Uncovering the rules of microbial community invasions
Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2019 Understanding the ecological and evolutionary processes determining the outcome of biological invasions has been the subject of decades of research with most work focusing on macro-organisms. In the context of microbes, invasions remain poorly understood despite being increasingly recognized as important.
Jean C. C. Vila +4 more
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Plant-soil feedbacks promote coexistence and resilience in multi-species communities.
PLoS ONE, 2019 Both ecological theory and empirical evidence suggest that negative frequency dependent feedbacks structure plant communities, but integration of these findings has been limited.
Keenan M L Mack +2 more
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Niche concept scale in space and time: evolutionary perspectives from tropical insectivorous birds
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Ecological niches are pivotal in addressing questions of species richness gradients like the Latitudinal Diversity Gradient (LDG). The Hutchinsonian niche hypervolume model and derivatives are some of the most proven tools.
Thomas W. Sherry, Thomas W. Sherry
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Prunus serotina unleashed: invader dominance after 70 years of forest development [PDF]
, 2009 Propagule pressure and disturbance have both been found to facilitate invasion. Therefore, knowledge on the history of introduction and disturbance is vital for understanding an invasion process, and research should focus on areas in which the invasive ...
Baeten, L. +6 more
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Mechanisms of Invasion Resistance of Aquatic Plant Communities [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2018 Invasive plant species are among the major threats to freshwater biodiversity. Few experimental studies have investigated whether native plant diversity can provide biotic resistance to invaders in freshwater ecosystems. At small spatial scales, invasion resistance may increase with plant species richness due to a better use of available resources ...
Petruzzella, Antonella +4 more
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The distribution of range sizes of native and alien plants in four European countries and the effects of residence time [PDF]
, 2008 Aim Do the statistical distributions of range sizes of native and alien species differ? If so, is this because of residence time effects? And can such effects indicate an average time to a maximum?
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Facilitation promotes invasions in plant‐associated microbial communities [PDF]
Ecology Letters, 2018 AbstractWhile several studies have established a positive correlation between community diversity and invasion resistance, it is less clear how species interactions within resident communities shape this process. Here, we experimentally tested how antagonistic and facilitative pairwise interactions within resident model microbial communities predict ...
Li, Mei +7 more
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Species assembly in model ecosystems, I: Analysis of the population model and the invasion dynamics [PDF]
, 2010 Recently we have introduced a simplified model of ecosystem assembly (Capitan et al., 2009) for which we are able to map out all assembly pathways generated by external invasions in an exact manner. In this paper we provide a deeper analysis of the model,
Alonso +46 more
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Disturbances can facilitate prior invasions more than subsequent invasions in microbial communities
Ecology Letters, 2023 AbstractInvasions by microorganisms are commonly found to benefit from disturbance events. However, the importance of the relative timing and order of the invasion and disturbance for invader success remains uncertain. Here, by invading a stably coexisting community of five bacterial species at four different propagule pressures on eight separate ...
Luke Lear, Elze Hesse, Angus Buckling
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Comparing the invasibility of experimental "reefs" with field observations of natural reefs and artificial structures. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Natural systems are increasingly being modified by the addition of artificial habitats which may facilitate invasion. Where invaders are able to disperse from artificial habitats, their impact may spread to surrounding natural communities and therefore ...
Katherine A Dafforn +2 more
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