Introduced fish reduce the occurrence of shrews in alpine lakes
Lucia Bello, Pere Aymerich, Teresa Buchaca, Jennifer Caner et autres
Widespread fish introductions into originally fishless mountain lakes have had severe consequences for native biota, including aquatic macroinvertebrates, which provide important food subsidies for terrestrial and semiaquatic insectivores like shrews (Fam. Soricidae). Since both fish and shrews rely on aquatic macroinvertebrates as …
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Biological Conservation