Comparative Functional Responses Predict the Invasiveness and Ecological Impacts of Alien Herbivorous Snails.

Understanding determinants of the invasiveness and ecological impacts of alien species is amongst the most sought-after and urgent research questions in ecology. Several studies have shown the value of comparing the functional responses (FRs) of alien and native predators towards native prey, howeve...

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Main Authors: Meng Xu, Xidong Mu, Jaimie T A Dick, Miao Fang, Dangen Gu, Du Luo, Jiaen Zhang, Jianren Luo, Yinchang Hu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4714930?pdf=render