Trophic cascades in an invaded ecosystem: Native keystone predators facilitate a dominant invader in an estuarine community

Oikos

Volumn 124, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1282-1292

  Needles, Lisa A ^a,b   Gosnell, J Stephen ^c   Waltz, Grant T ^a   Wendt, Dean E ^a   Gaines, Steven D ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRYOZOAN; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DOMINANCE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; INVASIBILITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; KEYSTONE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; TROPHIC CASCADE;

BRYOZOA; ENHYDRA LUTRIS NEREIS; MYTILUS CALIFORNIANUS; PISASTER; WATERSIPORA SUBTORQUATA;

EID: 84942819936     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/oik.01865     Document Type: Article

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