Resistance from a resident heterospecific affects establishment success of a globally invasive freshwater fish

• Published in: Freshwater biology Vol. 68; no. 3; pp. 425 - 436
• Main Authors: Deacon, Amy E., Fraser, Douglas F., Farrell, Aidan D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.03.2023
• Subjects: Anablepsoides; Anablepsoides hartii; biotic resistance; females; Fish; forests; Freshwater; Freshwater fish; Freshwater fishes; guppies; Habitats; horticulture; Indigenous species; Inland water environment; Interspecific relationships; intraguild predation; Introduced species; Invasive fish; Invasive species; limnology; Mesocosms; Native organisms; Poecilia reticulata; Populations; Predation; Predators; probability; Probability theory; Rivulus; Trinidad and Tobago; Trinidad and Tobago
• ISSN: 0046-5070; 1365-2427
• DOI: 10.1111/fwb.14035

The role of biotic resistance is a subject of debate in our understanding of invasions. We used a well‐known system in the Northern Range of Trinidad, where ephemeral conditions in small pool habitats lead to repeated colonisation by two native species (guppies, Poecilia reticulata, and killifish, A...