Do natural container habitats impede invader dominance? Predator-mediated coexistence of invasive and native container-dwelling mosquitoes

B Kesavaraju, K Damal, SA Juliano - Oecologia, 2008 - Springer
Predator-mediated coexistence of competitors occurs when a species that is superior in
competition is also more vulnerable to a shared predator compared to a poorer competitor …

Thermal biology of newts (Notophthalmus viridescens) chronically infected with a naturally occurring pathogen

E Sherman - Journal of Thermal Biology, 2008 - Elsevier
Newts chronically infected with an Ichthyophonus-like organism selected warmer
temperatures than healthy newts, consistent with prior work on behavioral fever, though the …

[PDF][PDF] Population Densities of the Cuban Treefrog, Osteopilus septentrionalis and Three Native Species of Hyla (Hylidae), in Urban and Natural Habitats of …

T Piacenza - 2008 - core.ac.uk
The invasion of natural communities by exotic species is a major threat to biodiversity,
second only to habitat destruction (Williamson, 1999). This threat may arise through …

Stable isotope characterization of community trophic structures in assemblages of aquatic and terrestrial herpetofauna

DM Jefferson - 2008 - library2.smu.ca
Traditional methods of studying the trophic ecology of herpetofauna are problematic and are
under increasing criticism because they may not accurately represent natural systems. The …