Invasion impacts in terrestrial ecosystems: Global patterns and predictors

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Written By Jay Schwerin

Research article - Authors: Madhav P. Thakur, Zhizhuang Gu, Mark van Kleunen, Xuhui Zhou

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Our meta-analysis provides quantitative evidence that invasion impacts are systematically context-dependent. Spanning >2000 effect sizes across plants, animals, and microorganisms, our synthesis shows that ecological contexts—particularly invader residence time—modulate impacts across several ecosystem properties.

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