Conceptual ecology and invasion biology: reciprocal approaches to nature

CONCEPTUAL ECOLOGY AND INVASION BIOLOGY: RECIPROCAL APPROACHES TO NATURE INVADING NATURE SPRINGER SERIES IN INVASION ...

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CONCEPTUAL ECOLOGY AND INVASION BIOLOGY: RECIPROCAL APPROACHES TO NATURE

INVADING NATURE SPRINGER SERIES IN INVASION ECOLOGY Volume 1 Series Editor: JAMES A. DRAKE University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, U.S.A.

Conceptual Ecology and Invasion Biology: Reciprocal Approaches to Nature Edited by

MARC WILLIAM CADOTTE University of Tennessee, Knoxville, U.S.A.

SEAN M. MCMAHON University of Tennessee, Knoxville, U.S.A. and

TADASHI FUKAMI University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, U.S.A.

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%VEN IN MODELS OF POPULATIONS THAT DO NOT INCLUDE ABIOTIC OR INTERSPECIlC ENVI RONMENTAL INTERACTIONS INTRASPECIlC POPULATION DYNAMICS CAN ILLUSTRATE IMPOR TANTPROPERTIESOFINVADINGPOPULATIONSTHROUGHPATTERNSOFINTRINSICPOPULATION GROWTHANDSPREADSEE#ADOTTE ETAL#HAPTER !LTHOUGHANUMBEROFSCALES MAY ULTIMATELY PROVE IMPORTANT WHEN ASSESSING THE ARRIVAL ESTABLISHMENT GROWTH ANDIMPACTOFAN.)3,LORETETAL (AMILTONETAL THEPOPU LATIONSCALEHASLONGPROVIDEDSOMEOFTHECLEARESTINSIGHTSINTOTHEBASICQUESTIONS OFINVASIONDYNAMICS0ETROVSKIIETAL 4HOMSON !LLOFTHEFEATURES THATlGUREPROMINENTLYINPOPULATIONBIOLOGY FROMTHEROLEOFCARRYINGCAPACITY TOMORTALITYANDREPRODUCTION PROVIDEABASELINEUNDERSTANDINGOFHOWAN.)3 CANBEEXPECTEDTOBEHAVEWHENCOLONIZINGANEWAREA!KEYDISTINCTIONWHEN EXPLORINGTHESEINTRINSICPROPERTIESLIESINTHEDIFFERENTEXPECTATIONSOFSTOCHASTIC


VERSUS DETERMINISTIC PROCESSES 1UITE A FEW CHAPTERS IN THIS BOOK IMPLICITLY AND EXPLICITLYADDRESSTHISIMPORTANTDISTINCTION "UCKLEYAND-ETCALF#HAPTER REVIEWTHEROLEOFDENSITYDEPENDENCEINDETER MINING THE POPULATION DENSITIES THAT CAN BE REACHED BY AN INVASIVE POPULATION ANDTHEINmUENCESOFTHOSEDENSITIESONINVASIVESUCCESS4HEYSHOWHOWDENSITY DEPENDENCECANDELIMITDEMOGRAPHICPARAMETERSSUCHASINTRINSICRATEOFINCREASE AND DISPERSAL ABILITY 5SING MICROBIAL MICROCOSMS 7ARREN ET AL #HAPTER SHOWTHATCHANCEEVENTSPLAYAKEYROLEINTHEESTABLISHMENTOFANINVADER)NITIAL DEMOGRAPHICSTOCHASTICITY PROPAGULEPRESSURE ANDTHEINITIALRATEOFINCREASEALL CONTRIBUTETOWHETHERAPOPULATIONISABLETOESTABLISHINACOMMUNITY BUTNOT NECESSARILYPERSISTINTHATCOMMUNITY3PECIES SPECIlCEFFECTSWEREALSOFOUNDTO BE IMPORTANT IN BOTH ESTABLISHMENT AND PERSISTENCE WHICH INDICATES THAT CARE FUL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE DEMOGRAPHIC QUALITIES OF AN INVADING SPECIES MAY BE IMPORTANTTOUNDERSTANDINGITSPOTENTIALIMPACT 7HAT POPULATION SCALE PATTERNS DO LEAD TO PERSISTENCE OVER TIME -URREL #HAPTER TAKESA@PLANT EYEVIEWINUSINGSIMULATIONSTOSHOWHOWTHEDENSITY AND AGGREGATION OF A POPULATION CAN CREATE A @NEIGHBORHOOD EFFECT THAT DETER MINES ULTIMATE POPULATION GROWTH 4HIS APPROACH COULD BE QUITE IMPORTANT IN PLANTINVASIONS ASINTRA SPECIlCCOMPETITIONCANDETERMINEULTIMATEVIABILITYAND SPREADOFAPOPULATION!FTERTHEPOPULATIONISESTABLISHED ITSDISPERSALBECOMES A CRUCIAL ISSUE IN ANTICIPATING THE EXTENT AND IMPACT OF AN INVASION 0UTH AND 0OST ,EWIS ET AL #HAPTER DEMONSTRATE A NOVEL APPROACH TO MODELING DISPERSALTHROUGHTWODIMENSIONS5SINGKERNELMETHODSTOINCORPORATELONG DIS TANCE DISPERSAL INTO MODELS AND TWO DIMENSIONAL MODELS TO CORRECT FOR BIASES IN MORECOMMONLYUSEDONE DIMENSIONALMODELS AMOREACCURATEPREDICTIONOFTHE DISPERSALBEHAVIOROFANINVADINGPOPULATIONCANBEMADE -ETAPOPULATION THEORY ALSO EMPHASIZES THE ROLE OF DISPERSAL IN MAINTAINING .)3 PERSISTENCE OVER TIME (ARDING ET AL #HAPTER SHOW THAT FOR SINGLE .)3 COLONIZING PATCHY ENVIRONMENTS COLONIZATION SUCCESS INTO EMPTY PATCHES MUST BEGREATERTHANEXTINCTIONS4HISIMPLIESTHATSPECIESWITHSTRONGDISPERSALMAYBE PREDISPOSEDTOCOLONIZE#OMBINEDWITHBUFFERINGLIFEHISTORYTRAITS SUCHASPLANTS THATCANSELF POLLINATEORVEGETATIVELYREPRODUCE AGOODDISPERSALMECHANISMCAN LEADTOSUCCESSFULCOLONIZATIONOFAHETEROGENEOUSLANDSCAPE %NVIRONMENTINFLUENCING.)3POPULATIONS

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!NOTHER %UROPEAN ECOLOGIST %UGENE 7ARMING WROTE AN INmUENTIAL ECOLOGY BOOKBEFORETHETURNOFTHECENTURY4HE%NGLISHTRANSLATIONOFHIS/ECOLOGY OF 0LANTS WAS CONCERNED WITH POPULATION AND COMMUNITY ECOLOGY AND HE TRIED TO DEVELOP A SYSTEM OF ECOLOGICAL UNDERSTANDING 7ARMING WAS VERY MUCHINTERESTEDINTHEPROCESSOFECOLOGICALCHANGE ANDTHISCHANGEINCLUDEDTHE ARRIVAL OF NEW SPECIES (E BELIEVED THAT ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES INCLUDING CHANGE WEREREALIZEDATTHECOMMUNITYLEVEL&OREXAMPLEHEBELIEVEDTHATSUCCESSIONAL CHANGERESULTEDFROMCOMPETITIONAMONGCOMMUNITYTYPES AFFECTEDBYCHANGES IN THE ENVIRONMENT %SSENTIALLY 7ARMINGS CHANGE IS ASSEMBLAGES OF SPECIES MOVINGAMONGEQUILIBRIA BUTWHATWASHISMECHANISMFORTHESECHANGES 7ARMING SAYS THAT THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF COMMUNITY CHANGE lRST IS FROM @CHANGES IN SOIL AND THE OTHER IS CHANGE @WITHOUT NEW SOIL )N THE lRST TYPE OF CHANGE DISTURBANCES BOTH NATURAL AND HUMAN CAUSED ARE IMPORTANT AND ABRUPT3LOWERTYPESOFCHANGEINCLUDEINCREASESORDECREASESINWATERCONTENTOR BYTHEACCUMULATIONOFSOIL4HESECONDTYPEOFCHANGEHAPPENSTHROUGHMIGRA TIONSANDSTRUGGLESAMONGINDIVIDUALSPECIES 4HISSECONDTYPEOFCOMMUNITYCHANGE 7ARMINGSAYS ISATYPICAL hTHESTRUG GLESINQUESTIONARERAREvANDTHATCOUNTRIEShWHOSEVEGETATIONISNOTAPPRECIABLY DISTURBEDBYMANORANIMALS ANDWHICHHASBEENEXPOSEDFORLONGAGESPASTTO IMMIGRATION FROM ADJOINING COUNTRIES IN THIS CASE A CERTAIN EQUILIBRIUM MUST HAVE BEEN ATTAINEDv P 4HIS EQUILIBRIUM VIEW MEANS THAT THE PROBLEM OF INVASIVESPECIESISONEPRIMARILYASSOCIATEDWITHDISTURBANCESWHICHISLARGELY TRUE (OWEVER HIS VIEW MAY HAVE SOME DIFlCULTLY EXPLAINING WHY SOME SPE CIESINVADEINTACTCOMMUNITIES(ECONCEDESTHISPOINTONTHENEXTPAGE hSOME CHANGES IN THE NATURE OF FORESTS MAY HAVE BEEN SIMPLY DUE TO THE ENTRY OF NEW SPECIESvP 7ARMINGDOESMAKEANEMOTIONALPLEATOBEWEARYOFIMPORTINGNEWSPECIES BECAUSEOFTHECOMPETITIONTOWHICHTHEYMAYSUBJECTNATIVEFORMShANEW x COM MUNITY WHICH DID NOT NATURALLY OCCUR BEFORE THE SOIL HAD BEEN DRAWN INTO THE SERVICE OF -AN AND THE SPECIES WHICH NOW OCCUR IN VAST NUMBERS AND FORM A COMMUNITYWITHITSOWNSPECIALSTAMPANDECONOMYvP 7ARMINGSSYSTEMMAKESPREDICTIONSASTOWHATTYPESOFCOMMUNITIESOUGHTTO BEMOREINVADED ANDOURMODERNUNDERSTANDINGOFTHEINVASIONPROCESSWOULD ALSO PREDICT THAT INTACT COMMUNITIES ARE LESS INVADABLE THAN DISTURBED ONES (OWEVER BOTH 7ARMING AND $RUDE WERE NOT EXPLICITLY TRYING TO UNDERSTAND INVASIONS RATHER THEY WERE TRYING TO lT THE FACT THAT WE SEE INVADERS INTO THEIR RESPECTIVE ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS &OR THEM THERE WAS NO REAL ASSOCIATION BETWEEN DEVELOPING ECOLOGICAL UNDERSTANDING AND ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM OF INVASIVE SPECIES 4HEY FELT THAT IF THEIR RESEARCH PROGRAMMES EXPLAINED THE GENERAL PHENOMENON OF .)3 THEN THEIR ECOLOGY WAS ROBUST 4HE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ECOLOGY AND INVADERS WAS LIMITED AND ONE WAY !T MOST INVADERS WERE TESTS OF EARLYECOLOGISTSIDEASORATWORSTPHENOMENANEEDINGEXPLANATION


