WebThe invasion of Bromus tectorum in the western United States, for example, occurred long before the identification of the native plant colonizers that B. tectorum supplanted (Mack 1988). The invasion process is a moving picture, but often we must rely on snapshots that relate spatial variation in structure and function of ecosystems to the ... WebFor example, Jeschke outlined that the ‘diversity-stability hypothesis which states that ecosystems with high biodiversity are more stable than ecosystems with low biodiversity’ (p. 1,230) is a more general formulation of the biotic resistance hypothesis (BR) in invasion biology where ‘stability’ is resistance against non-native species.
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WebMost biological invasion literature—including syntheses and meta-analyses and the resulting theory—is reported from temperate regions, drawing only minimally from the … Webthe invasion triangle makes it the most effective and usable framework. Structure of the invasion triangle A key element of the invasion triangle is its three sides: in-vader attributes, site biotic characteristics, and site environ-mental conditions (Fig. 1). Each is introduced briefly here and developed in greater detail below. Invader ... first velociraptor fossil
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