An Exotic Species Is the Favorite Prey of a Native Enemy

Yiming Li; Zunwei Ke; Supen Wang; Geoffrey R. Smith; Xuan Liu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0024299

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An Exotic Species Is the Favorite Prey of a Native Enemy

Yiming Li ,

* E-mail: liym@ioz.ac.cn

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Zunwei Ke,

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Graduate School, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Supen Wang,

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Graduate School, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Geoffrey R. Smith,

Affiliation Department of Biology, Denison University, Granville, Ohio, United States of America
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Xuan Liu

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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An Exotic Species Is the Favorite Prey of a Native Enemy

Yiming Li,
Zunwei Ke,
Supen Wang,
Geoffrey R. Smith,
Xuan Liu

Published: September 6, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0024299

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category error

Posted by Anekeia on 09 Sep 2011 at 20:11 GMT

The experiments were conducted in a group of abandoned artificial ponds
http://plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0024299#article1.body1.sec2.sec5.p1

By the usual definitions, nothing is native to an artificial pond. In addition, even if the ponds occur within the putative geographical range of the snakes, the snakes used appear to have been introduced to the system.

No competing interests declared.

RE: category error

Liyiming replied to Anekeia on 23 Sep 2011 at 01:29 GMT

Here you might misunderstand the 'native' by the usual.

No competing interests declared.

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category error

Posted by Anekeia on 09 Sep 2011 at 20:11 GMT

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Liyiming replied to Anekeia on 23 Sep 2011 at 01:29 GMT