Habitat modification in conservation problems: Modeling invasive ecosystem engineers

Principal Investigators:

Kim Cuddington, and James E. Byers

We propose a working group to develop models and analyze data for species that substantially modify their environment. We will incorporate such habitat modification in models describing population and community dynamics of invasive species. Therefore, we will simultaneously develop methods of modeling "ecosystem engineers", and produce generalizations regarding the effects of invasive habitat modifiers. Finally, we will develop quantitative criteria to determine when it is necessary to consider ecosystem engineering in ecological problems.

Participants and Meetings

Working Group Participants

Activity	Dates	Further Information
Working Group	13th—17th August 2004	Participant List
Working Group	1st—4th February 2005	Participant List
Working Group	27th—30th June 2005	Participant List
Working Group	4th—7th December 2005	Participant List
Working Group	7th—10th May 2006	Participant List
Working Group	11th—14th January 2007	Participant List

Participant Contact Information

Mark D. Bertness	mark_bertness@brown.edu	Brown University
James E. Byers	jebyers@uga.edu	University of New Hampshire
Jeffrey A. Crooks	jacrooks@yahoo.com	Southwest Wetlands Interpretive Association
Kim Cuddington	cuddingt@ohio.edu	Ohio University
Alan Hastings	amhastings@ucdavis.edu	University of California, Davis
Clive G. Jones	jonesc@ecostudies.org	Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
John Lambrinos	lambrinj@hort.oregonstate.edu	University of California, Davis
Hunter S. Lenihan	lenihan@bren.ucsb.edu	University of California, Santa Barbara
Jonathan M. Levine	levine@lifesci.ucsb.edu	University of California, Santa Barbara
Theresa Talley	tstalley@ucdavis.edu	University of California, Davis
Will G. Wilson	wgw@duke.edu	Duke University
Stephanie Yelenik	syelenik@usgs.gov	University of California, Santa Barbara

Products: Publications, Reports, Datasets, Presentations, Visualizations

Type	Products of NCEAS Research
Journal Article	Byers, James E.; Cuddington, Kim; Jones, Clive G.; Talley, Theresa; Hastings, Alan; Lambrinos, John; Crooks, Jeffrey A.; Wilson, Will G. 2006. Using ecosystem engineers to restore ecological systems. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. Vol: 21(9). Pages 493-500.
Book Chapter	Crooks, Jeffrey A. 2009. The role of exotic marine ecosystem engineers. Edited by Rilov, G.; Crooks, J.A. Marine Bioinvasions: Ecological, Conservation, and Management Perspectives. Springer. Pages 287-304.
Presentations	Cuddington, Kim; Wilson, Will G.; Hastings, Alan. 2005. A simple model of an ecosystem engineer. Young Researchers Workshop, March 2005. Mathematical Biology Institute, Ohio State University. Columbus, OH.
Presentations	Cuddington, Kim; Wilson, Will G.; Hastings, Alan. 2006. Ecosystem engineers: Runaway growth and multiple basins of attraction, 6-11 August 2006. Ecological Society of America. Memphis, TN.
Book	Cuddington, Kim; Byers, James E.; Hastings, Alan; Wilson, Will G. 2007. Ecosystem Engineers: Plants to Protists. Edited by Cuddington, K.; Byers, J.E.; Wilson, W.G.; and Hastings, A. Academic Press/Elsevier. Amsterdam. Pages 405.
Journal Article	Cuddington, Kim; Wilson, Will G.; Hastings, Alan. 2009. Ecosystem engineers: Feedback and population dynamics. American Naturalist. Vol: 173(4). Pages 488-498.
Journal Article	Hastings, Alan; Byers, James E.; Crooks, Jeffrey A.; Cuddington, Kim; Jones, Clive G.; Lambrinos, John; Talley, Theresa; Wilson, Will G. 2007. Ecosystem engineering in space and time. Ecology Letters. Vol: 10. Pages 153-164.
Book Chapter	Jones, Clive G.; Gutierrez, Jorge L. 2007. On the purpose, meaning, and usage of the physical ecosystem engineering concept. Edited by On the purpose, meaning, and usage of the physical ecosystem engineering concept. Edited by Cuddington, K.; Byers, J. E.; Hastings, A.; Wilson, A.; Wilson, W. G Ecosystem Engineers: Plants to Protists. Academic Press/Elsevier. Pages 3-24.
Journal Article	Jones, Clive G.; Gutierrez, Jorge L.; Byers, James E.; Crooks, Jeffrey A.; Lambrinos, John; Talley, Theresa. 2010. A framework for understanding physical ecosystem engineering by organisms. Oikos. Vol: 119(12). Pages 1862-1869.