Rates of species introduction to a remote oceanic island

• Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences
• Main Authors: Gaston K.J., Jones A.G., Hanel C., Chown S.L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2003
• Subjects: insect; introduced species; island biogeography; zoogeography; article; blattodea; Coleoptera; fly; Hemiptera; Hymenoptera; Lepidoptera; native species; nonhuman; oceanic regions; priority journal; Psocoptera; pterygote; species introduction; thysanoptera; Animals; Atlantic Islands; Ecosystem; Insects; Population Dynamics; Species Specificity; Time Factors; Atlantic Ocean; Arachnida; Blattaria; Hexapoda; Insecta; Gough; Southern Ocean; Ocean Island
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/11691; https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2003.2332

The introduction of species to areas beyond the limits of their natural distributions has a major homogenizing influence, making previously distinct biotas more similar. The scale of introductions has frequently been commented on, but their rate and spatial pervasiveness have been less well quantifi...