Invasive Species Compendium
Detailed coverage of invasive species threatening livelihoods and the environment worldwide
Detailed coverage of invasive species threatening livelihoods and the environment worldwide
This book, containing 18 chapters, combines the hierarchy-of-hypotheses (HoH) approach with hypothesis networks for invasion biology. This book aims to further develop the HoH approach by inviting critical comments (Part I), apply it to 12 major invasion hypotheses (Part II) and explore how it can...
Reviewing empirical evidence for major hypotheses in ecology is connected to two methodological challenges. First, all available empirical tests for a given hypothesis should be identified, collected and organized. This can be difficult due to divergent formulations of the hypothesis in the...
In Chapters 3, 4 and 5, three groups of authors have commented on the hierarchy-of-hypotheses (HoH) approach as introduced in Chapter 2. Here, we make suggestions on how to account for the issues raised in Chapters 3-5, whilst also considering several comments by other colleagues that we received...
In Chapters 8-16, the hierarchy-of-hypotheses (HoH) toolbox has been applied in various ways. The results displayed as HoHs and additional bar graphs in most chapters, and as networks in Chapter 17, can now be used to identify knowledge gaps and promising paths for future research. We suggest some...
Heger, T., Jeschke, J. M., Kollmann, J., (2021). NeoBiota(68), 79-100. Pensoft Publishers, Sofia, Bulgaria. English language
Positive interactions among species can be central for community structure and ecosystem functioning. Given the current scenario of species invasions worldwide, the question arises how non-native species will interact in the new environment. Such reasoning has led to the invasional meltdown...
The enemy release hypothesis is a prominent explanation for invasion success. It is, however, a complex multi-faceted hypothesis and has multiple sub-hypotheses. Empirical tests of the enemy release hypothesis therefore often address very different questions. For this reason, we previously applied...
About 1100 studies focusing on 12 major invasion hypotheses have been analysed in Chapters 8-16 of this book. A network of these 12 hypotheses, in which topically similar hypotheses are connected, was presented in Chapter 7. We here combine and synthesize these previous chapters, colour coding the...
Lesiczka, P. M., Modry, D., Sprong, H., Fonville, M., Pikula, J., Piacek, V., Heger, T., Hrazdilova, K., (2021). Zoonoses and Public Health 68(8), 917-925. Wiley, Berlin, Germany. English language
Seidlova, V., Nemcova, M., Pikula, J., Bartonička, T., Ghazaryan, A., Heger, T., Kokurewicz, T., Orlov, O. L., Patra, S., Piacek, V., Treml, F., Zukalova, K., Zukal, J., (2021). Transboundary and Emerging Diseases 68(6), 3089-3095. Wiley, Berlin, Germany. English language