Changes in precipitation may alter food preference in an ecosystem engineer, the black land crab, Gecarcinus ruricola

Gecarcinid land crabs are ecosystem engineers playing an important role in nutrient recycling and seedling propagation in coastal forests. Given a predicted future decline in precipitation for the Caribbean, the effects of dehydration on feeding preferences of the black land crab Gecarcinus ruricola...

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Hauptverfasser:	Iain J. McGaw, Travis E. Van Leeuwen, Rebekah H. Trehern, Amanda E. Bates
Format:	Artigo
Sprache:	Inglês
Veröffentlicht:	PeerJ Inc. 2019-05-01
Schriftenreihe:	PeerJ
Schlagworte:	Climate change Dehydration Gecarcinus ruricola Water budget Feeding Caribbean open climate campaign
Online-Zugang:	https://peerj.com/articles/6818.pdf
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