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SUBMITTER: Catford JA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5976637 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Catford Jane A JA Bode Michael M Tilman David D
Nature communications 20180530 1
Introduced species threaten native biodiversity, but whether exotic species can competitively displace native species remains contested. Building on theory that predicts multi-species coexistence based on a competition-colonisation tradeoff, we derive a mechanistic basis by which human-mediated species invasions could cause extinctions through competitive displacement. In contrast to past invasions, humans principally introduce modern invaders, repeatedly and in large quantities, and in ways tha ...[more]