Artículo
Community Assembly Theory as a Framework for Biological Invasions
Fecha de publicación:
05/2018
Editorial:
Elsevier Science London
Revista:
Trends In Ecology And Evolution - Tree
ISSN:
0169-5347
Idioma:
Inglés
Tipo de recurso:
Artículo publicado
Clasificación temática:
Resumen
Biological invasions present a global problem underlain by an ecological paradox that thwarts explanation: how do some exotic species, evolutionarily naïve to their new environments, outperform locally adapted natives? We propose that community assembly theory provides a framework for addressing this question. Local community assembly rules can be defined by evaluating how native species’ traits interact with community filters to affect species abundance. Evaluation of exotic species against this benchmark indicates that exotics that follow assembly rules behave like natives, while those exhibiting novel interactions with community filters can greatly underperform or outperform natives. Additionally, advantages gained by exotics over natives following disturbance can be explained by accounting for extrinsic assembly processes that bias exotic traits toward ruderal strategies.
Archivos asociados
Licencia
Identificadores
Colecciones
Articulos(INCITAP)
Articulos de INST.D/CS D/L/TIERRA Y AMBIENTALES D/L/PAMPA
Articulos de INST.D/CS D/L/TIERRA Y AMBIENTALES D/L/PAMPA
Citación
Pearson, Dean; Ortega, Yvette K.; Eren, Ozkan; Hierro, Jose Luis; Community Assembly Theory as a Framework for Biological Invasions; Elsevier Science London; Trends In Ecology And Evolution - Tree; 33; 5; 5-2018; 313-325
Compartir
Altmétricas