Food specificity in interspecies competition

• Published in: Bioscience Vol. 46; no. 6; pp. 436 - 447
• Main Authors: Smith, H.R. (USDA, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station, Amherst, MA.), Remington, C.L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford American Institute of Biological Sciences 01.06.1996; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: Acari; Animal feeding behavior; ANIMAL NUISIBLE; ANIMAL SALVAJE; ANIMAL SAUVAGE; ANIMALES NOCIVOS; Animals; ARTHROPODA; Aves; BIODIVERSIDAD; BIODIVERSITE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL COMPETITION; Biological control; BIRDS; COMPETENCIA BIOLOGICA; Competition; COMPETITION BIOLOGIQUE; CONTROL DE PLAGAS; Ecological competition; Ecology; ESPECE; ESPECIES; Evolution; FEEDING PREFERENCES; Food; Insecta; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; Introduced species; INTRODUCED VARIETIES; LUTTE ANTIRAVAGEUR; Mammalia; Mammals; NOXIOUS ANIMALS; Nutrition; OISEAU; ORGANISME NUISIBLE; PAJAROS; PEST CONTROL; PESTS; PLAGAS; Predators; PREFERENCE ALIMENTAIRE; PREFERENCIAS ALIMENTARIAS; REPTILE; REPTILES; SPECIES; VARIEDADES NATURALIZADAS; VARIETE INTRODUITE; VERTEBRADOS; Vertebrata; VERTEBRATES; VERTEBRE; WILD ANIMALS
• ISSN: 0006-3568; 1525-3244
• DOI: 10.2307/1312878

As an environmentally friendly alternative to chemical control, the introduction of alien species to an ecosystem has often been used as part of a biological control plan. Smith and Remington examine the differences between terrestrial vertebrates and arthropods in their ability to live sympatrically in an ecosystem while still providing valuable biological control.