[APWG] Positive interactions between native and non-native species
Z. Yeates
z.yeates at btinternet.com
Wed May 25 10:25:28 CDT 2011
Hello List Subscribers
I am a postgraduate researcher at the University of Gloucestershire,
researching positive interactions between native and non-native species.
I would be grateful for any information relating to research that has
detected a positive association between native species/native
biodiversity and the presence of a non-native species.
I am looking for both published (peer-reviewed) research and unpublished
research - significant or non-significant results.
Although I am interested in all research that has detected a positive
association between native species/native biodiversity and the presence
of a non-native species.
My interest in this subject stems from the fact that most research into
the impacts of established non-native species has understandably focused
on the negative effects of invasive species.
The positive effects that some non-native species have on other
non-native species are also relatively well reported.
However, my primary objective, as it stands, is to identify and retrieve
all (or as many as I can) studies that have uncovered situations where a
non-native species has (potentially) had a positive (or partially
positive) effect on a native
species/native biodiversity (e.g. increases in abundance, density,
growth, survival, fecundity and ideally, fitness).
Thank you and regards
Zelianne
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Zelianne Yeates
Postgraduate Researcher
Positive Interactions between Non-Native and Native Species
Department Natural Sciences
University of Gloucestershire
Francis Close Hall
Swindon Road
Cheltenham
GL50 4AZ
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