Existing and emerging high impact invasive species are characterized by higher functional responses than natives

Biology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Alexander, Mhairi E ^a   Dick, Jaimie T A ^b   Weyl, Olaf L F ^c   Robinson, Tamara B ^a   Richardson, David M ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Impact prediction; Invasive species; Predator prey; Resource use; Type II functional responses

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; PREY CAPTURE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; IMPACT PREDICTION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY; RESOURCE USE; SOUTH AFRICA; TYPE II FUNCTIONAL RESPONSES;

BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS; IMPACT PREDICTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; PREDATOR-PREY; RESOURCE USE; TYPE II FUNCTIONAL RESPONSES;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84896507352     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2013.0946     Document Type: Article

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