Eating their way to the top? Mechanisms underlying the success of invasive insect generalist predators

• Published in: Biological invasions Vol. 12; no. 9; pp. 2857 - 2876
• Main Authors: Crowder, David W, Snyder, William E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands 01.09.2010; Springer Netherlands; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Biological control; biological control agents; Biomedical and Life Sciences; colonizing ability; competitive exclusion; Developmental Biology; ecological competition; ecological invasion; Ecology; environmental impact; Freshwater & Marine Ecology; habitats; Herbivores; Indigenous species; insect ecology; insect generalist predators; Insects; introduced species; Invasive insects; Invasive species; Life Sciences; Niches; Nonnative species; Original Paper; Plant Sciences; Population density; Predation; predator-prey relationships; Predators; predatory insects; Prey; Theory; Resource competition; Species coexistence; Biological control; Interference competition; Niche partitioning; Intraguild predation

Insect generalist predators have been introduced outside of their native range intentionally to improve biological control, or accidentally during commerce, and can subsequently become invasive. Invasive insect generalist predators (IIGP) have widespread impacts on invaded communities because they c...