@article{fdi:010052974,
  title = {{B}iological invasions in the {A}mazonian tropical rain forest : the case of {D}rosophilidae ({I}nsecta, {D}iptera) in {E}cuador, {S}outh {A}merica},
  author = {{A}curio, {A}. and {R}afael, {V}. and {D}angles, {O}livier},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}here have been few reports of invasions in continental rain forests, especially for exotic animals. {T}his study provides original data concerning the potential of exotic drosophilid species to colonize the {A}mazonian tropical rain forest. {T}o investigate if the structure of drosophilid assemblages differed in response to anthropogenic disturbance, we performed a taxonomic survey at six sites within the {Y}asuni {N}ational {P}ark in {E}cuadorian {A}mazonia along a disturbance gradient from pristine to clearcut artificial forest. {A} total of 7425 individuals from 34 species were collected of which seven species were exotic. {T}here was significant variation in the assemblage composition along this disturbance gradient; 31 percent of which was explained by the presence of exotic species, particularly at the most disturbed sites, through nonmetric multidimensional scaling and {SIMPER} analyses. {T}hese results confirm the susceptibility of continental rain forests to invasion by exotic species. {T}here is an urgent need to develop and implement monitoring systems, for example, based on drosophilid assemblage surveys, to detect exotic invasions in continental tropical forests.},
  keywords = {community composition ; disturbance gradient ; monitoring systems ; nonmetric multidimensional scaling ; {SIMPER} analysis},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{B}iotropica},
  volume = {42},
  numero = {6},
  pages = {717--723},
  ISSN = {0006-3606},
  year = {2010},
  DOI = {10.1111/j.1744-7429.2010.00628.x},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010052974},
}