Invader impact clarifies the roles of top-down and bottom-up effects on tropical snake populations

Functional Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 351-361

  Brown, Gregory P ^a   Ujvari, Beata ^a,b   Madsen, Thomas ^b   Shine, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alien species; Biological invasion; Prey availability; Reptile

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BODY SIZE; BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; FOOD SUPPLY; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIZARD; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POISONING; PREDATION; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY PREFERENCE; SNAKE; TOAD; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TOXIN; TROPICAL REGION;

AUSTRALIA;

ANURA; BUFO MARINUS; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; STEGONOTUS CUCULLATUS; TROPIDONOPHIS MAIRII; VARANIDAE;

EID: 84875599015     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12044     Document Type: Article

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