Nature Communications (May 2018)

Introduced species that overcome life history tradeoffs can cause native extinctions

  • Jane A. Catford,
  • Michael Bode,
  • David Tilman

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04491-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Introduced species may displace ecologically similar native species, but mechanisms are still to be established. Here, Catford et al. provide theoretical evidence of how human-mediated species invasions may overcome competition-colonisation tradeoffs, leading to the local extinction of native species.