Stronger biotic resistance in tropics relative to temperate zone: Effects of predation on marine invasion dynamics

Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1370-1377

  Freestone, Amy L ^a,b   Ruiz, Gregory M ^b   Torchin, Mark E ^c  

^a Temple University   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Biotic resistance; Invasion; Invertebrates; Latitude; Marine; Predation; Temperate; Tropics; Tunicates

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PREDATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CENTRAL AMERICA; CLIMATE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVERTEBRATE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; SEA; SEASON;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN REGION; CLIMATE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVERTEBRATES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEASONS;

CONNECTICUT; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; PANAMA [PANAMA (NTN)]; UNITED STATES;

INVERTEBRATA; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 84879575191     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-1382.1     Document Type: Article

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