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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | The more you introduce the more you get: the role of colonization pressure and propagule pressure in invasion ecology |
Author: | Lockwood, J. Cassey, P. Blackburn, T. |
Citation: | Diversity and Distributions: a journal of conservation biogeography, 2009; 15(5):904-910 |
Publisher: | Blackwell Publishing Ltd. |
Issue Date: | 2009 |
ISSN: | 1366-9516 1472-4642 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Julie L. Lockwood, Phillip Cassey and Tim M. Blackburn |
Abstract: | <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p><jats:bold>Aim </jats:bold>We argue that ‘propagule pressure’, a key term in invasion biology, has been attributed at least three distinct definitions (with usage of a related term causing additional confusion). All of the definitions refer to fundamental concepts within the invasion process, with the result that the distinct importance of these different concepts has been at best diluted, and at worst lost.</jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Location </jats:bold>Global.</jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Methods </jats:bold>We reviewed pertinent literature on propagule pressure to resolve confusion about different uses of the term ‘propagule pressure’ and we introduced a new term for one variant, colonization pressure. We conducted a computer simulation whereby the introduction of species is represented as a simple sampling process to elucidate the relationship between propagule and colonization pressure.</jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Results </jats:bold>We defined colonization pressure as the number of species introduced or released to a single location, some of which will go on to establish a self‐sustaining population and some of which will not. We subsequently argued that colonization pressure should serve as a null hypothesis for understanding temporal or spatial differences in exotic species richness, as the more species that are introduced, the more we should expect to establish. Finally, using a simple simulation, we showed that propagule pressure is related to colonization pressure, but in a non‐linear manner.</jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Main conclusion </jats:bold>We suggest that the nature of the relationship between propagule pressure and colonization pressure, as well as the efficacy of various proxy measures of each, require more detailed exploration if invasion ecology is to continue to develop into a more predictive science.</jats:p> |
Keywords: | Biological invasions colonization null models propagule pressure |
Rights: | © 2009 Blackwell Publishing Ltd |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2009.00594.x |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1472-4642.2009.00594.x |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 5 Earth and Environmental Sciences publications Environment Institute Leaders publications |
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