ARPHA Preprints, doi: 10.3897/arphapreprints.e140550
Hypothesis Descriptions: Darwin’s Naturalization Hypothesis
expand article infoFlorencia Yannelli§|, Wayne Dawson, Mark van Kleunen#¤, Jonathan M. Jeschke§, Tina Heger§«
‡ Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), Berlin, Germany§ Institute of Biology, Department of Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany| Argentine Institute for Dryland Research, CONICET, Mendoza, Argentina¶ Department of Evolution, Ecology and Behaviour, Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom# Ecology Group, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany¤ Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation, School of Life Sciences, Taizhou, China« TUM School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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Abstract

In this contribution of the Hypothesis Description series, we provide an overview of one of the longest-standing hypotheses in invasion science: Darwin's naturalization hypothesis. We present a brief summary of past definitions and propose the revised definition “low phylogenetic similarity between non-native species and the recipient community increases invasion success”. This formulation follows the basic form ‘subject – relationship – object’, enabling clarity for future research and computational applications in invasion biology. We also provide formalized definitions for previous formulations of the hypothesis and identify both related and opposite hypotheses to Darwin’s naturalization hypothesis.

Keywords
invasion hypothesis, invasibility, invasiveness, nanopublications, relatedness