Phenotypic and genetic characterisation of the carabid beetle Merizodus soledadinus along its invasion gradient at the subantartic Kerguelen Islands

• Main Author: Ouisse, Tiphaine
• Other Authors: Ecosystèmes, biodiversité, évolution Rennes (ECOBIO), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Rennes (OSUR)-Institut Ecologie et Environnement (INEE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES), Université Rennes 1, David Renault, Frederik Hendrickx
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2016
• Subjects: Ecophysiology; Biological Invasions; Dispersal Ecology; Phenomics; Population Genetics; Phénomique; Génétique des Populations; Invasions Biologiques; Ecologie de la Dispersion; Ecophysiologie; [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology; Îles Kerguelen; Kerguelen; Kerguelen Islands
• Online Access: https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-01494619; https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-01494619/document; https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-01494619/file/OUISSE_Tiphaine.pdf

Global trade and human movements increase the likelihood of long-distance transportation of propagules and their subsequent introduction into new geographic regions. In some instances, newly established species can become dominant in invaded communities, at the expense of native species. Besides thr...