Biodiv Sci ›› 2002, Vol. 10 ›› Issue (1): 106-108.  DOI: 10.17520/biods.2002012

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Correlates of invasion success: evidence from New Zealand

Sean Nee   

  1. Institute of Cell , Animal and Population Biology , University of Edinburgh , West Mains Road , Edinburgh , U. K.
  • Online:2002-02-20 Published:2002-02-20
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Abstract: Understanding the biology of alien invasive species (AIS) is a problem for pure, as well as applied biology. However, it is obviously not possible to conduct designed experiments to further our understanding. We can, however, study actual invasions; the next best thing. We used historical data from New Zealand to explore the correlates of successful establishment of species in a new environment. Surprisingly, biological differences between species explained little of the variation in establishment success. Instead, what matters is how often, and in what numbers, a species is introduced into the new environment.