The ecosystem services and biodiversity of novel ecosystems: A literature review

Non‐native palms (Arecaceae) as generators of novel ecosystems: A global assessment

“…Novel ecosystems are on the rise, in large part driven by introductions of non‐native species, but also promoted by ongoing global warming, increased atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) and land use change (Feng et al., 2014; Hobbs et al., 2009; Perring & Ellis, 2013). The new species assemblages and ecosystem functions of these novel ecosystems are likely to alter ecosystem services (Collier, 2014; Evers et al., 2018; Hobbs et al., 2009; Millenium Ecosystem Assessment, 2005) may threaten native species (Bellard, Genovesi, & Jeschke, 2016; Pyšek et al., 2012) but could also generate new habitats for native species (Padovani, Salisbury, Bostock, Roy, & Thomas, 2020). An improved understanding of the functioning of novel ecosystems to these increasingly widespread natural environments should clearly be an important research priority (e.g.…”

The assembly and importance of a novel ecosystem: The ant community of coffee farms in Puerto Rico

“…Novel ecosystems present an opportunity that has been common yet rarely recognized in the field of ecology; the opportunity to study how “not‐necessarily‐coevolved” organisms come together and structure an ecological community (Evers et al., 2018; Godoy, 2019; Hobbs et al., 2006; Hobbs, Higgs, & Harris, 2009; Perfecto & Vandermeer, 2015). Our ability to understand these new systems is a test of the extent to which we understand the natural laws that determine community and ecosystem structure (Perfecto & Vandermeer, 2015).…”

Introduced plants as novel Anthropocene habitats for insects

“…New physical environments and unprecedented mixtures of species arriving from different geographic origins are progressively generating novel ecosystems (Evers et al, 2018;Hobbs et al, 2006;Radeloff et al, 2015) during the Anthropocene, the proposed geological epoch of humanity. The establishment of species in new abiotic and biotic environments may explain why biodiversity is typically increasing at a regional scale, whilst often relatively stable locally (with both gains and losses) and declining globally (Dornelas et al, 2014(Dornelas et al, , 2019Loh et al, 2005;Sax & Gaines, 2003;Thomas, 2013aThomas, , 2013bThomas, , 2015Vellend et al, 2013Vellend et al, , 2017.…”