Herbivory and functional traits suggest that enemy release is not an important mechanism driving invasion success of brown seaweeds
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Invasive species are a global threat to biodiversity and there is a pressing need to better understand why some species become invasive outside of their native range, and others do not. One explanation for invasive species success is their r...
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ftunivplympearl:oai:pearl.plymouth.ac.uk:10026.1/19824 2024-06-23T07:55:29+00:00 Herbivory and functional traits suggest that enemy release is not an important mechanism driving invasion success of brown seaweeds Mabey, AL Catford, JA Rius, M Foggo, A Smale, DA 2022-09-05 3919-3934 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/19824 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-022-02894-4 en eng Springer ISSN:1573-1464 E-ISSN:1573-1464 1573-1464 http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/19824 doi:10.1007/s10530-022-02894-4 2022-11-3 Not known Macroalgae Non-native species Functional traits Defence Non-indigenous species Herbivory journal-article Article 2022 ftunivplympearl https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-022-02894-4 2024-06-11T14:15:26Z <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Invasive species are a global threat to biodiversity and there is a pressing need to better understand why some species become invasive outside of their native range, and others do not. One explanation for invasive species success is their release from concurrent natural enemies upon introduction to the non-native range. The so-called enemy release hypothesis (ERH) has conflicting support, depending upon the ecosystem and species investigated. To date, most studies testing the generality of the ERH have focused on terrestrial ecosystems. Here, we tested whether enemy release might contribute to the success of the invasive non-native brown seaweeds <jats:italic>Undaria pinnatifida</jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Sargassum muticum</jats:italic> in the United Kingdom. We conducted choice and no choice experiments to determine herbivore preference on these invaders relative to six functionally-similar native species. We also measured and compared species traits associated with defence against herbivory (carbon to nitrogen ratio, polyphenolic concentration, tensile strength, and compensatory growth). There were no differences in the biomass consumed between invasive and native species for either choice or no choice tests. The carbon to nitrogen ratio (a measure of nutritional quality) was significantly lower for <jats:italic>S. muticum</jats:italic> compared to the three native fucoid species, but measures of the other three defence traits were similar or even greater for invasive species compared with native species. Taken together, it is unlikely that the ERH applies to invasive seaweeds in the northeast Atlantic, suggesting that other factors may contribute to the success of invasive species in this system.</jats:p> Article in Journal/Newspaper Northeast Atlantic PEARL (Plymouth Electronic Archiv & ResearchLibrary, Plymouth University) Biological Invasions 24 12 3919 3934 |
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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Invasive species are a global threat to biodiversity and there is a pressing need to better understand why some species become invasive outside of their native range, and others do not. One explanation for invasive species success is their release from concurrent natural enemies upon introduction to the non-native range. The so-called enemy release hypothesis (ERH) has conflicting support, depending upon the ecosystem and species investigated. To date, most studies testing the generality of the ERH have focused on terrestrial ecosystems. Here, we tested whether enemy release might contribute to the success of the invasive non-native brown seaweeds <jats:italic>Undaria pinnatifida</jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Sargassum muticum</jats:italic> in the United Kingdom. We conducted choice and no choice experiments to determine herbivore preference on these invaders relative to six functionally-similar native species. We also measured and compared species traits associated with defence against herbivory (carbon to nitrogen ratio, polyphenolic concentration, tensile strength, and compensatory growth). There were no differences in the biomass consumed between invasive and native species for either choice or no choice tests. The carbon to nitrogen ratio (a measure of nutritional quality) was significantly lower for <jats:italic>S. muticum</jats:italic> compared to the three native fucoid species, but measures of the other three defence traits were similar or even greater for invasive species compared with native species. Taken together, it is unlikely that the ERH applies to invasive seaweeds in the northeast Atlantic, suggesting that other factors may contribute to the success of invasive species in this system.</jats:p> |
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Herbivory and functional traits suggest that enemy release is not an important mechanism driving invasion success of brown seaweeds |
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Herbivory and functional traits suggest that enemy release is not an important mechanism driving invasion success of brown seaweeds |
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Herbivory and functional traits suggest that enemy release is not an important mechanism driving invasion success of brown seaweeds |
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Herbivory and functional traits suggest that enemy release is not an important mechanism driving invasion success of brown seaweeds |
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Herbivory and functional traits suggest that enemy release is not an important mechanism driving invasion success of brown seaweeds |
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herbivory and functional traits suggest that enemy release is not an important mechanism driving invasion success of brown seaweeds |
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http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/19824 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-022-02894-4 |
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