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ArticleScientific reports2018

Propagule size and structure, life history, and environmental conditions affect establishment success of an invasive species.

Michael A Tabak, Colleen T Webb, Ryan S Miller

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Article in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Michael A TabakCenter for Epidemiology and Animal Health, United States Department of Agriculture - Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service, 2150 Centre Ave, Bldg B, Fort Collins, CO, 80526, USA. Michael.a.tabak@aphis.usda.gov.
Colleen T WebbDepartment of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 80523, USA.
Ryan S MillerCenter for Epidemiology and Animal Health, United States Department of Agriculture - Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service, 2150 Centre Ave, Bldg B, Fort Collins, CO, 80526, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3892-0251
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service · USColorado State University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Population dynamics of species that are recently introduced into a new area, e.g., invasive species and species of conservation concern that are translocated to support global populations, are likely to be dominated by short-term, transient effects. Wild pigs (Sus scrofa, or wild boar) are pulsed-resource consumers of mast nuts that are commonly introduced into new areas. We used vital rate data (i.e., survival and fecundity) for wild pigs in Germany under varying forage conditions to simulate transient population dynamics in the 10-years following introduction into a new environment. In a low forage environment (i.e., conditions similar to their native range), simulated wild pig populations maintained a stable population size with low probability of establishment, while in environments with better quality forage (i.e., conditions similar to parts of their invasive range), high juvenile fecundity and survival facilitated rapid population growth and establishment probability was high. We identified a strategy for simulating population dynamics of species whose reproduction and survival depend on environmental conditions that fluctuate and for predicting establishment success of species introduced into a new environment. Our approach can also be useful in projecting near-term transient population dynamics for many conservation and management applications.

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Introduced SpeciesPopulation DensityAnimalsAnimals, WildFertilityGermanyPopulation DynamicsSwine

Identifiers

PMID29985418
PMCPMC6037743
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