Commonly rare and rarely common: comparing population abundance of invasive and native aquatic species.

Invasive species are leading drivers of environmental change. Their impacts are often linked to their population size, but surprisingly little is known about how frequently they achieve high abundances. A nearly universal pattern in ecology is that species are rare in most locations and abundant in...

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Main Authors: Gretchen J A Hansen, M Jake Vander Zanden, Michael J Blum, Murray K Clayton, Ernie F Hain, Jennifer Hauxwell, Marit Izzo, Matthew S Kornis, Peter B McIntyre, Alison Mikulyuk, Erika Nilsson, Julian D Olden, Monica Papeş, Sapna Sharma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3806751?pdf=render