Understanding when biocontrol and enemy release affect plant populations

该项目旨在确定引入的物种何时逃离其天敌，以及生物防治工作何时成功。释放敌人和生物防治是我们理解和管理入侵的关键。然而，从来没有一个广泛的定量评估的情况下，生物防治和敌人释放影响引进人口。该项目将使用元分析和国际实地研究相结合，以解决这一知识差距。预期成果包括更好地了解促进生物入侵的因素，并提高生物防治剂的成功率。

This project aims to determine when introduced species escape from their natural enemies, and when biocontrol efforts succeed. Enemy release and biocontrol are key to our understanding and management of invasions. However there has never been a broad quantitative assessment of the circumstances under which biocontrol and enemy release affect introduced populations. This project will use a combination of meta-analyses and international field studies to address this knowledge gap. Expected outcomes include a better understanding of the factors that facilitate biological invasions, and improved success of biocontrol agents.