Rare Species Loss Alters Ecosystem Function – Invasion Resistance

By Kelly G. Lyons, M. D. Schwartz. 2001

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

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Functional Diversity — at the Crossroads between Ecosystem Functioning and Environmental Filters (2007, background): “Subordinate species are known – or expected – to play a significant role in long-term ecosystem stability (see e.g., Grime 1998; Dukes 2001; Lyons and Schwartz 2001; Lyons et al. 2005).”
Competition, seed limitation, disturbance, and reestablishment of California native annual forbs (2003, background): “…empirical support for both a positive relationship (Robinson et al. 1995, Levine and D’Antonio 1999, Smith and Knapp 1999, Stohlgren et al. 1999) and a negative relationship (Elton 1958, Fox and Fox 1986, Case 1990, Tilman 1997, Knops et al. 1999, Stachowicz et al. 1999, Lyons and Schwartz 2001).”
Invasive California poppies (Eschscholzia californica Cham.) grow larger than native individuals under reduced competition (2003, background): “Many invasive species colonize disturbed habitats (Hobbs & Huenneke 1992) which are characterized by temporary increases in resource availability (Davis et al. 2000; Davis & Pelsor 2001) and reductions in resident species diversity (Levine & D’Antonio 1999; Lyons & Schwartz 2001).”
Biodiversity loss, trophic skew and ecosystem functioning (2003, background): “According to the mass-ratio effect (Grime 1998), these species will generally have a relatively minor influence on ecosystem processes (but see Lyons & Schwartz 2001), compared with dominant species, which by definition comprise a large proportion of total vegetation biomass.”
Dominant species maintain ecosystem function with non‐random species loss (2003, background): “…of rare and uncommon species accelerates the risk for local extinction of the remaining species, thereby altering the susceptibility of ecosystems to invasion by exotic species (Lyons & Schwartz 2001) and impacting important biotic interactions, community dynamics and other ecological services.”
Invasion in space and time: non‐native species richness and relative abundance respond to interannual variation in productivity and diversity (2004, background): “…diversity and invasibility may be limited in their ability to generalize because they are based only on the success of only one invading species (Robinson et al. 1995; Lyons & Schwartz 2001; Dukes 2002) or of only a few invading species (Levine 2000; Naeem et al. 2000; Prieur-Richard et al. 2000).”
BIODIVERSITY, INVASION RESISTANCE, AND MARINE ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION: RECONCILING PATTERN AND PROCESS (2002, background): “It is increasingly apparent that experimental manipulations support the idea that diversity directly increases the resistance of communities to invasions (McGrady-Steed et al. 1997, Knops et al. 1999, Stachowicz et al. 1999, Levine 2000, Naeem et al. 2000, Lyons and Schwartz 2001).”
Diversity reduces invasibility in experimental plant communities the role of plant species (2003, background): “Species can be suppressive because of their competitive dominance, but less common species can also significantly influence invasion ( Lyons & Schwartz 2001 ).”
Extinction order and altered community structure rapidly disrupt ecosystem functioning. (2005, result): “On the contrary, other studies show that even if rare plants are extinction prone, rare species can be disproportionately important for maintaining invasion resistance (Lyons & Schwartz 2001; Zavaleta & Hulvey 2004).”