Fine-Grained Distribution of a Non-Native Resource Can Alter the Population Dynamics of a Native Consumer

Mifuyu Nakajima; Carol L. Boggs

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0143052

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Fine-Grained Distribution of a Non-Native Resource Can Alter the Population Dynamics of a Native Consumer

Mifuyu Nakajima ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Mifuyu Nakajima, Carol L. Boggs

* E-mail: mifuyunf@06.alumni.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Affiliations Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America, Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Crested Butte, Colorado, United States of America
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Carol L. Boggs

Contributed equally to this work with: Mifuyu Nakajima, Carol L. Boggs

Current address: Department of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America

Affiliations Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America, Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Crested Butte, Colorado, United States of America
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Fine-Grained Distribution of a Non-Native Resource Can Alter the Population Dynamics of a Native Consumer

Mifuyu Nakajima,
Carol L. Boggs

Published: November 17, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0143052

About the Authors

Mifuyu Nakajima

Contributed equally to this work with: Mifuyu Nakajima, Carol L. Boggs

* E-mail: mifuyunf@06.alumni.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Affiliations Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America, Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Crested Butte, Colorado, United States of America

Carol L. Boggs

Contributed equally to this work with: Mifuyu Nakajima, Carol L. Boggs

Current address: Department of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America

Affiliations Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America, Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Crested Butte, Colorado, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MN CLB. Performed the experiments: MN. Analyzed the data: MN CLB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MN CLB. Wrote the paper: MN CLB.

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