Fortune favours the bold: A higher predator reduces the impact of a native but not an invasive intermediate predator

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 693-701

  Barrios O'Neill, Daniel ^a   Dick, Jaimie T A ^a   Emmerson, Mark C ^a   Ricciardi, Anthony ^b   Macisaac, Hugh J ^c   Alexander, Mhairi E ^d   Bovy, Helene C ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^d STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Emergent multiple predator effects; Functional response; Hemimysis anomala; Invasive species; Trait mediated interactions

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEA; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; HEMIMYSIS ANOMALA; MYSIDA; MYSIS SALEMAAI;

ANIMAL; CRUSTACEA; FOOD CHAIN; INTRODUCED SPECIES; IRELAND; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SMEGMAMORPHA;

ANIMALS; CRUSTACEA; FOOD CHAIN; INTRODUCED SPECIES; IRELAND; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SMEGMAMORPHA;

EID: 84898466821     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12155     Document Type: Article

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