Mutualisms: Key Drivers of Invasions Key Casualties of Invasions

Fifty Years of Invasion Ecology: The Legacy of Charles Elton

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 143-160

  Traveset, Anna ^a   Richardson, David M ^b  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biological invasions, superb natural experiments at global scale new insights on aspects of ecology; Communities, with 'biotic resistance' to invaders central to Charles Elton's understanding of invasions; Facilitation among invasive species evidence for invasional meltdown; Invasion success, influenced by phylogenetic relationships biological invaders and residents of target community; Invasive alien species replacing extinct or declining native mutualists; Mechanisms, whereby mutualisms can drive invasions; Mutualisms, attention recently important mediators of ecosystem functioning; Mutualisms key drivers of invasions, key casualties of Invasions; Positive interactions among species in population and community models; Role of mutualists in naturalization invasion continuum

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865284905     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444329988.ch12     Document Type: Chapter

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