4(%.!452%/&#(!.'%#,%-%.43!.$4(%!-%2)#!.3#(//, 3HORTLYAFTERTHETURNOFTHECENTURY AN!MERICANSCHOOL EMBODIEDIN&REDERIC #LEMENTS COME TO THE FORE -C)NTOSH ) SAY THAT #LEMENTS EMBODIED THE SCHOOL BECAUSE HE DID ALL THE THINGS THAT MAKE A SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL OF THOUGHT (E INTERACTED WITH A NUMBER OF STUDENTS AND COLLEAGUES HE WROTE NUMEROUS SUCCESSFUL TEXTBOOKS AND MOST IMPORTANTLY HE EMPHASIZED A STRONG HEURISTIC PARADIGMINMUCHOFHISWRITINGNAMELY THENATUREOFECOLOGICALCHANGE #LEMENTS lRST TWO BOOKS REALLY LAID THE GROUNDWORK FOR THIS NEW SCHOOL (IS lRST 2ESEARCH -ETHODS IN %COLOGY DETAILED HOW THE SCIENCE OF ECOLOGY SHOULDBEDONE WHATTECHNIQUESANDRESEARCHTOPICSWEREMOSTFRUITFUL4HISWAS SOONFOLLOWEDBYASECONDBOOK 0LANT0HYSIOLOGYAND%COLOGY WHICHHAD MUCHOVERLAPWITHHISBOOK BUTREINFORCEDWHICHAREASOFRESEARCHWERE MOSTIMPORTANTANDTHEPARADIGMOFPLANTECOLOGY3PECIlCALLY THESEBOOKSHAD ANUNPRECEDENTEDFOCUSONECOLOGICALCHANGE ORWHATBECAMEKNOWNASSUCCES SION)NTUITIVELY SUCHAPARADIGMSEEMSLIKE.)3WOULDBEOFCENTRALCONCERN "OTH BOOKS DElNE INVASION ALMOST IDENTICALLY AS h4HE MOVEMENT OF ONE OR MORE PLANTS FROM ONE AREA INTO ANOTHER AND THEIR ESTABLISHMENT IN THE LATTER P ALSO A VERY SIMILAR QUOTE IN P (E NOTES h)NVASION IS A REGULAR OCCURRENCE BETWEEN ADJACENT FORMATIONS BUT IT ALSO TAKES PLACE INTO REMOTE ONES AS A RESULT OF LONG CARRIAGE BY WIND WATER BIRDS RAILROADS OR VESSELSv P (E TELLS US THAT DISPERSAL IS USUALLY CONSTRAINED BY BARRIERS BUT THAT HUMANS AS AN AGENT OF DISPERSAL ARE ABLE TO TRANSCEND THESE BARRIERS )NVASIONS ARE IMPORTANT FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS &IRST INVASIONS CAN SIGNIlCANTLY AFFECT SPECIES DISTRIBUTIONS 3ECONDLY ECOLOGICAL CHANGE DEPENDS ONINVASIONS#LEMENTSDElNESSUCCESSIONASAhSERIESOFINVASIONSxINTHESAME SPOTv P P /FCOURSE SEVERALFACTORSWORKAGAINSTTHESUCCESSOFANINVASION&IRSTOFALL THEREARETHEWELL KNOWNGEOGRAPHICALBARRIERSTOMIGRATIONMOUNTAINS OCEANS ETC BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY #LEMENTS DETAILS OTHER TYPES OF BARRIERS 4HERE IS AN ABIOTICBARRIERTHESPECIESMUSTlNDITSELFINANENVIRONMENTINWHICHITCAN SURVIVE -ANY BIOLOGICAL FORCES WORK AGAINST SPECIES ESTABLISHMENT INCLUDING PREDATION DISEASE COMPETITION AND HUMANS TRYING TO CONTROL WEEDS !LSO #LEMENTSlNDSTHATWHETHERTHEHABITATISFULLORNOTISOFPARAMOUNTIMPORTANCE TO INVASION SUCCESS AS COMPETITION FROM FULL COMMUNITIES WILL BE TOO SEVERE FOR THECOLONIZERTOSUCCEED 4HIS VIEW OF ECOLOGICAL SUCCESSION IS COMMON IN THE WRITINGS OF #LEMENTS COLLEAGUES AND COLLABORATORS 3HANTZ SAW INVASIONS AS THE PROCESS OF SUCCESSION ANDSUCCESSIONASTHEPROCESSOFCHANGINGFORMATIONSORCOMMUNITY TYPES 4HE IDEA OF SPECIES INVASIONS AS THE FORCE BEHIND SUCCESSION IS ALSO DOMI NANT IN 7EAVER AND #LEMENTS (UMANITYS ROLE IS EXAMINED IN GREATER DETAIL AND THEY NOTICE THAT ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECTS ON COMMUNITY SUCCESSION CAN BE SEVERE AS WE BOTH DISTURB HABITATS AND BRING IN NEW INDIVIDUALS 4HEY NOTETHATTHEMOTOROFSUCCESSIONISNOTDISTURBANCE BUTRATHERBIOTICPROCESSES

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MIGRATIONANDCOMPETITIONANDTHATCLIMAXCOMMUNITIESOFTENRESISTTHESE BIOTIC FACTORS #LEMENTS AND 3HELFORD CLARIlED WHO ARE CALLED INVADERS 3PECIlCALLY INVADERSARETHOSESPECIESTHATDIDNOTPREVIOUSLYEXISTINTHEHABITAT THEY ARE INVADING 0REVIOUSLY #LEMENTS DID NOT EXPLICITLY STIPULATE WHETHER THE INVADERSHADTOBESEPARATESPECIES(ERE#LEMENTSAND3HELFORD MAKENO DISTINCTIONABOUTWHERESPECIESCOMEFROM INTERMSOFTHEIRNATIVEORINTRODUCED STATUS %ARLIER #LEMENTS DID CREATE TERMS TO REmECT SPECIES THAT MIGRATE FROM NEARBY VERSUS THOSE ORIGINATING FURTHER AWAY 9ET NONE OF THESE WORKS EXPLICITLYEXAMINES.)3 JUSTECOLOGICALPROCESSESOFIDEALIZEDSPECIES!GAINLIKE THEOTHEREARLYECOLOGISTS #LEMENTSANDCOLLEAGUESWEREINTERESTEDINESTABLISHING ASTRONGPROGRAMMETHATCOULDPOTENTIALLYEXPLAINTHEOCCURRENCEOF.)3

