Rainfall stochasticity controls the distribution of invasive crayfish and its impact on amphibian guilds in Mediterranean temporary waters

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 728, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 89-101

  Díaz Paniagua, Carmen ^a   Keller, Claudia ^a,b   Florencio, Margarita ^a   Andreu, Ana C ^a   Portheault, Alexandre ^a   Gómez Rodríguez, Carola ^a,c,d   Gomez Mestre, Ivan ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Distribution; Invasive crayfish; Procambarus clarkii; Temporary wetlands

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; CRAYFISH; GUILD; INVASIVE SPECIES; MEDITERRANEAN WATER; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RAINFALL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY;

ANDALUCIA; DONANA NATIONAL PARK; SPAIN;

AMPHIBIA; ASTACOIDEA; PROCAMBARUS CLARKII;

EID: 84895820157     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-014-1808-6     Document Type: Article

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