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Title The Invasion Ecology of Sleeper Populations: Prevalence, Persistence, and Abrupt Shifts
Author Michael J Spear, Jake R Walsh, Anthony Ricciardi, M Jake Vander Zanden
Date 2021-01-27
Description n the present article, we explore the concept and implications of nonnative sleeper populations in invasion dynamics. Such populations persist at low abundance for years or even decades—a period during which they often go undetected and have negligible impact—until they are triggered by an environmental factor to become highly abundant and disruptive.
Keywords invasive species,
URL https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/71/4/357/6102677
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