A conceptual map of invasion biology: Integrating hypotheses into a consensus network

0532813 - BÚ 2021 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Enders, M. - Havemann, F. - Ruland, F. - Bernard-Verdier, M. - Catford, J. A. - Gómez-Aparicio, L. - Haider, S. - Heger, T. - Kueffer, C. - Kühn, I. - Meyerson, L. A. - Musseau, C. - Novoa, Ana - Ricciardi, A. - Sagouis, A. - Schittko, C. - Strayer, D.L. - Vila, M. - Essl, F. - Hulme, P. E. - van Kleunen, M. - Kumschick, S. - Lockwood, J. L. - Mabey, A. L. - McGeoch, M. A. - Palma, E. - Pyšek, Petr - Saul, W.-C. - Yannelli, F. A. - Jeschke, J.M.
A conceptual map of invasion biology: Integrating hypotheses into a consensus network.
Global Ecology and Biogeography. Roč. 29, č. 6 (2020), s. 978-991. ISSN 1466-822X. E-ISSN 1466-8238
R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GX19-28807X
Institutional support: RVO:67985939
Keywords : invasion biology * hypotheses network * consensus
OECD category: Ecology
Impact factor: 7.148, year: 2020
Method of publishing: Open access
https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13082

Since its emergence in the mid-20th century, invasion biology has matured into a productive research field addressing questions of fundamental and applied importance. Not only has the number of empirical studies increased through time, but also has the number of competing, overlapping and, in some cases, contradictory hypotheses about biological invasions. To make these contradictions and redundancies explicit, and to gain insight into the field’s current theoretical structure, we developed and applied a Delphi approach to create a consensus network of 39 existing invasion hypotheses. The resulting network includes five concept clusters (resource availability, biotic interaction, propagule pressure, traits, and Darwin clusters). The network visually synthesizes how invasion biology’s predominant hypotheses are conceptually related to each other, and thus, reveals an emergent structure – a conceptual map – that can serve as a navigation tool for scholars, practitioners and students, both inside and outside of the field of invasion biology, and guide the development of a more coherent foundation of theory.
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