Whole community invasions and the integration of novel ecosystems
Fig 4
The symmetry between native and invasive species from the amalgamated community (horizontal axes) to the final stable community (vertical axes).
Note the different ranges on the vertical axes to capture the long tail in the case of random species invasion. Thin black lines are included to guide the eye; the angled line indicates constant symmetry from the amalgamated community to the final stable community (i.e., it has a slope of 1). The “+” symbol indicates the median. For both whole community and random species invasion, the tendency is for final communities to become native dominant, though the effect is much less pronounced in the case of whole community invasion.