Fluctuating resources in plant communities: a general theory of invasibility

By Mark A. Davis, J. P. Grime, K. Thompson. 2000

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Alien plant invasion and their impact on indigenous species diversity at global scale: A review (2010, background): “For example, nutrient enrichment (Davis et al., 2000; Kolb et al., 2002) has been consistently shown to increase the abundance of non-native plant species and decrease the abundance of native ones (White et al.”
Reducing redundancy in invasion ecology by integrating hypotheses into a single theoretical framework (2009, background): “All of these hypotheses relate to resource availability and, as such, they also veer into the territory of hypotheses based on habitat heterogeneity (Melbourne et al ., 2007), fluctuating resource availability (Davis et al ., 2000) and disturbance (Sher & Hyatt, 1999).”
Contrasting responses of Intermountain West grasses to soil nitrogen (2003, background): “Accordingly, current theories hypothesize that fluctuating resource availability is the key factor controlling the relative susceptibility of plant communities to invasive plant species (Huenneke et al. 1990, Milberg et al. 1999, Davis et al. 2000).”
INVASION BY A N2-FIXING TREE ALTERS FUNCTION AND STRUCTURE IN WET LOWLAND FORESTS OF HAWAII (2005, background): “Invasibility may increase with increased nutrient supply (Huenneke et al. 1990, Davis et al. 2000, Ostertag and Verville 2002) or altered disturbance regimes (Mack and D’Antonio 1998, Mack et al. 2001).”
Biodiversity Regulation of Ecosystem Services (2005, background): “Temporary increases in the availability of resources can reduce competition and increase the establishment and expansion of plant populations (Davis et al. 2000; Davis and Pelsor 2001).”
GRASSLAND DIVERSITY AND PRODUCTIVITY: THE INTERPLAY OF RESOURCE AVAILABILITY AND PROPAGULE POOLS (2004, methodology): “Consistent with the theory of fluctuating resources (Davis et al. 2000), we found that invasibility was greatest when water and soil microsites were most plentiful, illuminating the joint importance of water availability and small-scale soil disturbances in regulating establishment, and thus…”
Process of invasiveness among exotic tunicates in Prince Edward Island, Canada (2008, background): “…to invasion by tunicates because the island estuaries are highly productive areas with high nutrient loads and a large surface area of artificial substrate available for settlement, which is consistent with the concept that invasibility increases with unused resources (Davis et al. 2000).”
Invasion of the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence by the clubbed tunicate (Styela clava Herdman): potential mechanisms for invasions of Prince Edward Island estuaries. (2007, positive): “increases with unused resources (Davis et al., 2000).”