[APWG] Positive interactions between native and non-native species

[Karen Blumer]

Interesting project. Field observations of return of total native  
prairie underneath a sea of invasive mugwort on Long Island, New York,  
which had taken over sizable areas of rare oak-brush pine plains owned  
by NYS Dept of Environmental Conservation. Tracking but no research  
per se yet, however it would be interesting to compare the vigor of  
all those naturally emerging species which are apparently outcompeting  
mugwort with same native species in the local area growing in intact  
native ecosystem.

Karen

Karen Blumer
Ecologist
Ecosystem Based Management Projects
15 Dickerson Drive
Shoreham, NY 11786
631-821-3337
growingwild at optonline.net



On May 25, 2011, at 11:25 AM, Z. Yeates wrote:

> 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 unpublished research - significant or non-significant results.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
>
> -- 
> 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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