Integration of exotic plants into native insect herbivore networks

Description

As time since establishment increases, exotic plants tend to gather a denser network of native herbivores and at the same time become less invasive. Understanding the development of such exotic-native networks is therefore crucial to forecasting the long-term effects of species invasions. We studied the tritrophic aspects of developing insect communities on introduced plants in the Netherlands. We found numerous complex eco-evolutionary interactions that suggest that one-dimensional invasive species management may not always be fruitful.

Periode	15-feb.-2017
Evenementstitel	Netherlands Annual Ecology Meeting 2017
Evenementstype	Conference
Conferentienummer	10
Organisator	Netherlands Ecological Research Network (NERN)
Locatie	Lunteren, NetherlandsToon op kaart
Mate van erkenning	International