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- of considerable interest. What has not been explored is the influence of patch size on the
- outcomes of invasions for communities with the same species pool. Here we use an empirically
- validated spatial model of a marine epibenthic community to examine the effects of patch size
- on community variability, species richness, invasion, and the relationships between these
- variables. We found that the qualitative form of the relationship between community
- variability and species richness is determined by the size of the model patch. In small patches,
- variability decreases with species richness, but beyond a critical patch size, variability increases
- with increasing richness. This occurs because in large patches large, long-lived colonies attain
- sufficient size to minimize mortality and dominate the community, leading to decreased species
- richness and community variability. This mechanism cannot operate on smaller patches where
- the size of colonies is limited by the patch size and mortality is high irrespective of species
- identity. Further, invasion resistance is strongly correlated with community variability. Thus,
- the relationship between species richness and invasion resistance is also determined by patch
- size. These patterns are generated largely by an inverse relationship between colony size and
- mortality, and they depend on the spatial nature and patch size of the community. Our results
- suggest that a continuum of possible relationships can exist between species richness,
- community variability, invasion resistance, and area. These relationships are emergent
- behaviors generated by the individual properties of the particular component species of a
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- of considerable interest. What has not been explored is the influence of patch size on the
- outcomes of invasions for communities with the same species pool. Here we use an empirically
- validated spatial model of a marine epibenthic community to examine the effects of patch size
- on community variability, species richness, invasion, and the relationships between these
- variables. We found that the qualitative form of the relationship between community
- variability and species richness is determined by the size of the model patch. In small patches,
- variability decreases with species richness, but beyond a critical patch size, variability increases
- with increasing richness. This occurs because in large patches large, long-lived colonies attain
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- <h1 class="ep_tm_pagetitle">Linking richness, community variability, and invasion resistance with patch size</h1>
- <p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><span class="person_name">Dunstan, Piers K.</span> and <span class="person_name">Johnson, Craig R.</span> (2006) <xhtml:em>Linking richness, community variability, and invasion resistance with patch size.</xhtml:em> Ecology, 87 (11). pp. 2842-2850.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"></p><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><tr><td valign="top" style="text-align:center"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/1052/1/2006_Dunstan_%26_Johnson_Ecology_Richness.pdf"><img alt="[img]" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png" border="0" class="ep_doc_icon" /></a></td><td valign="top"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/1052/1/2006_Dunstan_%26_Johnson_Ecology_Richness.pdf"><span class="ep_document_citation">PDF</span></a> - Full text restricted - Requires a PDF viewer<br />129Kb</td><td><form method="get" accept-charset="utf-8" action="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/request_doc"><input value="1232" name="docid" accept-charset="utf-8" type="hidden" /><div class=""><input value="Request a copy" name="_action_null" class="ep_form_action_button" onclick="return EPJS_button_pushed( '_action_null' )" type="submit" /> </div></form></td></tr></table><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block">Official URL: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87[2842:LRCVAI]2.0.CO;2">http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87[2842:LRCVAI]2.0.CO;2</a></p><div class="not_ep_block"><h2>Abstract</h2><p style="padding-bottom: 16px; text-align: left; margin: 1em auto 0em auto">The influence of community dynamics on the success or failure of an invasion is
- of considerable interest. What has not been explored is the influence of patch size on the
- outcomes of invasions for communities with the same species pool. Here we use an empirically
- validated spatial model of a marine epibenthic community to examine the effects of patch size
- on community variability, species richness, invasion, and the relationships between these
- variables. We found that the qualitative form of the relationship between community
- variability and species richness is determined by the size of the model patch. In small patches,
- variability decreases with species richness, but beyond a critical patch size, variability increases
- with increasing richness. This occurs because in large patches large, long-lived colonies attain
- sufficient size to minimize mortality and dominate the community, leading to decreased species
- richness and community variability. This mechanism cannot operate on smaller patches where
- the size of colonies is limited by the patch size and mortality is high irrespective of species
- identity. Further, invasion resistance is strongly correlated with community variability. Thus,
- the relationship between species richness and invasion resistance is also determined by patch
- size. These patterns are generated largely by an inverse relationship between colony size and
- mortality, and they depend on the spatial nature and patch size of the community. Our results
- suggest that a continuum of possible relationships can exist between species richness,
- community variability, invasion resistance, and area. These relationships are emergent
- behaviors generated by the individual properties of the particular component species of a
- community.</p></div><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" border="0" cellpadding="3" class="not_ep_block"><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Item Type:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Article</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Additional Information:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Copyright by the Ecological Society of America</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Keywords:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">invasions; marine benthic invertebrates; patch size; spatial model; species area; species richness; variability</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Subjects:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/270702.html">270000 Biological Sciences > 270700 Ecology and Evolution > 270702 Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology)</a></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Collections:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">UNSPECIFIED</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ID Code:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">1052</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited By:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><span class="ep_name_citation"><span class="person_name">Professor Craig R. Johnson</span></span></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited On:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">18 May 2007</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Last Modified:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">04 Feb 2008 16:09</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ePrint Statistics:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a target="ePrintStats" href="/es/index.php?action=show_detail_eprint;id=1052;">View statistics for this ePrint</a></td></tr></table><p align="right">Repository Staff Only: <a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/users/home?screen=EPrint::View&eprintid=1052">item control page</a></p>
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