Evolutionary Imbalance: Darwin Was Right About Invasive Species

The idea of evolutionary imbalance when it comes to invasive species is not new, Charles Darwin articulated it.  The concept is that species from regions with deep and diverse evolutionary histories are more likely to become successful invaders in regions with less deep, less diverse evolutionary histories. Darwin's original insight was that the more challenges a region's species have faced in their evolution, the more robust they'll be in new environments. To predict the probability of invasiveness, ecologists Dov Sax of Brown University and Jason Fridley of Syracuse University read more

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