Is the Sacred ibis a real threat to biodiversity? Long-term study of its diet in non-native areas compared to native areas

Comptes Rendus - Biologies

Volumn 336, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 207-220

  Marion, Loïc ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Alien species impact; Bird; Conservation; Crayfish; Eristalis; Invasive species; Predation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BREEDING POPULATION; CRAYFISH; DIET; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION GROWTH; PREY AVAILABILITY; WADER;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CRAYFISH; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FRANCE; INVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; PREDATION; SACRED IBIS;

ALIEN SPECIES IMPACT; BIRD; CONSERVATION; CRAYFISH; ÉCREVISSE; ERISTALIS; ESPÈCES INVASIVES; IMPACT ESPÈCES INTRODUITES; INVASIVE SPECIES; OISEAU; PRÉDATION; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRANCE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NESTING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

FRANCE;

ASTACOIDEA; AVES; ERISTALIS; HEXAPODA; IBIS; INVERTEBRATA; PROCAMBARUS CLARKII; THRESKIORNITHIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84880297786     PISSN: 16310691     EISSN: 17683238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2013.05.001     Document Type: Article

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