Readings for 2/5

Here are the readings for our next class:

2/5: The “ideal” invader – Biological characteristics that make a successful invader

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