Indirect effects of parasites in invasions

• Published in: Functional ecology Vol. 26; no. 6; pp. 1262 - 1274
• Main Authors: Dunn, Alison M., Torchin, Mark E., Hatcher, Melanie J., Kotanen, Peter M., Blumenthal, Dana M., Byers, James E., Coon, Courtney A.C., Frankel, Victor M., Holt, Robert D., Hufbauer, Ruth A., Kanarek, Andrew R., Schierenbeck, Kristina A., Wolfe, Lorne M., Perkins, Sarah E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Blackwell Publishing 01.12.2012; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: animals; biodiversity; biological invasion; Biological invasions; colonizing ability; density‐mediated indirect effect; Ecological competition; Ecological genetics; Ecological invasion; Ecology; ecosystems; evolution; hosts; Human ecology; immunology; indigenous species; indirect effect; introduced species; Invasions; invasive species; life history; Parasite hosts; Parasites; parasitic infection; parasitoses; phenotype; plants (botany); reproduction; SPECIAL FEATURE: INVASIONS AND INFECTIONS; Synecology; trait‐mediated indirect effect; trophic levels; Trophic relationships

1. Introduced species disrupt native communities and biodiversity worldwide. Parasitic infections (and at times, their absence) are thought to be a key component in the success and impact of biological invasions by plants and animals. They can facilitate or limit invasions, and positively or negativ...