An Exotic Species Is the Favorite Prey of a Native Enemy

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Yiming Li ,

* E-mail: liym@ioz.ac.cn

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Zunwei Ke,

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Graduate School, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Supen Wang,

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Graduate School, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Geoffrey R. Smith,

Affiliation Department of Biology, Denison University, Granville, Ohio, United States of America
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Xuan Liu

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Reader Comments

The enemy release hypothesis (ERH) supposes that exotic species can become invasive because they escape the effects of natural enemies in their native range [9], [10]
http://plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0024299#article1.body1.sec1.p1

For a discussion of 'natural enemies' see Chew & Laubichler, "Science" 301:52-53 (2003).

No competing interests declared.

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