Artículo
Toward an integrated ecosystem perspective of invasive species impacts
Fecha de publicación:
01/2014
Editorial:
Gauthier-villars/editions Elsevier
Revista:
Acta Oecologica
ISSN:
1146-609X
Idioma:
Inglés
Tipo de recurso:
Artículo publicado
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Resumen
Progress in the study of ecosystem impacts of invasive species can be facilitated by moving from the evaluation of invasive species impacts on particular processes to the analysis of their overall effects on ecosystem functioning. Here we propose an integrative ecosystem-based approach to the analysis of invasive species impacts that is based on an understanding of the general mechanistic links between biotic factors, abiotic factors, and processes in ecosystems. Two general kinds of biotic mediation – direct and indirect – and two general mechanisms of invasive species impact – assimilatory–dissimilatory (uptake and release of energy and materials) and physical ecosystem engineering (physical environmental modification by organisms) – are most relevant. By combining the biotic mediation pathways and the general mechanisms, four general situations emerge that characterize a great many of the impacts invasive species can have on ecosystem processes. We propose ways to integrate these distinctive impacts into general mechanistic representations that link ecosystem processes with changes in biotic and abiotic states (changes in structure, composition, amount, process rates, etc.). In turn, these help generate predictions about the interplay of invasive species and other drivers of ecosystem processes that are of particular relevance to ecosystems where invasive species co-occur with other anthropogenic impacts.
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Citación
Gutierrez, Jorge Luis Ceferino; Jones, Clive G.; Sousa, Ronaldo; Toward an integrated ecosystem perspective of invasive species impacts; Gauthier-villars/editions Elsevier; Acta Oecologica; 54; 1-2014; 131-138
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