Ecography,
Год журнала:
2016,
Номер
40(2), С. 335 - 352
Опубликована: Окт. 26, 2016
Alien
species
are
continually
introduced
in
most
regions
of
the
world,
but
not
all
survive
and
coexist
with
resident
native
species.
Approaches
analyzing
functional
(or
phylogenetic)
similarity
between
invasive
communities
increasingly
employed
to
infer
processes
underlying
successful
invasions
predict
future
invaders.
The
relatively
simple
conceptual
foundations
have
made
these
approaches
very
appealing
therefore
widely
used,
often
leading
confusion
hampering
generalizations.
We
undertook
a
comprehensive
review
synthesis
approach
invasion
community
ecology
clarify
its
advantages
limitations,
summarize
what
has
been
learned
thus
far,
suggest
avenues
for
improvement.
first
present
methodological
state
art
provide
general
guidelines.
Second,
by
organizing
published
literature
around
seven
key
questions
we
found
cumulative
evidence
that:
at
large
spatial
scales
phylogenetic
relatedness
is
good
predictor
success,
poor
impacts;
fine
scales,
resistance
tends
increase
diversity
invaders,
consistent
patterns
emerging
from
biotic
interactions.
In
general,
filtering
invaders
appear
vary
across
species’
stage
along
environmental
gradients.
Nonetheless,
conflicting
differences
assembly
species,
invader's
adventive
ranges.
Finally,
propose
four
important
overcoming
some
identified
limitations
approach,
particular
integrating
observational
experimental
analyses
explicitly
considering
demographic
rates
complex
Although
bears
intrinsic
it
still
offers
many
opportunities
scales.
Ecology Letters,
Год журнала:
2018,
Номер
21(9), С. 1319 - 1329
Опубликована: Июнь 25, 2018
Abstract
Theory
predicts
that
intraspecific
competition
should
be
stronger
than
interspecific
for
any
pair
of
stably
coexisting
species,
yet
previous
literature
reviews
found
little
support
this
pattern.
We
screened
over
5400
publications
and
identified
39
studies
quantified
phenomenological
interactions
in
terrestrial
plant
communities.
Of
the
67%
species
pairs
which
both
intra‐
effects
were
negative
(competitive),
was,
on
average,
four
to
five‐fold
competition.
remaining
pairs,
93%
featured
facilitation,
a
situation
stabilises
coexistence.
The
difference
between
tended
larger
observational
experimental
data
sets,
field
greenhouse
studies,
population
growth
full
life
cycle
rather
single
fitness
components.
Our
results
imply
processes
promoting
stable
coexistence
at
local
scales
are
common
consequential
across
Global Change Biology,
Год журнала:
2017,
Номер
24(2), С. 563 - 579
Опубликована: Ноя. 7, 2017
Rapid
climatic
changes
and
increasing
human
influence
at
high
elevations
around
the
world
will
have
profound
impacts
on
mountain
biodiversity.
However,
forecasts
from
statistical
models
(e.g.
species
distribution
models)
rarely
consider
that
plant
community
could
substantially
lag
behind
changes,
hindering
our
ability
to
make
temporally
realistic
projections
for
coming
century.
Indeed,
magnitudes
of
lags,
relative
importance
different
factors
giving
rise
them,
remain
poorly
understood.
We
review
evidence
three
types
lag:
"dispersal
lags"
affecting
species'
spread
along
elevational
gradients,
"establishment
following
their
arrival
in
recipient
communities,
"extinction
resident
species.
Variation
lags
is
explained
by
variation
among
physiological
demographic
responses,
effects
altered
biotic
interactions,
aspects
physical
environment.
Of
these,
interactions
contribute
establishment
extinction
yet
range
dynamics
are
develop
a
mechanistic
model
illustrate
how
turnover
future
communities
might
simple
expectations
based
shifts
with
unlimited
dispersal.
The
shows
combined
contribution
dispersal
an
gradient
climate
warming.
Our
simulation
support
view
accounting
disequilibrium
be
essential
patterns
biodiversity
under
change,
implications
conservation
ecosystem
functions
they
provide.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences,
Год журнала:
2016,
Номер
283(1828), С. 20160084 - 20160084
Опубликована: Апрель 6, 2016
There
is
broad
consensus
that
the
diversity
of
functional
traits
within
species
assemblages
drives
several
ecological
processes.
It
also
widely
recognized
rare
are
first
to
become
extinct
following
human-induced
disturbances.
Surprisingly,
however,
importance
still
poorly
understood,
particularly
in
tropical
species-rich
where
majority
rare,
and
rate
extinction
can
be
high.
Here,
we
investigated
consequences
local
regional
extinctions
on
structure
assemblages.
We
used
three
extensive
datasets
(stream
fish
from
Brazilian
Amazon,
rainforest
trees
French
Guiana,
birds
Australian
Wet
Tropics)
built
an
integrative
measure
rarity
versus
commonness,
combining
abundance,
geographical
range,
habitat
breadth.
Using
different
scenarios
loss,
found
a
disproportionate
impact
for
groups,
with
significant
reductions
levels
richness,
specialization,
originality
assemblages,
which
may
severely
undermine
integrity
The
whole
breadth
abilities
disproportionately
supported
by
species,
certainly
critical
maintaining
ecosystems
under
ongoing
rapid
environmental
transitions.
Ecological Monographs,
Год журнала:
2018,
Номер
88(3), С. 277 - 303
Опубликована: Апрель 15, 2018
Abstract
We
give
a
comprehensive
review
of
Chesson's
coexistence
theory,
summarizing,
for
the
first
time,
all
its
fundamental
details
in
one
single
document.
Our
goal
is
both
theoretical
and
empirical
ecologists
to
be
able
use
theory
interpret
their
findings,
get
precise
sense
limits
applicability.
To
this
end,
we
introduce
an
explicit
handling
limiting
factors,
new
way
defining
scaling
factors
that
partition
invasion
growth
rates
into
different
mechanisms
contributing
coexistence.
explain
terminology
such
as
relative
nonlinearity,
storage
effect,
growth‐density
covariance,
formal
setting
through
biological
interpretation.
theory's
applications
contributions
our
current
understanding
species
While
very
general,
it
not
well
suited
problems,
so
carefully
point
out
limitations.
Finally,
critique
paradigm
decomposing
stabilizing
equalizing
components:
argue
these
concepts
are
useful
when
used
judiciously,
but
have
often
been
employed
overly
simplified
justify
false
claims.
