@article{fdi:010060811,
  title = {{E}cological traits and environmental affinity explain {R}ed {S}ea fish introduction into the {M}editerranean},
  author = {{B}elmaker, {J}. and {P}arravicini, {V}aleriano and {K}ulbicki, {M}ichel},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{A}lien species are considered one of the prime threats to biodiversity, driving major changes in ecosystem structure and function. {I}dentifying the traits associated with alien introduction has been largely restricted to comparing indigenous and alien species or comparing alien species that differ in abundance or impact. {H}owever, a more complete understanding may emerge when the entire pool of potential alien species is used as a control, information that is rarely available. {I}n the eastern {M}editerranean, the marine environment is undergoing an unparalleled species composition transformation, as a flood of aliens have entered from the {R}ed {S}ea following the opening of the {S}uez {C}anal in 1869. {I}n this study, we compile data on species traits, geographical distribution, and environmental affinity of the entire pool of reef-associated fish species in the {R}ed {S}ea and more generally across the {I}ndo-{P}acific. {W}e use this extensive data to identify the prime characteristics separating {R}ed {S}ea species that have become alien in the {M}editerranean from those that have not. {W}e find that alien species occupy a larger range of environments in their native ranges, explaining their ability to colonize the seasonal {M}editerranean. {R}ed {S}ea species that naturally experience high maximum temperatures in their native range have a high probability of becoming alien. {T}hus, contrary to predictions of an accelerating number of aliens following increased water temperatures, hotter summers in this region may prevent the establishment of many alien species. {W}e further find that ecological trait diversity of alien species is substantially more evenly spaced and more divergent than random samples from the pool of {R}ed {S}ea species, pointing at additional processes, such as competition, promoting ecological diversity among alien species. {W}e use these results to provide a first quantitative ranking of the potential of {R}ed {S}ea species to become established in the eastern {M}editerranean.},
  keywords = {bioinvasion ; introduction ; lessepsian migration ; marine ; reef fish ; tropicalization ; {MEDITERRANEE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{G}lobal {C}hange {B}iology},
  volume = {19},
  numero = {5},
  pages = {1373--1382},
  ISSN = {1354-1013},
  year = {2013},
  DOI = {10.1111/gcb.12132},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010060811},
}