Acoustic Competition Between Native and Invasive Species

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 Previous Hyla cinerea. Photo by Geoff Gallice, via Wikimedia Commons. Distributed under a CC BY 2.0 license. Invasive Species Compete with Native Species for Room to Be Heard Edit Post Posted April 25, 2016 by Mary Bates in Biodiversity, Ecology, New Research 0 Hyla cinerea. Photo by Geoff Gallice, via Wikimedia Commons. Distributed under a CC BY 2.0 license. Hyla cinerea. Photo by Geoff Gallice, via Wikimedia Commons. Distributed under a CC BY 2.0 license.Invasive species can wreak havoc on ecosystems. Most research has focused on how introduced species negatively impact biodiversity through predation, competition for food and shelter, and disease transmission. But invasives can harm native species in a less obvious way: edging them out of their acoustic space.Read my latest PLOS Ecology blog post about how invasive treefrogs are making native treefrogs change their tunes: Invasive Species Compete with Native Species for Room to be Heard.

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