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SPECIES RICH COMMUNITIES OUGHT TO BE LESS INVADABLE BECAUSE AVAILABLE NICHES SHOULD BE lLLED AND COMPETITION FOR NICHE SPACE MORE INTENSE #OMPETITION AS A MAJORSTRUCTURINGFORCESURFACEDBEFORE%LTONEG 'AUSE $!NCONA WITH THE FOUNDATION IN WHAT 'AUSE CALLED THE @COMPETITIVE EXCLUSION PRINCIPLE SEE ALSO (ARDIN PROBABLY lRST ARTICULATED BY 'RINNELL 4HECENTRALPREMISEOFTHISPRINCIPLEISTHATh.OTWOSPECIESOFIDENTICALOREVEN CLOSELY SIMILAR BIOLOGICAL PREDILECTIONS CAN LONG OCCUPY THE SAME NICHE x AT THE SAME TIMEv 'RINNELL P )N FACT 'RINNELL USED THIS REASON ING TO ARGUE AGAINST THE PURPOSEFUL INTRODUCTION BY THE STATE OF #LAIFORNIA OF THE(UNGARIANPARTRIDGEFORHUNTING'RINNELLSCONCERNWASTHATTHE(UNGARIAN PARTRIDGE SHARED ITS NICHE WITH THE NATIVE #ALIFORNIA QUAIL AND THAT THE LATTER WOULDLIKELYBECOMPETITIVELYEXCLUDED4HISPREDICTIONWASBASEDONTHEOBSER VATION THAT SPECIES HAVING LARGE NATIVE RANGES USUALLY EXCLUDE SMALLER RANGED COMPETITORS 'RINNELL APPLIED ECOLOGICAL REASONING TO PREDICTING THE OUTCOME OF ASPECIESINTRODUCTION 'AUSE SAW THE VALUE THAT INVASIONS HAVE FOR UNDERSTANDING GENERAL ECOLOGICALPROCESSES4OSTUDYCOMPETITION'AUSECOMMENTEDONTHEIMPORTANCE OF EXPERIMENTATION AND THAT IN NATURAL EXPERIMENTS hTHE MOST FREQUENT ONES CONSISTINTHETRANSPORTATIONOFANIMALSINTOCOUNTRIESNEWTOTHEM WHICHCOM MONLY LEADS TO A GREAT NUMBER OF HIGHLY INTERESTING PROCESSES OF THE STRUGGLE FOREXISTENCEvP /NEEXAMPLEHIGHLIGHTEDBY'AUSEISTHEINTRODUCTIONOF THE%UROPEANCARPINTOEASTERN.ORTH!MERICAINTHESANDHOWIThHASNOW INMANYSTREAMSANDLAKESMULTIPLIEDTOSUCHANEXTENTTHATSEVERALNATIVESPECIES AREFOUNDINGREATLYDIMINISHEDNUMBERvP -UCHUNDERSTANDINGOFTHENATUREOFSPECIESINTERACTIONS ANDESPECIALLYTHOSE THATSTIMULATED'AUSE WASADVANCEDBYTHETHEORETICALMODELSOF,OTKA EG AND6OLTERRAEG 4HEWORKOF,OTKAAND6OLTERRANOTONLY REVOLUTIONIZEDHOWECOLOGISTSTHOUGHTABOUTSPECIESINTERACTIONS BOTHCOMPETI TION AND PREDATION BUT ALSO SHOWED HOW MODELS COULD BE USED TO UNDERSTAND APPLIEDPROBLEMS4HEFAMOUSINSTANCEISTHATTHESON IN LAW 5MBERTO$!NCONA ASKED HIS FATHER IN LAW 6ITO 6OLTERRA IF IT WERE POSSIBLE TO EXPLAIN MATHEMATI CALLY WHY IT SHOULD BE THAT WITH THE CESSATION OF lSHING IN &IUME NEAR 4RIESTE DURING77) PREDATORYSHARKSANDRAYSCAMETOCONSTITUTEAHIGHERMEANPROPOR TIONOFTHECATCHBIOMASSEG $!NCONA(ALLAM /FCOURSE USING HIS PREDATOR PREY MODELS 6OLTERRA WAS ABLE TO EXPLAIN THIS INCREASE IN PREDATOR PROPORTION 6OLTERRA ASSUMED THAT THE HARVESTING PRIOR TO 77) WAS INDISCRIMI NANTANDRESULTEDINAlXEDPROPORTIONOFINDIVIDUALSREMOVED SOTHATTHEPERIODIC EQUILIBRIUM BETWEEN PREDATOR AND PREY DENSITIES SHIFTED TO HAVE A CENTER WITH HIGHER PREY AND LOWER PREDATOR ABUNDANCE WHEN THERE IS DENSITY INDEPENDENT MORTALITY )NTHESAMEVEIN $!NCONA SHOWEDHOW,OTKA 6OLTERRA TYPEFORMULA TIONSCOULDBEUSEDTOUNDERSTANDTHEDYNAMICSOFSPECIESINVASIONS5SINGTHESE TYESOFEQUATIONS $!NCONA SHOWEDTHATANEWINVADERWILLEITHERMOVE TO AN EQUILIBRIUM OF ZERO DENSITY IE UNSUCCESSFUL OR CHANGE THE EQUILIBRIUM

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2%35,43 ! TOTAL OF FAMILIES WAS REPRESENTED IN THE DATASET OF SPECIES 4ABLE 4HE !STERACEAE WAS THE ONLY FAMILY REPRESENTED IN ALL 3% RANKS WITH A TOTAL OF SPECIES 0OACEAE WAS NEXT WITH A TOTAL OF SPECIES AND ONLY 3%SPECIESEXTREMELYRARE WERENOTREPRESENTED&ABACEAEWASNEXTWITHNINE SPECIES ALL RANKED 3% 4HERE WERE EIGHT "RASSICACEAE IN 3% 3% AND 3%RANKS 4WENTY TWOOFTHEFAMILIESHADONLYORSPECIESREPRESENT EDINTHEDATASET!STERACEAE &ABACEAEAND"RASSICACEAEAREALLOVER REPRESENTED INOURDATASETCOMPAREDWITHTHEIRREPRESENTATIONINTHEEXOTICmORAOF/NTARIO ANDAMONGNATIVE/NTARIOSPECIESSEE4ABLE !PPLICATIONOFTHE2ICHARDSONETALSCHEMECLASSIlEDOFTHETOTALSPECIES AS INVASIVE AS OPPOSED TO $AVIS AND 4HOMPSON WHERE APPROXIMATELY OF SPECIES WERE CLASSIlED AS INVADERS USING OUR lRST CRITERIA $4 AND USING THE ALTERNATIVE CRITERIA $4 4ABLE !LL BUT ONE OF THE SPECIES CLASSIlED AS INVASIVE BY 2ICHARDSON ET AL WERE ALSO CLASSIlED AS INVASIVE BY BOTH $AVIS AND 4HOMPSONSCHEMES4HEEXCEPTIONWAS(ELIANTHUSTUBEROSUSWHICHWASCLASSIlED ASASUCCESSIONALCOLONIZERINBOTH$4AND$4DUETOITSACTUALLYBEINGCONSID EREDNATIVETO/NTARIO4HEDISTINCTIONDEPENDSUPONCONmICTINGCONCLUSIONSBY EXPERTS!LTHOUGHCONSIDEREDNON NATIVETO/NTARIOBYSEVERALAUTHORS-ORTON AND6ENN;= .EWMASTERETAL;= AND3COGGAN;= MOSTREGIONAL mORASANDmORASFROMNEARBYAREASCONSIDERTHESPECIESNATIVEEG 'LEASONAND #RONQUIST )T IS LIKELY THAT AT SOME TIME IN THE FUTURE THE 3 RANK OF THIS SPECIES WILL BE CHANGED FROM 3% TO 3 INDICATING A NATIVE STATUS RATHER THAN EXOTICINTHEPROVINCE .()# !LLSPECIESRANKEDAS3%WERECLASSIlEDBY 2ICHARDSONETALASCASUALANDBY$4AND$4ASNOVELNON INVASIVECOLONIZERS 4ABLE )NOURAPPLICATIONOFBOTHCLASSIlCATIONS ITWASNOTPOSSIBLEFORAN3% SPECIESTOBEREGARDEDASINVASIVE/FTHE3%SPECIES 2ICHARDSONETALSSCHEME CLASSIlEDASINVADERS COMPAREDWITH$4 AND$4 4ABLE 3%RANKVALUEWASSIGNIlCANTLYCORRELATEDWITHRAWCOMMUNITYIMPACTSCORES $4 R P N$4 R P N HOW EVERTHEREWASNOCORRELATIONBETWEEN3%RANKVALUEANDECONOMICIMPACTSCORE $4 R – P N 4HUS SPECIES WITH GREATER ABUNDANCE TENDEDTOOCCURINMOREOFTHEDElNEDCOMMUNITYTYPES INCLUDINGNATURALAND SEMI NATURAL COMMUNITIES THAN LESS ABUNDANT SPECIES BUT DID NOT NECESSARILY FALLINTOMOREECONOMICIMPACTCATEGORIES)N$4ALL3%SPECIESHADANOVERALL IMPACT OF @GREAT WHEREAS IN $4 THREE 3% SPECIES HAD ONLY @SMALL IMPACT 'REAT ANDSMALL IMPACTSPECIESDIFFEREDONLYINTHEIRPROPORTIONSINTHESEEDDOR MANCYLIFE HISTORYPARAMETERLONG SHORTORNONE $4 r P


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4HIS MODEL HAS TWO PARAMETERS THAT MODEL DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE DENSITY DEPENDENT RESPONSE A DETERMINES THE DENSITY AT WHICH THE PER CAPITA EFFECTS OF DENSITY DEPENDENCEBECOMESIGNIlCANT WHILSTBVARIESTHERATEOFCHANGEINPOPU LATIONGROWTHRATEASDENSITYBECOMESHIGHANDMAYBERELATEDTOTHENATUREOF COMPETITIONCONTESTVERSUSSCRAMBLE(ASSELL ORTHEEFlCIENCYWITHWHICH RESOURCESARECONVERTEDINTOPOPULATIONGROWTH&IRBANKAND7ATKINSON &RECKLETONAND7ATKINSON 4HEEQUILIBRIUMOFTHISMODELISGIVENBY .È hBn A

4HE IMPORTANT ADVANCE OVER THE LOGISTIC MODEL IS THAT THE EQUILIBRIUM IS A COMPOUND OF THREE MODEL PARAMETERS )NCREASING THE lNITE RATE OF INCREASE OR DECREASING A LEADS TO INCREASES IN POPULATION DENSITY 4HESE EFFECTS ARE THEN MODULATEDBYB WHICHALSODETERMINESTHESTABILITYPROPERTIESOFTHEMODEL )T SEEMS LIKELY THAT THE THREE PARAMETERS MAY BE RELATED TO EACH OTHER AT A NUMBER OF SCALES 7ITHIN POPULATIONS TEMPORAL VARIABILITY IN THE ENVIRONMENT MAY LEAD TO VARIATION IN ANY OF THE PARAMETERS !S POINTED OUT BY #HESSON AND (UNTLEY UNDERSTANDING HOW THE EFFECTS OF STOCHASTICITY INTERACT WITHTHESTRENGTHOFCOMPETITIONISTHEKEYTOPREDICTINGTHEOUTCOMEOFCOMPETI TIONINSTOCHASTICENVIRONMENTS)NTHEMODELABOVE THEPROBLEMISTOUNDERSTAND HOWTHEPARAMETERSAANDhCOVARYWITHEACHOTHER)FhANDAAREINDEPENDENT THEN POPULATION GROWTH RATES ARE TERMED ADDITIVE &IG A WITH THE CONSE QUENCETHATSTOCHASTICENVIRONMENTALEFFECTSIMPACTDIRECTLYONPOPULATIONSIZES &IG C )N CONTRAST SUB ADDITIVE POPULATION GROWTH RATES OCCUR WHEN h AND


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RESULTING FROM ATTEMPTS AT CONTROL OR ERADICATION WILL BE COMPENSATED FOR BY REDUCTIONINTHESTRENGTHOFDENSITY DEPENDENCE YIELDINGNONETEFFECTONPOPULA TIONNUMBERS4HUS ITISNOTSUFlCIENTSIMPLYTODOCUMENTTHEEFFECTSOFSTOCHAS TICITYORDENSITY DEPENDENCEINISOLATION BUTTHEINTERACTIONBETWEENTHESEALSO NEEDSTOBEUNDERSTOOD)NPRACTICETHISISVERYDIFlCULTASTHISREQUIRESTHATTHE FORMOFDENSITY DEPENDENCEISMEASUREDUNDERARANGEOFENVIRONMENTALCONDI TIONS WHICHISHIGHLYDATAINTENSIVE .ON LINEARDYNAMICSANDSTABILITY

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4HEMODELSDESCRIBEDABOVEEMPHASISETHENEGATIVEEFFECTSOFDENSITY DEPENDENCE ON POPULATION GROWTH RATES (OWEVER RECENT REVIEWS HAVE POINTED OUT THAT NOT ALL DENSITY DEPENDENT EFFECTS ON POPULATION GROWTH ARE OF THIS FORM 3TEPHENS AND3UTHERLAND3TEPHENSETAL 0OSITIVEDENSITY DEPENDENCERATHER CONFUSINGLYTERMEDhINVERSEvDENSITY DEPENDENCEBYSOMEAUTHORS ISMOSTWELL KNOWNTHROUGH!LLEEEFFECTS!LLEEEFFECTSARISEMOSTCOMMONLYINSOCIALSPECIES


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WHERE COOPERATION BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS BREAKS DOWN AT LOW DENSITIES LEADING TO A DECLINE IN SOME ASPECTS OF lTNESS WITH DECREASING DENSITIES )N THE EXTREME SUCH COMPONENT !LLEE EFFECTS WHICH AFFECT ONE COMPONENT OF lTNESS MAY BE MANIFEST AT THE LEVEL OF POPULATION GROWTH LEADING TO DEMOGRAPHIC !LLEE EFFECTS IE ARESOIMPORTANTTHATTHEYIMPINGEONRATESOFPOPULATIONCHANGE3TEPHENS AND 3UTHERLAND 4HE IMPORTANCE OF !LLEE EFFECTS IN POPULATION GROWTH IS THATTHESECANLEADTOATHRESHOLDDENSITYBELOWWHICHPOPULATIONSCANNOTPERSIST SEE&IG 4HISISOFCOURSEHIGHLYSIGNIlCANTFORTHEDYNAMICSOFINVASIVESPECIES SINCEINVASIONSREQUIRETHATSPECIESARECAPABLEOFARRIVINGINNEWENVIRONMENTS ATLOWDENSITIESANDTHENSUBSEQUENTLYINCREASING4HISCANHAVEIMPORTANTIMPLI CATIONSFORRATESOFSPATIALSPREAD,EWISAND+AREIVA ASWELLASRESPONSES OFPOPULATIONSTOSTOCHASTICVARIABILITY ,IEBHOLD AND "ASCOMPTE EXPLORED THE CONSEQUENCES OF !LLEE EFFECTS ANDSTOCHASTICITYFORTHECONTROLOFINVASIVESPECIES4HEMOSTIMPORTANTOUTCOME OF!LLEEEFFECTSINTHEIRMODELSWASTHAT!LLEEEFFECTSCANINmUENCETHEOUTCOMES OFERADICATIONPROGRAMMES&REQUENTLYITISFOUNDTHATCLOSETOERADICATION IS REQUIRED FOR CONTROL PROGRAMMES TO BE EFFECTIVE "ECAUSE SUCH HIGH LEVELS OF CONTROL ARE GENERALLY DIFlCULT TO ACHIEVE THIS MAY PROHIBIT ATTEMPTS AT CONTROL (OWEVER !LLEE EFFECTS MAY LEAD TO EXTINCTION THRESHOLDS AT LOW DENSITIES WITH


THE RESULT THAT LOWER RATES OF CONTROL MAY YIELD ERADICATION ,IEBHOLD AND "ASCOMPTE STUDIED POPULATIONS OF THE 'YPSY -OTH ,YMANTIA DISPER IN WHICHTHEYFOUNDTHATERADICATIONCOULDBEACHIEVEDWITHCMORTALITYINA MODELFORTHEPOPULATIONWHICHINCLUDEDAN!LLEEEFFECT WHEREASINTHEABSENCE OF THE !LLEE EFFECT CLOSE TO MORTALITY WOULD BE REQUIRED )N THE CASE STUDY BELOW WE DESCRIBE IN MORE DETAIL A SYSTEM IN WHICH !LLEE EFFECTS ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANTINEXPLAININGINVASIONS -ULTISPECIESINTERACTIONS

4HE MAIN FOCUS ON THIS REVIEW SO FAR HAS BEEN ON SINGLE SPECIES DYNAMICS (OWEVER INTERACTIONS BETWEEN SPECIES CAN AFFECT THE STABILITY OF POPULATION DYNAMICS)NDEEDMOSTSPECIESDONOTLIVEINISOLATION SOTHISPOSSIBILITYMAYBE QUITECOMMON ANDWEREVIEWTWOEXAMPLESBELOW )N AN INmUENTIAL PAPER -AY SUGGESTED THAT INSTABILITY MAY BE A COM MON PROPERTY OF MANY FORMS OF ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS (E SHOWED THAT THE SAME MODELLINGFRAMEWORKCOULDBEAPPLIEDTOPREDATOR PREY HARVESTEDANDORINDEED ANY CONSUMER RESOURCE SYSTEM 4HIS EFFECT ARISES AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THE FUNC TIONRESPONSEOFTHECONSUMER7HENCONSUMERSAREATLOWDENSITIESTHERATEOF CONSUMPTION OF RESOURCES INCREASES WITH INCREASING RESOURCE DENSITY WITH THE CONSEQUENCE THAT THE RATE OF RESOURCE LOSS IS POSITIVELY RELATED TO RESOURCE DEN SITY!TLOWDENSITIESCONSUMERSCANPOTENTIALLYERADICATETHEIRRESOURCESATLOW DENSITIES "Y CONTRAST AT HIGH RESOURCE DENSITIES RESOURCES BECOME SATURAT ING AND EFFECTIVELY THE RATE OF RESOURCE LOSS TO CONSUMERS IS NEGATIVELY RELATED TO RESOURCE DENSITY AT HIGH DENSITIES OF RESOURCES 4HIS DUAL BEHAVIOUR LEADS TO THE POTENTIAL FOR TWO EQUILIBRIA ONE AT LOW RESOURCE DENSITIES THE OTHER AT HIGH RESOURCEDENSITIES)FITEXISTSTHEEQUILIBRIUMATLOWDENSITIESISTYPICALLYUNSTABLE 2ECENTLY'ASCOIGNEAND,IPCIUS HAVEEXTENDEDTHISFRAMEWORKTOCONSIDER THEAGGREGATIVERESPONSESOFRESOURCESANDHAVEEMPHASISEDTHATSUCHBEHAVIOUR HASBEENLARGELYIGNOREDINTHEAPPLIEDANDCONSERVATIONLITERATURE ANDSHOWTHAT THEREAREAGROWINGNUMBEROFSYSTEMSTHATIMPLICATESUCHAMECHANISM #OMPETITIVEINTERACTIONSMAYALSOYIELDINSTABILITIES INTWOSOMEWHATDIFFERENT WAYS&IRST SIMPLEMODELSFORTHEDYNAMICSOFTWOCOMPETINGSPECIESSHOWTHAT THREEDISTINCTOUTCOMESMAYOCCURI ONESPECIESORANOTHEREXCLUDESTHEOTHER II THECOMPETINGSPECIESSETTLEATASTABLEJOINTEQUILIBRIUMIII THEREISAJOINT EQUILIBRIUM BUTWHICHISUNSTABLE SOTHATPERTURBATIONSFROMTHEJOINTEQUILIB RIUMLEADTOTHESYSTEMBECOMINGDOMINATEDBYONESPECIESORANOTHER4HISLATTER UNSTABLECONDITIONMAYARISEIFTHEPERCAPITAEFFECTSOFINTER SPECIlCCOMPETITION ARE GREATER THAN THE PER CAPITA EFFECTS OF INTRA SPECIlC COMPETITION )N THE CASE STUDIESBELOW WEDETAILSUCHANEXAMPLE 3ECOND COMPETITIVE INTERACTIONS MAY YIELD UNSTABLE DYNAMICS WHEN MULTI SPECIESSYSTEMSININTERACTIONSARESTRONGARESUBJECTEDTOPERTURBATIONS4ILMAN ETAL 4HEREASONFORTHISISTHATINSUCHAMIXTURETHEDYNAMICSOFANYSIN GLESPECIESAREACOMPLEXFUNCTIONOFTHEDENSITIESOFALLTHESPECIES#ONSEQUENTLY


