Host-enemy interactions provide limited biotic resistance for a range-expanding species via reduced apparent competition
K. M. Prior, D. G. Jones, S. A. Meadley-Dunphy, S. Lee, A. K. Milks, S. Daughton, A. A. Forbes, T. H. Powell
The paper examines how a range-expanding oak gall wasp interacts with parasitoid wasps in its native and expanded ranges, finding reduced apparent competition due to phenological divergence of enemy assemblages.
bioRxiv · Jun 28, 2022Ecology