Species Invasions Insights into Ecology, Evolution, and Biogeography

by Sax, Dov F.; Stachowicz, John J.; Gaines, Steven D.

• ISBN13: 9780878938117
• ISBN10: 0878938117
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-06-15
• Publisher: Sinauer Associates is an imprint of Oxford University Press

Summary

"The study of species invasions to date has focused mainly on applied aspects. This book explores the potential of invasive species studies to offer insights into fundamental research issues in ecology, evolution, conservation biology, and biogeography. Contributed chapters by provide a framework applicable to general ecological studies"--Provided by publisher.

Author Biography

Dov F. Sax is Assistant Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and the Center for Environmental Studies at Brown University.

John J. Stachowicz is Professor of Evolution and Ecology and Director of the Center for Population Biology at the University of California, Davis.

Steven D. Gaines is Professor of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology and Director of the Marine Science Institute at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Table of Contents

Contributors	ix
Preface	xii
Introduction	1	(8)
Dov F. Sax
Steven D. Gaines
John J. Stachowicz
PART I / Insights into Ecology	9	(126)
Introduction
Phillip Cassey
Insights into Biotic Interactions from Studies of Species Invasions	13	(28)
John F. Bruno
Jason D. Fridley
Keryn D. Bromberg
Mark D. Bertness
Species Invasions and the Relationships between Species Diversity, Community Saturation, and Ecosystem Functioning	41	(24)
John J. Stachowicz
David Tilman
Plant Species Effects on Ecosystem Processes: Insights from Invasive Species	65	(20)
Carla M. D'Antonio
Sarah E. Hobbie
Biological Invasions and the Loss of Birds on Islands: Insights into the Idiosyncrasies of Extinction	85	(26)
Tim M. Blackburn
Kevin J. Gaston
The Role of Infectious Diseases in Natural Communities: What Introduced Species Tell Us	111	(24)
Kevin D. Lafferty
Katherine F. Smith
Mark E. Torchin
Andy P. Dobson
Armand M. Kuris
PART II / Insights into Evolution	135	(174)
Introduction
Mark Vellend
A. Randall Hughes
Richard K. Grosberg
Robert D. Holt
Using Invasive Species to Study Evolution: Case Studies with Drosophila and Salmon	139	(26)
Raymond B. Huey
George W. Gilchrist
Andrew P. Hendry
Taxon Cycles: Insights from Invasive Species	165	(36)
Robert E. Ricklefs
Genetic Bottlenecks in Alien Plant Species: Influence of Mating Systems and Introduction Dynamics	201	(28)
Stephen J. Novak
Richard N. Mack
Mechanisms that Drive Evolutionary Change: Insights from Species Introductions and Invasions	229	(30)
John P. Wares
A. Randall Hughes
Richard K. Grosberg
Theories of Niche Conservatism and Evolution: Could Exotic Species Be Potential Tests?	259	(32)
Robert D. Holt
Michael Barfield
Richard Gomulkiewicz
Testing Fundamental Evolutionary Questions at Large Spatial and Demographic Scales: Species Invasions as an Underappreciated Tool	291	(18)
William R. Rice
Dov F. Sax
PART III / Insights into Biogeography	309	(172)
Introduction
Julie L. Lockwood
Invasion as Expectation: A Historical Fact of Life	315	(26)
Geerat J. Vermeij
Evolutionary Trajectories in Plant and Soil Microbial Communities: Centaurea Invasions and the Geographic Mosaic of Coevolution	341	(24)
Ragan M. Callaway
Jose L. Hierro
Andrea S. Thorpe
Community Composition and Homogenization: Evenness and Abundance of Native and Exotic Plant Species	365	(16)
Michael L. McKinney
Julie L. Lockwood
Rates of Population Spread and Geographic Range Expansion: What Exotic Species Tell Us	381	(40)
Brian P. Kinlan
Alan Hastings
Distribution and Abundance: Scaling Patterns in Exotic and Native Bird Species	421	(26)
Fabio A. Labra
Sebastian R. Abades
Pablo A. Marquet
The Dynamics of Species Invasions: Insights into the Mechanisms That Limit Species Diversity	447	(34)
Dov F. Sax
James H. Brown
Ethan P. White
Steven D. Gaines
Capstone: Where Do We Go from Here?	467	(14)
Dov F. Sax
John J. Stachowicz
Steven D. Gaines
Index	481