Invasion by an ecosystem engineer changes biotic interactions between native and non-native taxa.

ABSTRACT: Earth systems are nearing a global tipping point, beyond which the dynamics of biological communities will become unstable. One major driver of instability is species invasion, especially by organisms that act as "ecosystem engineers" through their modification of abiotic and biotic factors. To understand how native organisms respond to modified habitat, it is essential to examine biological communities within invaded and non-invaded habitat, identifying compositional shifts in native and non-native taxa as well as measuring how modification by ecosystem engineers has affected interactions among community members. Using dietary metabarcoding, our study examines the response of a native Hawaiian generalist predator (Araneae: Pagiopalus spp.) to habitat modification by comparing bioti

SUBMITTER: Holmquist AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9943940 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature