What drives novel community formation? Mechanisms of resilience against invasion and native species persistence under land use change

环境变化正在推动新群落的创建，即本地物种和外来物种的稳定组合。这些群落是人类引起的环境变化的必然结果，但它们为什么以及如何形成仍然知之甚少。由于这些群落保持着高度的本地生物多样性，它们具有极大的保护价值。利用西澳大利亚野生花卉群落，该项目旨在提供第一次实验测试，测试环境和生物因素如何驱动新群落的形成、本地物种的持久性和对入侵的恢复能力。这对于在全球许多生态系统中制定现实的保护计划将是重要的，更具体地说，在西澳大利亚的生物多样性热点地区。

Environmental change is driving the creation of novel communities, stable mixes of native and exotic species. These communities are inevitable outcomes of human-induced environmental changes, yet why and how they form is still poorly understood. As these communities maintain high levels of native biodiversity, they are of great conservation value. Using Western Australia wildflower communities, This project aims to provide the first experimental tests of which environmental and biotic factors drive novel community formation, native species persistence and resilience to invasion. This will be important for developing realistic conservation plans in many ecosystems globally, and more specifically in Western Australia's biodiversity hotspot.