Invasive crayfish reduce food limitation of alien American mink and increase their resilience to control

Oecologia

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 427-434

  Melero, Yolanda ^a   Palazón, Santiago ^b,c   Lambin, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Introduced species; Invasibility; Management cost; Positive interactions; Trophic subsidy

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AQUATIC COMMUNITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CRAYFISH; FOOD LIMITATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MAMMAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION MODELING; RANGE SIZE; RESILIENCE; SIMULATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CRAYFISH; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD CHAIN; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MINK; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; ASTACOIDEA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FOOD CHAIN; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MINK; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84892866603     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-013-2774-9     Document Type: Article

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