A trait-based approach to assess niche overlap and functional distinctiveness between non-indigenous and native species.

Abstract excerpt

Our understanding of the community assembly processes acting on non-indigenous species (NIS), as well as the relationship with native species is limited, especially in marine ecosystems. To overcome this knowledge gap we here develop a trait-based approach based on the functional distinctiveness metric to assess niche overlap between NIS and native species, using high-resolution data on benthic invertebrate...

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• Ecosystem
• Invertebrates
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