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Invasion biology : hypotheses and evidence /

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: C.A.B. International
Other Authors: Jeschke, Jonathan M. (Editor), Heger, Tina (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire ; Boston : CABI, 2018.
Series:CABI invasive species series ; 9.
Subjects:
Biological invasions > Research.
Introduced Species.
Plant Weeds.
Research Design.
Ebooks.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book.
Table of Contents:
  • Invasion biology : searching for predictions and prevention and avoiding lost causes
  • The hierarchy-of-hypotheses approach
  • Hierarchy of hypotheses or hierarchy of predictions? Clarifying key concepts in ecological research
  • Mapping theoretical and evidential landscapes in ecological science : Levins' virtue trade-off and the hierarchy-of-hypotheses approach
  • A hierarchy of hypotheses or a network of models
  • The hierarchy-of-hypotheses approach updated : a toolbox for structuring and analysing theory, research and evidence
  • A network of invasion hypotheses
  • Biotic resistance and island susceptibility hypotheses
  • Disturbance hypothesis
  • Invasional meltdown hypothesis
  • Enemy release hypothesis
  • Evolution of increased competitive ability and shifting defence hypotheses
  • Tens Rule
  • Phenotypic plasticity hypothesis
  • Darwin's naturalization and limiting similarity hypotheses
  • Propagule pressure hypothesis
  • Synthesis
  • Conclusions and outlook.