Invasions in the changing sub-Antarctic: a project overview

Abstract

Non-indigenous species are a major conservation threat in the sub-Antarctic. However, what allows aliens to become successful, and what their impacts are, has been little explored for the region. In addition, while there has been some speculation about how climate change may impact sub-Antarctic species and ecosystems into the future, there have been few tests of these theories and little exploration of the mechanisms of response to climate change in plants. I will here be giving a brief overview of our newly funded SANAP project which will address the factors that mediate the success of alien species with respect native species, the impacts of aliens on natives, and how climate change may affect both alien to native species. The project will have a specific focus on plant and vegetation responses from a mechanistic to an ecosystem scale. - Abstract as displayed in the - Abstract booklet. The presentation on the day may differ from the - Abstract.