Competitive naïveté between a highly successful invader and a functionally similar native species

Oecologia

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 73-84

  Heavener, Stephen J ^a   Carthey, Alexandra J R ^a,b,c   Banks, Peter B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Competition; Competitive na vet ; Invasive species; Novel ecological interactions; Rattus

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; ODOR; POPULATION GROWTH; RODENT; SURVIVAL;

AUSTRALIA;

RATTUS; RATTUS FUSCIPES; RATTUS RATTUS; RODENTIA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MALE; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MALE; ODORS; RATS; SMELL;

EID: 84901433184     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-013-2874-6     Document Type: Article

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