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; here, we advocate that functional responses can help achieve this across taxonomic and trophic groups, among habitats and contexts, and can hence help unify disparate research interests in invasion ecology.
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Dick, J. T. A., Alexander, M. E., Ricciardi, A., Laverty, C., Downey, P. O., Xu, M., … Shaw, R. H. (2017). Functional responses can unify invasion ecology. Biological Invasions, 19(5), 1667–1672. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-016-1355-3
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