Predatory functional response and prey choice identify predation differences between native/invasive and parasitised/unparasitised crayfish.

BACKGROUND: Invasive predators may change the structure of invaded communities through predation and competition with native species. In Europe, the invasive signal crayfish Pacifastacus leniusculus is excluding the native white clawed crayfish Austropotamobius pallipes. METHODOLOGY AND PRINCIPAL FI...

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Main Authors: Neal R Haddaway, Ruth H Wilcox, Rachael E A Heptonstall, Hannah M Griffiths, Robert J G Mortimer, Martin Christmas, Alison M Dunn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3281122?pdf=render