Does global change increase the success of biological invaders?

• Published in: Trends in Ecology & Evolution Vol. 14; no. 4; pp. 135 - 139
• Main Authors: Dukes, Jeffrey S., Mooney, Harold A.
• Format: Book Review Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.04.1999; Elsevier
• Subjects: Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Applied ecology; Biological and medical sciences; disturbance; Ecotoxicology, biological effects of pollution; elevated CO 2; exotic species; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; global warming; nitrogen deposition; non-indigenous species; disturbance; global warming; exotic species; nitrogen deposition; Plant biology; Ecology; elevated CO 2; non-indigenous species; Ecological damage; Medium enrichment; Invasive species; Greenhouse effect; Carbon dioxide; Interspecific competition; Nutrient; Air pollution; Review; Nitrogen; Biodiversity; Climate modification
• ISSN: 0169-5347; 1872-8383
• DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(98)01554-7

Biological invasions are gaining attention as a major threat to biodiversity and an important element of global change. Recent research indicates that other components of global change, such as increases in nitrogen deposition and atmospheric CO 2 concentration, favor groups of species that share certain physiological or life history traits. New evidence suggests that many invasive species share traits that will allow them to capitalize on the various elements of global change. Increases in the prevalence of some of these biological invaders would alter basic ecosystem properties in ways that feed back to affect many components of global change.