Browsing Journal Articles by Author "Pacini, Nic"

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    • A review of allodiversity in Lake Naivasha, Kenya: Developing conservation actions to protect East African lakes from the negative impacts of alien species 

      Gherardi J, Francesca; Britton, Robert; Mavuti, KM; Pacini, Nic; Greye, Jonathan; Tricarico, Elena; Harper, David M (ScienceDirectDipartimento di Biologia Evoluzionistica “Leo Pardi”, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Via Romana 17, 50125 Firenze, ItalySchool of Conservation Sciences, Bournemouth University, Poole, Dorset BH12 5BB, UKSchool of Biological Sciences, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, KenyaSchool of Biological Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UKDepartment of Biology, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, UKDipartimento di Ecologia, Università degli Studi della Calabria, 87030 Arcavacata di Rende, Italy, 2011)
      The biodiversity of developing countries is increasingly threatened by introductions of invasive alien species. This study on the allodiversity in Lake Naivasha, Kenya reviews the pathways, establishment rates and outcomes ...

    • The smell of danger: chemical recognition of fish predators by the invasive crayfish Procambarus clarkii 

      Harper, David M; Tricarico, Elena; Pacini, Nic; Mavuti, Kenneth M; Gherardi, Francesca (Kenya Science Campus, 2011)
       Since avoiding predation can compromise animal fitness, prey are expected to respond to different predator species with an intensity appropriate to the level of risk. In fresh waters, the threat of predation is typically ...