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Beyond Observed Diversity: A Completeness-Based Invasion Theory
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Authors
Yanjie Liu 
Abstract
Charles Elton proposed that species-rich communities resist invasion better, but support is mainly from local studies, possibly because studies use observed richness alone, ignoring the dark diversity. I propose Completeness-Based Invasion Theory, linking invasibility inversely to community completeness, an index linking observed and dark diversity, enabling unified insights across scales.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.32942/X29S9R
Subjects
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Life Sciences, Other Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Population Biology, Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology
Keywords
alien species, biotic resistance, diversity-invasibility hypothesis, exotic plant, plant invasion
Dates
Published: 2026-02-26 09:08
Last Updated: 2026-02-26 09:08
License
CC-BY Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
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Language:
English
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