Vacant niches help predict invasion risk by birds

[Aim]: If communities have a ceiling determining the number of species that can coexist, then the ability of alien species to establish at any given location should be related to the quantity of vacant niches available. We developed a new approach to estimate the extent to which niches are vacant an...

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Authors: González-del-Pliego, Pamela, Mendoza García, Manuel, Santana, Joana, Ribeiro, Joana, Reino, Luis, Araújo, Miguel B.
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2023
Country:España
Institution:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repository:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/334519
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/334519
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Salien species
Avian
Trophic guilds
Trophic structure
Unsaturated communities
Vacant niches
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Summary:[Aim]: If communities have a ceiling determining the number of species that can coexist, then the ability of alien species to establish at any given location should be related to the quantity of vacant niches available. We developed a new approach to estimate the extent to which niches are vacant and then explored the relationship between vacant niches and alien species.

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