We review empirical studies on how bioinvasions alter food webs and how a food-web
perspective may change their prediction and management. Predation is found to underlie …

A predictive understanding of the ecological impacts of nonnative species has been slow to
develop, owing largely to an apparent dearth of clearly defined hypotheses and the lack of a …

The past 30 years have seen several paradigm shifts in our understanding of how ocean
ecosystems function. Now recent technological advances add to an overwhelming body of …

Predictions of the identities and ecological impacts of invasive alien species are critical for
risk assessment, but presently we lack universal and standardized metrics that reliably …

Invasion ecology urgently requires predictive methodologies that can forecast the ecological
impacts of existing, emerging and potential invasive species. We argue that many …

As drivers of global change, biological invasions have fundamental ecological
consequences. However, it remains unclear how invasive plant effects on resident animals …

A better understanding of how ecological novelty influences interactions in new
combinations of species is key for predicting interaction outcomes, and can help focus …

Predicting ecological impacts of invasive species and identifying potentially damaging future
invaders are research priorities. Since damage by invaders is characterized by their …

Aim An increasingly important component of invasive species management involves the
formal assessment of risks associated with particular species becoming invasive and …

We contend that invasion ecology requires a universal, measurable trait of species and their
interactions with resources that predicts key elements of invasibility and ecological impact; …