Phenological response of a key ecosystem function to biological invasion

Ecology Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 519-527

  Alp, Maria ^a   Cucherousset, Julien ^a   Buoro, Mathieu ^a   Lecerf, Antoine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Detritus; Ecosystem process; Invasive species; Leaf litter decomposition; Metabolic theory of ecology; Non native crayfish; Seasonality; Shallow lakes

Indexed keywords

ASTACOIDEA;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CRAYFISH; ECOSYSTEM; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; ASTACOIDEA; ECOSYSTEM; GLOBAL WARMING; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT LEAVES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84959560577     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12585     Document Type: Letter

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