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4HIS EXAMPLE SHOWS HOW INSTABILITY AND STOCHASTICTY SIMULTANEOUSLY PLAY ROLES IN DETERMINING WHETHER A SPECIES INVADES A SYSTEM 6 BROMOIDES IS A WINTER ANNUALWHICHORIGINATESFROMTHE-EDITERRANEAN ANDHASBECOMEAPROBLEMIN ANNUALPASTURESYSTEMSIN!USTRALIA)NCONTRASTIN3PAINAND0ORTUGAL WHEREIT OCCURS NATURALLY IN PASTURES 6 BROMOIDES IS NOT REGARDED AS A PROBLEM SPECIES 6 BROMOIDES WAS PROBABLY INTRODUCED TO !USTRALIA AS A CONTAMINANT OF SEED OR FORAGE 3EVERAL SPECIES OF THE GENUS 6ULPIA WERE INTRODUCED TO !USTRALIA 7E STUDIEDTHEINVASIONDYNAMICSOFANNUALPASTURESIN.37 INWHICH6BROMOIDES ISTHECOMMONESTOFTHESPECIESANDOCCURSINCOFTHEPASTURESWHERETHE GENUSISPRESENT$OWLING 'IVENTHATTHE6ULPIAGENUSISWELLESTABLISHED IN!USTRALIA THECURRENTPROBLEMISTODETERMINEWHATFACTORSENABLETHEPERSIS TENCEANDSPREADOFTHESPECIES 6BROMOIDESISAPROBLEMBECAUSE ALTHOUGHINTHEEARLYSTAGESOFTHEGROWING SEASONITMAYPROVIDESOMEUSEFULFORAGEFORLIVE STOCK THEFORAGEPRODUCEDLATE IN THE SEASON IS OF VERY LOW NUTRITIONAL VALUE AND BECAUSE THE SEEDS PRODUCED BY THE WEED BECOME TANGLED IN THE WOOL OF SHEEP AND MAY EVEN CAUSE PHYSICAL INJURIES TO LIVE STOCK ,ONG TERM MANAGEMENT OF 6ULPIA IS DIFlCULT IN PASTURES THAT ARE DOMINATED BY ANNUALS IE IN WHICH THE PERENNIAL COMPONENT IS LOW 4HEPROBLEMOFCONTROLLING6ULPIAISCOMPOUNDEDBYTHEHIGHSEEDPRODUCTIONOF THESPECIESWHICHALLOWSFASTPOPULATIONRECOVERYINTHEYEARSFOLLOWINGHERBICIDE


APPLICATION ASWELLASHIGHRATESOFCOMPENSATORYGROWTHOFSURVIVORSFOLLOWING HERBICIDALCONTROL$OWLINGETAL 4HE MAIN QUESTIONS THAT ARE IMPORTANT IN UNDERSTANDING THE DYNAMICS OF 6BROMOIDES ASWELLASINPREDICTINGTHEEFFECTSOFMANAGEMENT AREI HOWDO INTERACTIONS WITHIN AND BETWEEN SPECIES AFFECT LONG TERM DYNAMICS II (OW ARE POPULATION DYNAMICS AND LONG TERM PERSISTENCE AFFECTED BY STOCHASTICITY &RECKLETONETAL DEVELOPEDAMODELTOPREDICTTHEDYNAMICSOFTHISSPECIES INAMULTI SPECIESPASTUREMIXTUREINORDERTOADDRESSTHESEQUESTIONS 4HEPOPULATIONDYNAMICSOF6BROMOIDESWERESTUDIEDINA YEARlELDEXPERI MENT CONDUCTED BETWEEN AND !RTIlCIAL PASTURES WERE ESTABLISHED COMPRISING THREE SPECIES 6 BROMOIDES TOGETHER WITH TWO @DESIRABLE SPECIES 4RIFOLIUM SUBTERRANEUM A LEGUME AND ,OLIUM RIGIDUM ANOTHER GRASS 0ASTURES WERE SET UP ORIGINALLY WITH LOW MEDIUM AND HIGH DENSITIES OF 4RIFOLIUM LOW OR ZERO DENSITIES OF ,OLIUM AND LOW OR HIGH DENSITIES OF 6ULPIA 4HESE ARTIlCIAL PAS TURESWEREALLOWEDTOGROWUNTILSPRING WHENHALFOFTHEPLOTSWERESPRAYED WITHHERBICIDEINORDERTOCREATEAFURTHERDENSITYDIFFERENTIALOF6ULPIA4HEYEAR WASADROUGHTYEAR ANDWEESTIMATEDTHATDROUGHTSOFTHISSEVERITY OCCUREVERYYEARSORSO&RECKLETONETAL 7EUSEDTHEDATAFROMTHISEXPERIMENTTOPARAMETERISEAMODELPREDICTINGTHE NUMBERSNUMBERSOFMATUREPLANTS. ANDSEEDSINTHESEEDBANK3 OFEACHOF THETHREESPECIES IE n .IxT hI.IT ³-_IJ.JT ³ iI3IT J

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PRISING AS LEGUMES AND GRASSES REPRESENT RATHER DIFFERENT FUNCTIONAL GROUPS /N THE OTHER HAND COMPETITION BETWEEN THE TWO GRASSES WAS VERY STRONG AND THEY INmUENCED EACH OTHERS DYNAMICS PROFOUNDLY 3INCE NEITHER OF THE GRASSES POSSESS VERY PERSISTENT SEEDBANKS IN CONTRAST TO THE 4RIFOLIUM THEDYNAMICSOF THESETWOSPECIESCANBEMORESIMPLYMODELLEDBYASIMPLE SPECIESMODEL .,T h,.,T _,,.,T _,6.6T n .6T h6.6T _66.6T _6,.,T n

4HE DYNAMICS OF THIS SYSTEM MAY BE ANALYSED USING A SIMPLE PHASE PLANE ANALYSIS &IG 4HE lTTED COMPETITION COEFlCIENTS FOR EQUATIONS HAD THE PROPERTY THAT IN BOTH MODELS THE INTER SPECIlC COEFlCIENTS WERE LARGER THAN THE INTRA SPECIlC COEFlCIENTS !S A CONSEQUENCE THE EQUILIBRIUM FOR THE TWO SPECIES ISPREDICTEDTOBEUNSTABLE&IGA 4HEUNSTABLEEQUILIBRIUMHASANIMPORTANT CONSEQUENCEFORTHEINVASIONOF6ULPIA6ULPIAISONLYABLETOINVADECOMMUNITIES WHENTHEDENSITYOF,OLIUMISLOW%XAMPLESOFTHEPREDICTEDDYNAMICSARESHOWN IN&IGBANDC6ULPIAISUNABLETOINVADEAHIGHDENSITYOF,OLIUM&IGB ITIS ABLETOINVADEALOWDENSITY&IGC !TlRSTSIGHTITAPPEARSTHATTHEINVASIONOF6ULPIAINTOPASTURESMAYBEDIFlCULT BECAUSEITNEEDSTOEXCEEDACRITICALDENSITYINORDERTOINVADE)FTHEENVIRONMENT WERECONSTANT THENTHISWOULDBETHECASE)NREALITY HOWEVER THEENVIRONMENT ISNOTCONSTANT!SNOTEDABOVE PERIODICALLYSEVEREDROUGHTSOCCUR4HESEGREATLY FACILITATE THE INVASION OF 6ULPIA BECAUSE THESE DROUGHTS REDUCE THE DENSITIES OF ALLSPECIESTOLOWLEVELS&OLLOWINGDROUGHTTHElNITERATEOFINCREASEOF6ULPIAIS MUCHGREATERTHANTHATOF,OLIUMh6 WHILSTh, #ONSEQUENTLY6ULPIA POPULATIONSRESPONDMUCHFASTERFOLLOWINGDROUGHTSTHANDO,OLIUMPOPULATIONS ANDHENCETHEINVASIONOF6ULPIAISFACILITATED7EESTIMATEDTHATSEVEREDROUGHTS OCCURRINGWITHAFREQUENCYOFEVERYINTOINYEARSWOULDGREATLYFACILI TATETHEINVASIONOF6ULPIA3UGGESTIVELY ANECDOTALEVIDENCESUGGESTSTHAT6ULPIA BECAME NOTICED AS A PROBLEM FOLLOWING SEVERE DROUGHTS IN THE EARLY S ALTHOUGHWEHAVENOQUANTITATIVEDATAWITHWHICHTOSUPPORTTHISCONTENTION )NSUMMARY UNDERSTANDINGTHEINVASIONOF 6ULPIAINTOPASTURES ANDITSPER SISTENCE REQUIRES THAT WE NOT ONLY UNDERSTAND THE DETAILS OF COMPETITION WITH OTHERSPECIES BUTALSOTHEEFFECTSOFLONG TERMSTOCHASTICITY3TOCHASTICITYPLAYSA KEYROLEBECAUSETHEUNSTABLEEQUILIBRIUMWOULDMAKEINVASIONOF6ULPIAUNLIKELY FROM LOW DENSITIES INTO ESTABLISHED PASTURES (OWEVER THE EFFECTS OF COMPETITION BECOMEMODULATEDBYPERIODICDROUGHTSMAKINGINVASIONFARMORELIKELY )NSTABILITYANDOUTBREAKSTHECROWNOFTHORNSSTARFISH

