Propagule pressure drives establishment of introduced freshwater fish: Quantitative evidence from an irrigation network

Ecological Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1926-1937

  Woodford, Darragh J ^a   Hui, Cang ^b   Richardson, David M ^b   Weyl, Olaf L F ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Cyprinus carpio; Gambusia affinis; Inter basin water transfer; Invasion corridor; Natural experiments; Oreochromis mossambicus; Reproductive guild

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CYPRINID; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; IMMIGRATION; IRRIGATION; PROPAGULE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANGE EXPANSION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

FRESH WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CARP; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; INTRODUCED SPECIES; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); PHYSIOLOGY; TILAPIA;

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; ANIMALS; CARPS; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; INTRODUCED SPECIES; TILAPIA;

EID: 84891297294     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-1262.1     Document Type: Article

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