Advancing impact prediction and hypothesis testing in invasion ecology using a comparative functional response approach

Biological Invasions

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 735-753

  Dick, Jaimie T A ^a   Alexander, Mhairi E ^b   Jeschke, Jonathan M ^c   Ricciardi, Anthony ^d   MacIsaac, Hugh J ^e   Robinson, Tamara B ^b   Kumschick, Sabrina ^b   Weyl, Olaf L F ^f   Dunn, Alison M ^g   Hatcher, Melanie J ^g   Paterson, Rachel A ^a   Farnsworth, Keith D ^a   Richardson, David M ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^f SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological control; Biotic resistance; Context dependency; Enemy release; Global change; Impact prediction; Invasion hypotheses; Invasive species; Parasitism; Population stability and viability; Predator prey; Resource use; Risk assessment; Species trait comparisons; Type II and III functional responses

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRUSTACEAN; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENEMY RELEASE HYPOTHESIS; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; GLOBAL CHANGE; INVASIVE SPECIES; PARASITISM; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RESOURCE USE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84891625370     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-013-0550-8     Document Type: Article

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