Abstract
Invasive alien species are a significant global driver of biodiversity change and decline (Vitousek et al. 1997; Gurevitch & Padilla 2004; Hooper et al. 2005). Globalisation of trade and commerce has led to worldwide, human-mediated dispersal of animals into novel environments (Mack et al. 2000). Invading alien species can occupy all trophic levels (e.g. herbivore, omnivore and predator) within a community (Kenis et al. 2009) and can affect native species through resource competition, predation or introduction of novel pathogens (Mack et al. 2000; Snyder & Evans 2006; Kenis et al. 2009; Vilcinskas et al. 2013).
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1087-1097 |
Number of pages | 29 |
Journal | Journal of Animal Ecology |
Volume | 85 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2016 |
Keywords
- aphids
- biological control
- insect pests
- ladybugs