Invasive carnivores alter ecological function and enhance complementarity in scavenger assemblages on ocean beaches

Ecology

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2715-2725

  Brown, Marion B ^a   Schlacher, Thomas A ^a   Schoeman, David S ^a   Weston, Michael A ^b   Huijbers, Chantal M ^a,c   Olds, Andrew D ^a   Connolly, Rod M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Birds of prey; Food webs; Foxes; Functional traits; Invasive species; Raptors; Sandy beaches; Scavengers

Indexed keywords

BEACH; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CANID; CARNIVORE; CARRION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPLEMENTARITY; DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FACILITATION; FOOD WEB; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INVASIVE SPECIES; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PHOTOGRAPHY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDICTION; RAPTOR; SCAVENGER; SCAVENGING (FEEDING); TURNOVER;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CANIDAE; MAMMALIA; RAPTORES; VERTEBRATA; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; BIRD; FOOD CHAIN; FOX; INTRODUCED SPECIES; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); PHYSIOLOGY; PIG; PREDATION; RAT;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BIRDS; FOOD CHAIN; FOXES; INTRODUCED SPECIES; ISLANDS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RATS; SWINE;

EID: 84944145081     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/15-0027.1     Document Type: Article

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