The invasibility of tropical forests by exotic plants

By P. Fine. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 2002

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

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ECOLOGICAL RESISTANCE TO BIOLOGICAL INVASION OVERWHELMED BY PROPAGULE PRESSURE (2005, background): “It has been suggested that propagule pressure may be the most important factor in establishment success of nonnative species of various taxa in a variety of ecosystems worldwide (Lonsdale 1999, Fine 2004).”
Assessing the risks of plant invasions arising from collections in tropical botanical gardens (2008, background): “Fine (2002) reviewed instances of alien plant invasion into tropical forests, and concluded that the low number of invasion events observed globally may be attributed to low levels of human disturbance, and a lack of life history traits required for success in forests among introduced alien…”
Do Exotics Homogenize or Differentiate Communities? Roles of Sampling and Exotic Species Richness (2004, background): “The latter variable is of special interest because, while disturbance has often been noted as a factor promoting exotic species establishment (e.g., Fine 2002), it has never (to my knowledge) been examined as a factor specifically promoting homogenization.”
Hurricane disturbance accelerates invasion by the alien tree Pittosporum undulatum in Jamaican montane rain forests (2005, background): “Tropical rain forests, amongst the world’s most diverse ecosystems, are generally not susceptible to invasions by alien plant species (Whitmore 1991; Fine 2002; Teo et al. 2003).”
Experimental evidence for the effects of additional water, nutrients and physical disturbance on invasive plants in low fertility Hawkesbury Sandstone soils, Sydney, Australia (2005, background): “1998; Fine 2002; Ross et al .”
Aquatic pollution increases the relative success of invasive species (2010, background): “Roadsides typically have more exotic species than intact vegetation away from roads (Tyser and Worley 1992; Gelbard and Belnap 2003), and in tropical forests, plant invasions are positively correlated with anthropogenic disturbance (Fine 2002).”
Intact forests provide only weak resistance to a shade‐tolerant invasive Norway maple (Acer platanoides L.) (2006, background): “Recent studies continue to find that most invasive plants do not spread into intact forests even when found in adjacent disturbed forests (e.g. Fine 2002; Von Holle et al. 2003; Martin et al. 2004), suggesting that robust resistance to invasion is indeed an emergent property of this ecosystem…”
Global change effects on humid tropical forests: Evidence for biogeochemical and biodiversity shifts at an ecosystem scale (2016, background): “Alternatively, there has been an argument that tropical forests should be less susceptible to plant invasion than temperate sites because high species and functional diversity leaves little niche space for competitors [Fine, 2002].”
The invasion paradox: reconciling pattern and process in species invasions. (2007, background): “Although the tropical weed flora associated with human-dominated ecosystems is extensive and well dispersed globally (Holm et al. 1991), there appear to be very few species able to invade intact tropical forests (Fine 2002), in contrast to some of the most widespread invaders of temperate biomes.”