Spatial scale and species identity influence the indigenous-alien diversity relationship in springtails

• Published in: Ecology (Durham) Vol. 92; no. 7; p. 1436
• Main Authors: Terauds, Aleks, Chown, Steven L, Bergstrom, Dana M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.07.2011
• Subjects: Animals; Biodiversity; Insecta - classification; Insecta - physiology; Introduced Species; Models, Biological; Pacific Islands; Species Specificity

Although theory underlying the invasion paradox, or the change in the relationship between the richness of alien and indigenous species from negative to positive with increasing spatial scale, is well developed and much empirical work on the subject has been undertaken, most of the latter has concer...