Trait-based plant mortality and preference for native versus non-native seedlings by invasive slug and snail herbivores in Hawaii

Biological Invasions

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1929-1940

  Shiels, Aaron B ^a   Ennis, Martin K ^b   Shiels, Laura ^b  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

Author keywords

Achatina fulica; Enemy release hypothesis; Forest community structure; Hawaiian Islands; Veronicella cubensis; Woody seedling herbivory

Indexed keywords

ACHATINA FULICA; ARDISIA; ARDISIA ELLIPTICA; CLERMONTIA PARVIFLORA; CLIDEMIA HIRTA; DIOSPYROS; DIOSPYROS SANDWICENSIS; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS UHDEI; GASTROPODA; METROSIDEROS POLYMORPHA; MYRSINE LESSERTIANA; PIPTURUS ALBIDUS; PSIDIUM; PSIDIUM CATTLEIANUM; PSYCHOTRIA; PSYCHOTRIA HAWAIIENSIS; VERONICELLA CUBENSIS;

EID: 84905406394     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-013-0636-3     Document Type: Article

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