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Stage-specific overcompensation, the hydra effect, and the failure to eradicate an invasive predator.
Grosholz, Edwin; Ashton, Gail; Bradley, Marko; Brown, Chris; Ceballos-Osuna, Lina; Chang, Andrew; de Rivera, Catherine; Gonzalez, Julie; Heineke, Marcella; Marraffini, Michelle; McCann, Linda; Pollard, Erica; Pritchard, Ian; Ruiz, Gregory; Turner, Brian; Tepolt, Carolyn.
Afiliação
  • Grosholz E; Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis, CA 95616; tedgrosholz@ucdavis.edu.
  • Ashton G; Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD 21037.
  • Bradley M; Department of Environmental Science and Management, Portland State University, Portland, OR 97207.
  • Brown C; Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD 21037.
  • Ceballos-Osuna L; Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD 21037.
  • Chang A; Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD 21037.
  • de Rivera C; Department of Environmental Science and Management, Portland State University, Portland, OR 97207.
  • Gonzalez J; Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis, CA 95616.
  • Heineke M; Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis, CA 95616.
  • Marraffini M; Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD 21037.
  • McCann L; Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD 21037.
  • Pollard E; Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis, CA 95616.
  • Pritchard I; Department of Environmental Science and Management, Portland State University, Portland, OR 97207.
  • Ruiz G; Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis, CA 95616.
  • Turner B; Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD 21037.
  • Tepolt C; Department of Environmental Science and Management, Portland State University, Portland, OR 97207.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ; 118(12)2021 03 23.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33727416
As biological invasions continue to increase globally, eradication programs have been undertaken at significant cost, often without consideration of relevant ecological theory. Theoretical fisheries models have shown that harvest can actually increase the equilibrium size of a population, and uncontrolled studies and anecdotal reports have documented population increases in response to invasive species removal (akin to fisheries harvest). Both findings may be driven by high levels of juvenile survival associated with low adult abundance, often referred to as overcompensation. Here we show that in a coastal marine ecosystem, an eradication program resulted in stage-specific overcompensation and a 30-fold, single-year increase in the population of an introduced predator. Data collected concurrently from four adjacent regional bays without eradication efforts showed no similar population increase, indicating a local and not a regional increase. Specifically, the eradication program had inadvertently reduced the control of recruitment by adults via cannibalism, thereby facilitating the population explosion. Mesocosm experiments confirmed that adult cannibalism of recruits was size-dependent and could control recruitment. Genomic data show substantial isolation of this population and implicate internal population dynamics for the increase, rather than recruitment from other locations. More broadly, this controlled experimental demonstration of stage-specific overcompensation in an aquatic system provides an important cautionary message for eradication efforts of species with limited connectivity and similar life histories.
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Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Comportamento Predatório / Ecossistema / Espécies Introduzidas / Modelos Teóricos Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies Limite: Animals Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2021 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Comportamento Predatório / Ecossistema / Espécies Introduzidas / Modelos Teóricos Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies Limite: Animals Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2021 Tipo de documento: Article