caa a22 4500 463167821 CHVBK 20180406164804.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20070101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10530-006-9001-0 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10530-006-9001-0 Biological and ecological characteristics of invasive species: a gammarid study [Elektronische Daten] [Simon Devin, Jean-Nicolas Beisel] Knowledge of characteristics helpful in screening potential invaders and in elaborating strategies to limit their success is highly desirable. We focused on gammarid amphipods from Western Europe and North America to discover biological and/or ecological traits that may explain successful invasion by these species. Two typologies were considered: an analytical one, with groups built on the basis of biological or ecological similarities, and an empirical one, with groups constituted a priori according to a species' invasive status and its fresh or brackish water origin. The results obtained are discussed in the light of three hypotheses that may influence invasiveness: biotic potential, species size and euryoeciousness. The analysis revealed a particular ecological profile for invaders, with a strong influence of salinity tolerance, but no typology was found based on biological characteristics. Invasiveness cannot be predicted from a limited number of criteria, and is the result of a combination of several characteristics. Invasive species therefore exhibit a particular ecological profile rather than a biological one, contrary to most classical explanations. Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., 2006 biological invasions nationallicence biological traits nationallicence ecological traits nationallicence Gammaridae nationallicence profiling invader nationallicence Devin Simon Laboratoire Biodiversité et Fonctionnement des Ecosystèmes, Université Paul Verlaine - Metz, LBFE - Campus Bridoux, Avenue du Général Delestraint, 57070, Metz, France aut Beisel Jean-Nicolas Laboratoire Biodiversité et Fonctionnement des Ecosystèmes, Université Paul Verlaine - Metz, LBFE - Campus Bridoux, Avenue du Général Delestraint, 57070, Metz, France aut Biological Invasions Kluwer Academic Publishers 9/1(2007-01-01), 13-24 1387-3547 9:1<13 2007 9 10530 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-006-9001-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-006-9001-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Devin Simon Laboratoire Biodiversité et Fonctionnement des Ecosystèmes, Université Paul Verlaine - Metz, LBFE - Campus Bridoux, Avenue du Général Delestraint, 57070, Metz, France aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Beisel Jean-Nicolas Laboratoire Biodiversité et Fonctionnement des Ecosystèmes, Université Paul Verlaine - Metz, LBFE - Campus Bridoux, Avenue du Général Delestraint, 57070, Metz, France aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Biological Invasions Kluwer Academic Publishers 9/1(2007-01-01), 13-24 1387-3547 9:1<13 2007 9 10530 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer