Charles S. Elton and the dissociation of invasion ecology from the rest of ecology

By Mark A. Davis, K. Thompson, J. P. Grime. 2001

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Subfields: Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Biological invasions at the gene level (2004, background): “…to that of Elton (1958), who used the term ‘invaders’ with reference to the intermixing of faunas during the Pliocene (although he maintained a strong dichotomy between natural and artificial invasions, see Davis et al ., 2001), and to that of many other early authors cited in Richardson et al .”
Reducing redundancy in invasion ecology by integrating hypotheses into a single theoretical framework (2009, background): “However, the high-resolution focus has also made it difficult to determine the relative influence of different mechanisms on invasion, and might have slowed down the rate of progress in invasion ecology (Davis et al., 2001).”
The importance of biological inertia in plant community resistance to invasion (2003, unknown): “Davis & Botkin (1985) examined the sensitivity of forest vegetation to climate change using the JABOWA model (Botkin et al.”
General hypotheses in invasion ecology (2014, background): “BOX 1: INVASION HYPOTHESES ARE STRONGLY CONNECTED WITH GENERAL ECOLOGICAL HYPOTHESES It is sometimes argued that invasion ecology is isolated from the rest of ecology (e.g. Davis et al., 2001).”
Invasibility: the Local mechanism driving community assembly and species diversity (2005, background): “However, our assessment and usage of the concept (Davis et al. 2000, 2001) has prompted us to consider invasibility as a more general condition of all environments.”
The more you introduce the more you get: the role of colonization pressure and propagule pressure in invasion ecology (2009, background): “This problem has been the topic of several recent papers in invasion ecology (e.g., Davis et al., 2001; Pyšek et al., 2004) and here we contribute to this literature by attempting to clarify the several usages of the term ‘propagule pressure’.”
Non-indigenous grasses impede woody succession (2005, background): “( Davis et al. 2001; but see Williams 1983; 1992; Rejma´ nek 1989; Bastl et al. 1997).”
A biogeographical approach to plant invasions: the importance of studying exotics in their introduced and native range (2005, background): “to distinguish between this and the alternative that exotic and native colonizers do not behave differently (Davis et al. 2001) is to initiate comparative long-term successional studies in both distributional ranges.”
A taste for novelty in invading house sparrows, Passer domesticus (2005, background): “Indeed, further study of other invasive and resident populations is critical to determine if differences in behavioral (Sol and Lefebvre, 2000) and physiological (Lee and Klasing, 2004) flexibility underlie the expansion of species’ native ranges (Davis et al., 2001).”
Another call for the end of invasion biology (2013, background): “…that precludes native species; however, the ﬁ eld has generally not been willing to consider native species under the umbrella of invasive species (but see Davis and Th ompson 2000, Davis et al. 2001, 2011, Val é ry et al. 2008, 2009, Th ompson and Davis 2011a, Carey et al. 2012 for exceptions).”
Current mismatch between research and conservation efforts: The need to study co-occurring invasive plant species (2013, background): “This apparent natural succession may not be due to the suggested transient nature of biological invasions (Davis et al., 2001) but rather to specific invader–invader interactions.”
The war of the roses: demilitarizing invasion biology (2005, background): “Just as Davis et al. (2001) suggested that Elton’s views on invasive species were influenced by fears of German invasion of the United Kingdom, similar influences may be operating today.”