4HE SECOND EXAMPLE ILLUSTRATES HOW !LLEE EFFECTS RESULTING FROM PREDATOR PREY INTERACTIONSCANLEADTOUNSTABLEPOPULATIONDYNAMICS ANDCONSEQUENTLYDETER MINEWHETHERINVASIONSAREPOSSIBLEORNOT4HEREHASBEENAGREATDEALOFRECENT


&IG A 0HASE PLANE DIAGRAM SHOWING UNSTABLE INTERACTIONS IN MIXTURES OF ,OLIUM AND 6ULPIA B C &REQUENCY DEPENDENT INVASIONS OF COMMUNITIES BY EITHER ,OLIUM lLLEDCIRCLES OR6ULPIAOPENCIRCLES THEINVADERDEPENDSONTHERELATIVEINITIALDENSITIES OF THE TWO SPECIES 4HE DYNAMICS OF THE THIRD SPECIES 4RIFOLIUM SQUARES ARE ESSENTIALLY NEUTRALWITHRESPECTTOTHEOTHERTWOSPECIES

INTEREST IN SUCH SYSTEMS REVIEWED BY 'ASCOIGNE AND ,IPCIUS INSPIRED MAINLY BY THE RESULTS OF SIMPLE MODELS )N BRIEF PREDATORS CAN GENERATE !LLEE EFFECTS IN THE POPULATION DYNAMICS OF THEIR PREY AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THEIR FUNC TIONAL AND NUMERICAL RESPONSES 4HIS HAPPENS IN SYSTEMS WHERE THE DYNAMICS OF THE PREY POPULATION ARE DRIVEN MAINLY BY PREDATION AND WHEN PREY HAVE NO REFUGES SPATIAL OR TEMPORAL FROM THE EFFECTS OF PREDATION !LLEE EFFECTS ARISE IN SUCHSYSTEMSWHENPREDATORSHONEINONPREYATLOWDENSITIES SOTHATLOWDENSITY POPULATIONSOFPREYTENDTOHAVENEGATIVEPOPULATIONGROWTHRATES 3UCHPREDATORINDUCED!LLEEEFFECTSARESIGNIlCANTFORINVASIVESPECIESBECAUSE THEPOTENTIALEXISTSFORPREDATORSTOERADICATEUNWANTEDINVASIVEPREYBYREDUCING


THEMTOLOWDENSITIES!LTERNATIVELYIFPREYPOPULATIONSCANBEREDUCEDBYCONTROL MEASURES THE POTENTIAL EXITS FOR PREDATORS TO LEAD TO THE ULTIMATE EXTINCTION OF THE PREY #ONVERSELY HOWEVER THE POSSIBILITY EXISTS THAT PREY POPULATIONS MAY BEHELDINCHECKBYPREDATORS WHICHMAINTAINNEGATIVEPREYPOPULATIONGROWTH RATESFROMLOWDENSITIES BUTTHATPERTURBATIONTOEITHERPOPULATIONMAYLEADTO THEPREYPOPULATIONESCAPINGPREDATORCONTROL 4HESYSTEMWEWORKEDWITHCONSISTSOFA LEVELFOODWEBINVOLVINGPREDATORY lSHES THEINVASIVECORAL EATINGCROWN OF THORNSSTARlSH!CANTHASTERPLANCI AND REEF BUILDINGCORALS$ULVYETAL 4HECROWN OF THORNSSTARlSHFEEDSUPON LIVE CORALS CAUSING THE LARGEST KNOWN PEST RELATED DISTURBANCES ON )NDO 0ACIlC CORAL REEFS AND IT IS REGARDED AS A MAJOR MANAGEMENT PROBLEM 3EVERAL MECHA NISMS INCLUDINGHYDROGRAPHY HURRICANEDISTURBANCE NUTRIENTINPUTSANDPREDA TORREMOVAL HAVEBEENSUGGESTEDASPOTENTIALCAUSESOFSTARlSHINVASIONS 7ESTUDIEDASERIESOFOCEANICISLANDSVARYINGINSIZEANDHUMANPOPULA TION&OREACHISLANDANINDEXOFHUMANlSHINGINTENSITYWASESTIMATED!TEACH OFTHESITESDENSITIESOFPREDATORYlSHES STARlSHANDBARRIERREEFCOMMUNITIESWERE SURVEYED BY DIVERS 3URVEYING WAS CONDUCTED IN SUCCESSIVE YEARS 7E WISHED TO TEST THE HYPOTHESIS THAT STARlSH POPULATIONS OUTBREAK AND INVADE REEFS WHEN PERTURBATIONSTOTHEIRPREDATORSREMOVETHEPREDATORCONTROLAND MOREOVER THAT PREDATORSARERESPONSIBLEFORGENERATINGAN!LLEEEFFECTINSTARlSHPOPULATIONS 7EDIDNOTHAVESUFlCIENTLYDETAILEDDATATOBEABLETOPARAMETERISEAFULLPOPU LATIONMODEL(OWEVERWEWERESTILLABLETOUSEAMODELINGFRAMEWORKTOANALYSE THE DYNAMICS OF THIS SYSTEM &OR THE STARlSH WE CALCULATED PER CAPITA RATES OF POPULATIONCHANGE .T n.T n.T FOREACHISLAND4OTESTTHEHYPOTHESIS THAT PREDATORS WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR GENERATING !LLEE EFFECTS IN STARlSH POPULA TIONSWEPLOTTEDTHEPERCAPITARATEOFPOPULATIONCHANGEAGAINSTSTARlSHDENSITY ANDPREDATORDENSITY ASWELLASTOLOOKATHOWPREDATORDENSITIESAREAFFECTEDBY HUMANlSHINGPRESSURE &IRST WEFOUNDTHATPREDATORYlSHESWERELESSABUNDANTATTHEMOSTINTEN SIVELYlSHEDSITESASTHELEASTlSHEDSITES4HISINDICATESTHATTHEREISANENORMOUS RANGEOFVARIATIONINTHEPREDATORYlSHINGPRESSUREINTHISSYSTEM'IVENTHIS THE DATA ON RATES OF POPULATION GROWTH OF THE STARlSH &IG SUGGEST THAT PREDATOR REMOVAL BY SUBSISTENCE EXPLOITATION MAY BE SUFlCIENT TO ALLOW OUTBREAKS OF THE CROWN OF THORNS!SSHOWNIN&IGA THERELATIONSHIPBETWEENPER CAPITARATEOF POPULATIONCHANGEANDSTARlSHDENSITYISHUMPED ASWOULDBEEXPECTEDIFPOPULA TIONSWERESUBJECTTOAN!LLEEEFFECT4HEDATAAPPEARTOINDICATETHATTHEREARETWO EQUILIBRIA ONEATLOWDENSITIES THEOTHERATHIGHDENSITIES4HELOWEREQUILIBRIUM WILL BE UNSTABLE )N A VARIABLE ENVIRONMENT LOW DENSITY POPULATIONS WILL EITHER OUTBREAK ORWILLBECOMEEXTINCT 4HATTHE!LLEEEFFECTSHOWNIN&IGAACTUALLYRESULTSFROMTHEEFFECTSOFPREDA TORS IS CONlRMED IN &IG B !S SHOWN THERE IS A NEGATIVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THERATEOFCHANGEINSTARlSHDENSITYANDPREDATORDENSITY CONlRMINGTHATSTAR lSH POPULATION DYNAMICS ARE DRIVEN BY PREDATION THUS FULlLLING THE CONDITIONS REQUIREDFORPREDATOR INDUCEDINSTABILITY


&IG 4HE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AVERAGE STARlSH DENSITY AND PER CAPITA POPULATION GROWTHOFSTARlSHANDA AVERAGESTARlSHDENSITY B AVERAGEDENSITYOFPREDATORYlSHES $ATAARETAKENFROMISLANDS PRESENTEDIN$ULVYETAL

)NSUMMARYTHISSYSTEMSUGGESTSTHATINVASIONOFTHECROWNOFTHORNSSTARlSH MAYBEGOVERNEDBYUNDERLYINGUNSTABLEDYNAMICSANDHOWTHISINTERACTSWITH VARIATIONS IN THE DENSITIES OF PREDATORS )N THIS CASE STUDY VARIATION IN PREDA TOR DENSITY WAS SPATIAL AND THE CONSEQUENCE OF DIFFERENCES IN lSHING INTENSITY AMONG ISLANDS )N OTHER SYSTEMS VARIATION COULD BE THE RESULT OF OTHER FACTORS SUCH AS HABITAT LOSS OR CLIMATIC EFFECTS 7HAT THIS EXAMPLE ILLUSTRATES HOWEVER


