Type: Article

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