Dietary niche differentiation among three species of invasive rodents (Rattus rattus, R. exulans, Mus musculus)

Biological Invasions

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1037-1048

  Shiels, Aaron B ^a   Flores, Caitlin A ^b   Khamsing, Arthur ^c   Krushelnycky, Paul D ^c   Mosher, Stephen M ^d   Drake, Donald R ^b  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management ^*  (United States)

^d US Navy   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthropod prey; Fruit and seed diet; Hawaiian Islands; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; COEXISTENCE; HABITAT TYPE; HERBIVORY; INVASIVE SPECIES; MONTANE FOREST; NICHE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; SNAIL; STABLE ISOTOPE; SYMPATRY; TRAP (EQUIPMENT); TROPHIC CONTROL; VERTEBRATE;

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; AVES; CLIDEMIA HIRTA; GASTROPODA; MUS MUSCULUS; RATTUS; RATTUS RATTUS; RODENTIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84876034171     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-012-0348-0     Document Type: Article

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