The effects of an invasive habitat modifier on the biotic interactions between two native herbivorous species and benthic habitat in a subtidal rocky reef ecosystem

Biological Invasions

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1391-1405

  Strain, Elisabeth M A ^a,b   Johnson, Craig R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abalone; Biotic interactions; Habitat modifier; Range expansion; Urchins

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COASTAL ZONE; CRYPSIS; HERBIVORE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DENSITY; RANGE EXPANSION; REEF; REGROWTH; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

ALGAE; CENTROSTEPHANUS RODGERSII; HALIOTIDAE; HALIOTIS RUBRA; HELIOCIDARIS; HELIOCIDARIS ERYTHROGRAMMA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84877636167     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-012-0378-7     Document Type: Article

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