Periphyton consumption by an invasive snail species is greater in simplified than in complex habitats
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DOI: 10.1139/cjz-2017-0359
Abstract: Habitat complexity may stabilize consumer–resource interactions and reduce the probability of invasion in aquatic habitats. We tested the hypotheses that (i) higher habitat complexity reduces resource consumption independently of grazer species, but that (ii) invasive… read more here.
Keywords: habitat complexity; greater simplified; consumption; complexity ... See more keywords