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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Enemy Release Hypothesis"”.
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Trematode parasites of the mudsnail Ilyanassa obsoleta: An analysis of parasite communities at different scales
… conform to the pattern predicted by the enemy release hypothesis. The ecological factors that contribute to the establishment of specific L. obsoleta trematodes in the introduced range are considered.</p><p>A regional scale analysis of I. obsoleta trematode communities is presented in …
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Invasion Routes and Evolution of Brook Stickleback (Culaea inconstans) in Eastern Washington
… for conducting unique natural experiments. The enemy release hypothesis suggests that the success of invasive species may be due to the lack of coevolved predators, pathogens, and parasites in its introduced range. Under the enemy release hypothesis organisms can invest less energy in defensive …
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Ecological consequences of indigenous and non-indigenous freshwater fish parasites.
… fishes across these ranges, the issue of ‘enemy release’ and ‘parasite acquisition’ in introduced freshwater fishes, and the ecological consequences of infection by some native parasites for native freshwater fish. When the freshwater fish chub (Squalius cephalus) was exposed to different …
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MECHANISMS OF SUCCESS: PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTIONS AND THE INVASION OF NON-NATIVE LONICERA SPECIES IN NORTH AMERICA
… but dominant in their novel range including the enemy release and novel weapons hypotheses. Additionally, many invasive species are characterized as being tolerant and/or resistant to both damage and limitations in abiotic resources. These hypotheses are based on plant-plant, plant-microbial, and …