Predicting the Potential for Invasive Species Establishment by Using Environmental Tolerance Data

摘要

The spread and subsequent unlikely eradication of alien species from recently invaded ecosystems reinforces the need for predictive tools to help management personnel evaluate associated detrimental impacts. It is estimated that in most countries 102-104 nonindigenous species have been documented, and numbers should increase with expanding global trade and travel (Lodge 1993). Although only a small percent (usually