Ecology 6th Edition by Charles Krebs

Exercise 9

One possible impact of invasive species is called "invasional meltdown" to describe situations in which invasive species facilitate more invasive species, thus accelerating the impact of invasives (Simberloff 2006). The best case so far described is the invasion of yellow crazy ants on Christmas Island (O'Dowd et al. 2003). Review this case and the message it provides for conservation biology.