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COMPETITIVE OUTCOME BETWEEN THE TWO TOP TERRESTRIAL PREDATORS SHIFTING FORCES FROM DIRECT COMPETITION IN FAVOR OF THE FOX TO APPARENT COMPETITION IN FAVOR OF THESKUNK4HISSECONDAPPARENTCOMPETITIONPROCESS EMBEDDEDINTHElRSTONE RENDERSANYCONSERVATIONSTRATEGYATTHELEASTCOMPLICATED ASTHEINSULARSPOTTED SKUNKISENDEMICFROMTHENORTHERN#HANNEL)SLANDSANDISCURRENTLYBENElTING FROMTHEFOXDECLINE C #ONSERVATIONCONSEQUENCES &OXES ARE NOW EXTINCT IN THE WILD ON TWO OF THE THREE NORTHERN ISLANDS WITH THE POPULATION ON THE THIRD ISLAND 3ANTA #RUZ ON THE VERGE OF EXTINCTION INDIVIDUALSINTHEWILDATTHEENDOF /URMODELINGEXERCISESUGGESTSTHAT THE EXTINCTION OF TWO POPULATIONS OF THE TOP PREDATOR IN TWO INSULAR ECOSYSTEMS ISLIKELYDUETOANINDIRECTPROCESSAPROCESSWHEREANINTRODUCEDPREYATTRACTED ASHAREDPREDATORANDELIMINATEDANENDEMICPREYTHROUGHAPPARENTCOMPETITION ONLY /BVIOUSLY THESOLUTIONTOTHISPROBLEMLIESWITHTHEPIGS4HEMOSTEVIDENTPLAN OFACTIONWASTOREMOVETHEPIGSFROMTHENORTHERNISLANDS4HISWOULDHAVETHE DOUBLEADVANTAGEOFSTOPPINGTHEIRDIRECTDELETERIOUSEFFECTSONTHELOCALmORAAND FAUNA ASWELLASELIMINATINGTHEPREYBASISFORTHEEAGLES LEADINGTHEMWITHLITTLE MORE CHOICE THAN STARVATION OR EMIGRATION )N FACT SEVERAL CONSERVATION STRATE GIES WERE IMPLEMENTED SIMULTANEOUSLY !MONG THEM EAGLE LIVE TRAPPING WAS QUITESUCCESSFUL WITHLESSTHANTENINDIVIDUALSPROVINGIMPOSSIBLETOTRAPORTHAT KEPTCOMINGBACKFROMTHETRANSLOCATIONAREA(OWEVER ITWASEASYTOSEETHATAS LONGASPIGSREMAINED EAGLESWOULDSTARTBREEDINGONTHEISLANDAGAINANDTHUS STARTANEWPOPULATION4HESOLUTIONTHEREFORESEEMEDTOBETHECOMPLETEREMOVAL OFPIGSFROM3ANTA#RUZ)SLAND9ET THESTUDYOFAMODELBASEDONTHEPREVIOUSONE SHOWEDONCEMORETHATINDIRECTINTERACTIONSMAYLEADTOCOUNTER INTUITIVERESULTS #OURCHAMPETALB !SFORTHEPREVIOUSEXAMPLE THEBASICMODELSHOWN IN&IG"WASCHANGEDSIMPLYBYADDINGALINEARCONTROLTERMTOTHEPIGANDTO THEEAGLEEQUATIONS "Y VARYING THE CONTROL RATE OF PIGS AND EAGLES FROM ZERO NO CONTROL TO ONE ERADICATION WE CAN MIMIC DIFFERENT CONTROL STRATEGIES CONTROL OF PIGS ONLY OF EAGLESONLYOROFBOTHSPECIES WITHDIFFERENTSTRENGTH ANDCOMPARETHEIRRELATIVE EFlCIENCYWITHNORISKTOTHELOCALPOPULATIONS$OINGSOREVEALEDTHATMITIGATION OFPIGSWOULDINFACTLEADTOADECREASEINTHEFOXPOPULATION&IG$ %RADICATION OFPIGS THEINTENDEDCOURSEOFACTIONON3ANTA#RUZ WOULDLEADTOFOXEXTINCTION $UE TO THE LOW FOX POPULATION AND THE LARGE EAGLE POPULATION THE FOXES WOULD BE ENTIRELY DESTROYED BEFORE THE EAGLES DIED OR EMIGRATED )N THEORY THE SOLU TION IS THUS SIMPLE REMOVE BOTH THE EAGLES AND THE PIGS (OWERVER IN PRACTICE THE REMOVAL OF SUCH A LARGE PIG POPULATION IS LOGISTICALLY DIFlCULT )N ADDITION THE REMOVAL OF THE EAGLE WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE THROUGH LIVE TRAPPING ONLY AND ETHICALLYANDLEGALLYCHALLENGING BECAUSEGOLDENEAGLESAREPROTECTEDSPECIESIN THE53!ANDTHEREFORECANNOTBEKILLED

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4OCONCLUDETHISPART ITMAYBEINTERESTINGTONOTETHATWHENMORESPECIESAND MORE INTERACTIONS ARE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT NEW PROCESSES MAY BE UNVEILED THAT COULD NOT BE PERCEIVED WITH ONLY TWO SPECIES STUDIES 9ET IF BETTER UNDERSTAND ING A SYSTEM IS UNDOUBTEDLY USEFUL FOR CONSERVATION MANAGERS IT IS NOT ALWAYS SUFlCIENT FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO KNOW HOW TO ACT )N THE PRESENT CASE A STUDY TAKING ALL SPECIES INTO ACCOUNT REVEALED THAT A SEEMINGLY OBVIOUS LINE OF ACTION PIG REMOVAL WOULD INDEED LIKELY ACHIEVE RESULTS OPPOSITE TO THOSE DESIRED AND POSESADIFlCULTDECISIONTOMAKEREMOVEAPROTECTEDPOPULATIONINORDERTOSAVE AN ENDANGERED SUBSPECIES )F IT IS OBVIOUSLY NOT TRIVIAL TO MAKE CONSERVATION CHOICES EVEN IN THE SIMPLEST SITUATIONS IT CAN SOMETIMES BECOME A CHALLENG ING DILEMMA THEORETICALLY LOGISTICALLY LEGALLY AND MORALLY )N THE PRESENT CASE THE ONLY REMAINING POPULATIONS OF SEVERAL FOX SUBSPECIES WERE THREATENED WITH IMMINENTEXTINCTION(OWEVER THEPROXIMATECAUSEOFTHISTHREATISTHEPRESENCE OFAPROTECTEDBIRD&URTHERMORE THEDECLINEOFTHEFOXBENElTSTHEONLYPOPULA TIONS OF AN ENDEMIC SKUNK !S WE HAVE SEEN WHEN A DIFlCULT CHOICE IS MADE THEOPPOSITEOUTCOMEMAYWELLARISE&URTHERMORE ALLTHISISWITHOUTCONSIDERING SPECIESOUTSIDETHISSIMPLISTICSYSTEM/NECOULDALSOCONSIDERTHEQUESTIONUNDER AWIDERANGLE FOREXAMPLEINCLUDINGTHE3AN#LEMENTELOGGERHEADSHRIKE ,ANIUS LUDOVICIANUSMEARNSI ACRITICALLYENDANGEREDBIRD TOWHICHTHEINSULARFOXISTHE MAINPREDATOR/N3AN#LEMENTE)SLAND THEFOXPOPULATIONHASBEEN IRONICALLY ADVERSELY IMPACTED BY A 53 .AVY PROGRAM TO PROTECT THIS BIRD ATTEMPTING TO THWARTANYPREDATIONOFSHRIKES FOXWEREINITIALLYTRAPPEDANDSHIPPEDOFFISLAND OREUTHANIZEDDURINGTHESHRIKE NESTINGSEASONFOXESREMOVEDIN OF WHICHPERMANENTLY "UTTHISISANOTHERSTORYx !LONG THE SAME LINE OF THIS CONSERVATION RIDDLE THE NEXT PART OF THIS CHAPTER INVESTIGATES THE IMPORTANCE OF DIRECT INTERACTIONS IN CONTROL PROGRAMS WITH THE AIMOFSHOWINGTHATTHEREMOVALOFTHEPRIMARYCAUSEOFAECOSYSTEMDISFUNCTION WILLNOTALWAYSHELPRESTORETHEINITIALCONDITIONS)NSOMECASES NOTTAKINGINTO ACCOUNTINDIRECTINTERACTIONMAYLEADTOEVENFURTHERDAMAGE TOTHEPOINTTHAT ITMAYBEWISERTOADVOCATENOTTOREMOVEPOPULATIONSTHATAREKNOWNTOCAUSE DIRECTNEGATIVEIMPACTSONINVADEDCOMMUNITIES ATLEASTUNTILADEQUATEKNOWL EDGEISGAINEDANDRELEVANTCONTROLSTRATEGIESAREINFERRED #ONTROLOFINVADERSASASPECIESREMOVALEXPERIMENT 2ELEASEFROMINTRODUCEDHERBIVORES

