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

Autor: Abigail L. Mabey, Philip E. Hulme, Florencia A. Yannelli, Petr Pyšek, Sylvia Haider, Wolf-Christian Saul, Melodie A. McGeoch, Ingolf Kühn, Florian Ruland, Jonathan M. Jeschke, Lorena Gómez-Aparicio, Camille Musseau, Montserrat Vilà, Franz Essl, Estibaliz Palma, David L. Strayer, Ana Novoa, Sabrina Kumschick, Alban Sagouis, Maud Bernard-Verdier, Tina Heger, Jane A. Catford, Laura A. Meyerson, Conrad Schittko, Julie L. Lockwood, Anthony Ricciardi, Christoph Kueffer, Martin Enders, Mark van Kleunen, Frank Havemann
Přispěvatelé: Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (MICINN). España, German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft / German Research Foundation (DFG), Czech Science Foundation, Czech Academy of Sciences, Natural Environmental Research Council, Belmaker, Jonathan, Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany), Stellenbosch University, German Research Foundation, Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Enders, M., Havemann, Frank, Ruland, Florian, Catford, Jane A., Gómez Aparicio, Lorena, Haider, Sylvia, Heger, T., Kueffer, Christoph, Kühn, Ingolf, Meyerson, Laura A., Musseau, Camille, Novoa, Ana, Schittko, Conrad, Vilà, Montserrat, Kleunen, Mark van, Lockwood, Julie, Mabey, Abigail L., Palma, Estíbaliz, Pyšek, Petr, Saul, Wolf‐Christian, Yannelli , Florencia A., Jeschke, Jonathan M., Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). Reino Unido, Enders, M. [0000-0002-0681-852X], Havemann, Frank [0000-0002-0485-2580], Ruland, Florian [0000-0002-5785-1733], Catford, Jane A. [0000-0003-0582-5960], Gómez Aparicio, Lorena [0000-0001-5122-3579], Haider, Sylvia [0000-0002-2966-0534], Heger, T. [0000-0002-5522-5632], Kueffer, Christoph [0000-0001-6701-0703], Kühn, Ingolf [0000-0003-1691-8249], Meyerson, Laura A. [0000-0002-1283-3865], Musseau, Camille [0000-0002-5633-2384], Novoa, Ana [0000-0001-7092-3917], Schittko, Conrad [0000-0002-2200-8762], Vilà, Montserrat [0000-0003-3171-8261], Kleunen, Mark van [0000-0002-2861-3701], Lockwood, Julie [0000-0003-0177-449X], Mabey, Abigail L. [0000-0003-0156-1881], Palma, Estíbaliz [0000-0002-4500-254X], Pyšek, Petr [0000-0001-8500-442X], Saul, Wolf‐Christian [0000-0002-3584-6159], Yannelli , Florencia A. [0000-0003-1544-5312], Jeschke, Jonathan M. [0000-0003-3328-4217]
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Global Ecology and Biogeography, 29 (6)
idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
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Global Ecology and Biogeography
Digital.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
ISSN: 1466-822X
1466-8238
Popis: Background and aims 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. Results The resulting network was analysed with a link‐clustering algorithm that revealed five concept clusters (resource availability, biotic interaction, propagule, trait and Darwin’s clusters) representing complementary areas in the theory of invasion biology. The network also displays hypotheses that link two or more clusters, called connecting hypotheses , which are important in determining network structure. The network indicates hypotheses that are logically linked either positively (77 connections of support) or negatively (that is, they contradict each other; 6 connections). Significance 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. Additionally, the outlined approach can be more widely applied to create a conceptual map for the larger fields of ecology and biogeography.
Global Ecology and Biogeography, 29 (6)
ISSN:1466-822X
ISSN:1466-8238
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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