Antagonistic effects of biological invasion and temperature change on body size of island ectotherms

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 202-213

  Treasure, Anne M ^a,b   Chown, Steven L ^a,c  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Environmental change; Insects; Predator prey; Resource use; Sub Antarctic

Indexed keywords

ANTAGONISM; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BODY SIZE; ECTOTHERMY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INVASIBILITY; ISLAND; RODENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

MARION ISLAND; PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDS;

HEXAPODA; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; MYCTEROPERCA FUSCA;

EID: 84891829259     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12153     Document Type: Article

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