Title:
Functional responses can unify invasion ecology
Author(s):
Dick, Jaimie T. A.; Jeschke, Jonathan M.; Saul, Wolf-Christian; Alexander, Mhairi E.; Ricciardi, Anthony; Laverty, Ciaran; Downey, Paul O.; Xu, Meng; Hill, Matthew P.; Wasserman, Ryan
Year of publication:
2017
Available Date:
2020-01-15T13:30:16Z
Abstract:
We contend that invasion ecology requires a universal, measurable trait of species and their interactions with resources that predicts key elements of invasibility and ecological impact; here, we advocate that functional responses can help achieve this across taxonomic and trophic groups, among habitats and contexts, and can hence help unify disparate research interests in invasion ecology.
Part of Identifier:
ISSN (print): 1387-3547
e-ISSN (online): 1573-1464
Keywords:
functional responses
resource use
impact prediction
predator–prey
invasion hypotheses
species-traits
biological control
context-dependency
DDC-Classification:
590 Tiere (Zoologie)
Publication Type:
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
URL of the Original Publication:
DOI of the Original Publication:
Journaltitle:
Biological invasions
Department/institution:
Biologie, Chemie, Pharmazie
Institut für Biologie / Arbeitsbereich Zoologie
