DOI:
10.6073/pasta/2026c4f0c83896bf1c5d486391e88dd8
Data set ID:
564
When a species colonizes a new range, it can escape enemies found in its original range. Examples of enemy escape abound for invasive species, but are rare for climate migrants, which are populations of a species that colonize a new range due to climate-driven range shifts or expansions. The fiddler crab Minuca (=Uca) pugnax is found in the intertidal salt marshes of the US east coast. It recently expanded its range north into the Gulf of Maine as a result of ocean warming. We tested the hypothesis that M. pugnax had escaped its parasite enemies.
Publication Date:
Thursday, October 7, 2021
Date Range:
Tuesday, August 15, 2017 to Friday, August 25, 2017