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NATURALENEMY7EWILLILLUSTRATETHISWITHTHENEXTTWOEXAMPLES4HISIS HOW EVER NOTTOBEMISTAKENWITHTHEENEMYRELEASEHYPOTHESIS+EANEAND#RAWLEY WHICHPROPOSESTHATINVADINGSPECIESARESOSUCCESSFULPARTLYBECAUSETHEY ARE RELEASED IN THE INVADED HABITAT FROM THE PRESSURE OF THEIR NATURAL ENEMIES RARELYINTRODUCEDWITHTHEM /N3TEWART)SLAND .EW:EALAND APOPULATIONOFINTRODUCEDCATSWASTHREAT ENING ONE OF THE LAST POPULATIONS OF KAKAPO 3TRIGOPS HABROPTILUS AN ENDEMIC mIGHTLESSPARROT!DIETSTUDYREVEALEDKAKAPOREMAINSINOFCOLLECTED CATSCATS+ARLAND"EST 4HISSEEMINGLYLOWPREDATIONPRESSURECANHAVE A DRAMATIC EFFECT ON INSULAR POPULATIONS WHICH EVOLVED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH PREDATORSANDARETHEREFORENOTADAPTEDTOEVENLOWLEVELSOFPREDATION-OREOVER THEKAKAPOPOPULATIONWASALREADYSMALLANDFRAGILE ADDINGTOTHEWEIGHTTHAT INTRODUCEDCATSCOULDHAVEONITSFATE4HISCOULDHAVEBEENSUFlCIENTTOTRIGGER APROGRAMOFCATCONTROLONTHEISLAND (OWEVER RATSKNOWNTOBEIMPORTANTBIRDPREDATORS HADALSOBEENINTRODUCED ON3TEWART)SLAND)NTHESAMEDIETSTUDY+ARLAND"EST RATREMAINSWERE FOUNDINOFTHESECATFAECES4HISSHOWSTHEINDIRECTROLECATSMIGHTPLAYIN PRESERVINGNATIVEFAUNA THROUGHREDUCTIONOFRATPREDATIONPRESSUREONKAKAPO )NFACTITISEASYTOSEETHATINSOMECASESTHEINDIRECTPOSITIVEEFFECTOFCATPREDA TIONONRATSISMOREBENElCIALFORTHELOCALPREYTHANTHEDIRECTNEGATIVEEFFECTSOF CATPREDATIONONTHEPREYTHEMSELVES)NSUCHCASES THEELIMINATIONOFTHEFERAL CAT POPULATION COULD LEAD TO A MORE SEVERE NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE LOCAL SPECIES THROUGH AN INCREASE IN THE RODENT POPULATION AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THE REMOVAL OFTHEIRPREDATORS4HEATTEMPTEDREDUCTIONOFTHECATPOPULATIONON!MSTERDAM )SLANDHASBEENABANDONEDASITISALLEGEDTOHAVECAUSEDACOMPENSATINGRISEIN THE NUMBER OF RATS AND MICE (OLDGATE AND 7ACE 4HIS PROCESS TERMED hMESOPREDATOR RELEASEv HAS BEEN DESCRIBED IN FRAGMENTED INSULAR ECOSYSTEMS 3OULÏ ET AL AND APPLIES WELL TO MANY INSULAR FOOD WEBS EG 3CHOENER AND3PILLER #ONVERSELY THE ERADICATION OF RODENTS lRST WHICH HAS NOW PROVEN FEASIBLE EVEN ON RELATIVELY LARGE ISLANDS MIGHT INDUCE CATS TO SWITCH PREY RESULTING IN ABRUTALINCREASEINPREDATIONPRESSUREONTHETHREATENEDINDIGENOUSSPECIES AS EXPERIENCED FOR STOATS AND RATS IN .EW :EALAND -URPHY AND "RADlELD 4HISISASIMILARPROCESSTOTHEONEDESCRIBEDABOVEFORTHEPIGCONTROLINPRESENCE OFEAGLESON3ANTA#RUZ)SLAND!STHEOPTIMALCONTROLSTRATEGYISNEITHERSIMPLE TOlND NORINTUITIVE ITISCONVENIENTTOSTUDYITTHROUGHTHEANALYSISOFAMATH EMATICAL MODEL WHICH MIMICS THE DYNAMICS OF THE THREE SPECIES IN THIS SYSTEM 4HEMAINRESULTSOFSUCHASTUDY#OURCHAMPETAL A AREREPRODUCEDBELOW TOILLUSTRATEHOWTHECONTROLOFANINVADINGSPECIESCANPROVIDEANIDEALOPPORTU NITYTOPROGRESSINTHEUNDERSTANDINGOFTHENUMEROUSANDOFTENCOMPLEXINTERAC TIONSAMONGPOPULATIONS &OR THE SAKE OF CLARITY WE WILL NOT PRESENT THE MODEL EQUATION IN ANY DETAIL 3UFlCE TO SAY THAT THE SYSTEM IS DESCRIBED BY A SET OF THREE COUPLED EQUATIONS ONE PREY PARROT ITS PREDATOR THE RAT IN THIS CASE A MESOPREDATOR AND ONE

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SUPERPREDATORCAT WHICHEATSBOTHTHEPREYANDTHEMESOPREDATOR4HEMODEL ANDTHERESULTINGPOPULATIONTRENDSAREREPRESENTEDIN&IG 4HESTUDYOFTHEABOVESYSTEMLEADSTOTHEQUITEOBVIOUSCONCLUSIONTHATBOTH PREDATORS SHOULD BE ERADICATED AT THE SAME TIME (OWEVER NOT ONLY IS SUCH A STRATEGY CHALLENGING FROM A LOGISTICAL POINT OF VIEW BUT IN ADDITION IT MAY NOT ALWAYS BE THE BEST SOLUTION ESPECIALLY IF THE SYSTEM INCLUDES MORE INTRODUCED PREDATORS )NDEED THE PREY MESOPREDATOR SUPERPREDATOR SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE JUST DESCRIBED CAN BE FURTHER COMPLICATED 4HERE ARE CASES WHERE THE PRESENCE OF A THIRD PREDATOR CAN RENDER THE ERADICATION OF THE MESOPREDATOR PROBLEMATIC IF IT ALSO ACTS AS A PREDATOR TO THIS THIRD PREDATOR AND THUS AT THE SAME TIME AS A MESOPREDATOR AND A SUPERPREDATOR "EING AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL DANGERS OF REMOVINGASUPERPREDATORWHENAMESOPREDATORISPRESENT THEMANAGERSOFTHE CONSERVATION PROGRAM OF "IRD )SLAND 3EYCHELLES DECIDED RIGHTLY TO SIMULTANE OUSLYREMOVEINTRODUCEDCATSANDRATSINORDERTOPROTECTTHELOCALBIRDCOLONIES 4HEY HAD HOWEVER OVERLOOKED THE PRESENCE OF THE INTRODUCED CRAZY ANT !NOPLOLEPIS LONGIPES WHICH WERE PRESENT IN VERY LOW NUMBERS ON THE ISLAND &EARE 4HE LARVAE OF THESE ANTS SEEM TO HAVE BEEN AN IMPORTANT PREY ITEMOFTHEINTRODUCEDRODENTS SUCHTHATTHERATERADICATIONLEDTOADEMOGRAPHIC EXPLOSIONOFTHEANTS4HISRESULTEDINTHEANTSCOVERINGALARGEPARTOFTHEISLAND WITHAHEAVYIMPACTONLANDCRABSANDBIRDCOLONIES)NFACT THISPROBLEMOFCHAIN REACTIONFOLLOWINGTHEREMOVALOFANINTRODUCEDSPECIES ALSOCALLEDSURPRISEEFFECT OR3YSIPHUSEFFECT-ACKAND,ONSDALE CANBEGENERALIZEDTOOTHERNATURAL ENEMIESSUCHASHERBIVORESORCOMPETITORS 4HECOMPETITORRELEASEEFFECT

4HE CONTROL OF AN INVADER HAS THE POTENTIAL TO RELEASE ANY SPECIES INTERACTING WITH THE CONTROLLED INVADERS FROM ITS PRESSURE BE IT EXPLOITATION OR INTERFER ENCE 4HEREFORE ONE CAN IMAGINE VERY SIMILAR PROCESSES WITH A BROWSER OR A COMPETITOR,ETUSCONSIDER ASAlNALEXAMPLE AhCOMPETITORRELEASEEFFECTv,ET USSETTHESCENEANISLAND INVADEDBY SAY ARATSPECIES4HEISLANDISNORTHOF .EW #ALEDONIA IN THE %NTRECASTEAUX 2EEF ,ET US CALL IT 3URPRISE )SLAND WHICH SUITSVERYWELLASTUDYONSURPRISEEFFECTS!THOROUGHSTUDYOFTHEINVADEDECO SYSTEM COMPLETED TO CHARACTERIZE THE IMPACT OF INTRODUCED RATS ON THAT ISLAND REVEALEDTHEPRESENCEOFASMALLISOLATEDPOPULATIONOFINTRODUCEDDOMESTICMICE 4HEPOPULATIONSEEMSSMALLANDRESTRICTED SOTHATTHEIRIMPACTONTHEECOSYSTEM ISLIKELYTOBENEGLIGIBLE)NFACT INSIMILARSITUATIONS THEYHAVEBEENINTHEPAST NEGLECTED PARTLY BECAUSE MOUSE POPULATIONS ARE DIFlCULT TO ERADICATE PARTLY BECAUSESUCHSMALLPOPULATIONSWERENOTVIEWEDASATHREAT ANDPARTLYBECAUSE THE CONSERVATION PROGRAM CONCERNED ANOTHER SPECIES AND FUNDS AND PROTOCOLS WERENOTAVAILABLETODEALWITHMICE!SANEXAMPLE THERATANDRABBITCONTROLOF 3AINT0AUL)SLAND INTHE!NTARCTICOCEAN HASBEENVERYSUCCESSFULINERADICATING THESE TWO INTRODUCED MAMMALS IT WAS EVEN AT THE TIME THE GREATEST AREA EVER CLEANEDUPFROMINTRODUCEDRABBITS BUTTHEPROGRAMDIDNOTFOCUSONTHESMALL


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