ReviewPhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences2023
Could non-native species boost their chances of invasion success by socializing with natives?
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- Stochastic colonization, transient and boom-bust dynamics shape invasions by native taxa.Ecology · 2026Article
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- Connecting and integrating cooperation within and between species.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2024Review
- Within-population variation in an invasive fish' sociability when associating with conspecifics or heterospecifics.Ecology and evolution · 2024Article
- Unfamiliarity generates costly aggression in interspecific avian dominance hierarchies.Nature communications · 2024Article
- Identification of hybrids between the Japanese giant salamander (Ecology and evolution · 2023Article
- Could non-native species boost their chances of invasion success by socializing with natives?Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2023Review
- Mixed-species groups and aggregations: shaping ecological and behavioural patterns and processes.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2023Article
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Abstract
Most invasions start with the introduction of a few individuals and the majority fail to establish and become invasive populations. A possible explanation for this is that some species are subject to Allee effects-disadvantages of low densities-and fail to perform vital activities due to the low availability of conspecifics. We propose that 'facilitation' from native individuals to non-natives through heterospecific sociability could enhance chances of the latter establishing in novel environments by helping them avoid Allee effects and even reducing the minimum number of non-native individuals necessary to achieve the density for a viable population (the Allee effect threshold). There is evidence from experiments carried out with freshwater fish, snails, lizards, mussels and bird that supports the idea of heterospecific sociability between native and non-native species as a process to promote invasion success. We propose that to understand invasion success in social non-native species we need to investigate how they integrate into the recipient community. Furthermore, to manage them, it may be necessary to reduce population density not just below the Allee effect threshold but also to understand how natives could help them shift the conspecific Allee effect threshold to their benefit. This article is part of the theme issue 'Mixed-species groups and aggregations: shaping ecological and behavioural patterns and processes'.
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