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19 - Effects of natural enemies on tropical woody-plant invasions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 August 2009

By
Saara J. Dewalt
Edited by
David Burslem ,
Michelle Pinard  and
Sue Hartley
Saara J. Dewalt
Affiliation:
Rice University
David Burslem
Affiliation:
University of Aberdeen
Michelle Pinard
Affiliation:
University of Aberdeen
Sue Hartley
Affiliation:
University of Sussex
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Summary

Plant invasions pose a current and increasing threat to species diversity and composition of forests worldwide. Biological invasions are natural ecological processes and the movement of plants across geographic barriers has always occurred (Sauer 1988), but humans have greatly accelerated the rate of introductions and moved plants across barriers that probably would not have been spanned naturally. Many of these plant introductions, whether deliberate or accidental, have had negative effects in the areas of introduction. Plant invasions have led to native species loss, altered ecosystem-level processes and caused enormous economic and environmental damage in various ecosystems, including tropical forests (Vitousek et al. 1987; Gordon 1998; Parker et al. 1999; Mack et al. 2000). Remote tropical islands and fragmented landscapes are particularly vulnerable to invasion by non-native plants (Laurance et al. 2002; Denslow 2003), but continental species-rich tropical rainforests also are invasible (Usher 1991; Rejmánek 1996a), particularly following natural or human disturbance (Whitmore 1991). Because of such negative impacts, species invasions are seen as one of the primary agents of global change (Vitousek et al. 1996), and tropical forests are unlikely to be immune (Fine 2002).

This chapter explores how biotic interactions, particularly herbivory and pathogen attack, may affect the abundance and distribution of invasive woody species in tropical rainforests. Specifically, I examine whether herbivores and fungal pathogens (natural enemies) are important determinants of species' abundance and distribution in their native ranges and whether the absence or reduced impact of these natural enemies may explain why certain introduced woody plants are successful invaders in tropical rainforests.

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Biotic Interactions in the Tropics
Their Role in the Maintenance of Species Diversity
 , pp. 459 - 483
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2005

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