Reading Assignments for 9/20 - 9/24

This week we are going to look at the biological characteristics of successful invasive species.

For Tuesday 9/21:

1. "Invasive species profiling? Exploring the characteristics
   of non-native fishes across invasion stages in California." (.pdf file) Marchetti et al. (2004) Freshwater Biology. Vol. 49, pp. 646-661.
   
2. Ecological and physiological characteristics of invading species. in Ecology of Biological Invasions. Newsome, A. E. and I. R. Noble (1986). Cambridge, Cambridge University Press: 1-20. [Handed out after class]
   
3. Behavioural flexibility and invasion success in birds." (.pdf file) Sol et al. (2002) Animal Behaviour. Vol. 63, pp. 495-502.

For Thursday 9/23:

1. "Is invasion success explained by the enemy release hypothesis? (.pdf file) Colautti et al. (2004) Ecology Letters. Vol. 7, pp. 721-733.
   
2. "Feedback with soil biota contributes to plant rarity and invasiveness in communities." Klironomos, J.N. (2002) Nature. Vol. 417, pp. 67-70.[Available to download from Prometheus system]