Can habitat modification in the native range promote invasion?
Arnaud Estoup · Philip E. Hulme · Kathryn A. Hodgins · Mathieu Gautier · Eric Lombaert · Manpreet K. Dhami · Angela McGaughran · Ruth A. Hufbauer
期刊Trends in Ecology & Evolution
类型Opinion
发表2026-07-03 (online)
卷期页41(10): 938-951
收录2026-10-09
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关键词invasive specieshuman disturbancehabitat modificationgenotype-environment associationpopulation genomicsbiological invasionsinvasive species managementgenetic architecture
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The anthropogenically induced adaptation to invade (AIAI) hypothesis posits that selection in human-modified habitats within native ranges can adapt populations to invade similarly altered environments elsewhere. Although widely invoked, empirical tests of this hypothesis remain limited because disentangling native-range adaptation from post-introduction evolution is challenging. Here, we clarify how anthropogenic disturbance creates repeatable selective regimes and demonstrate how targeted sampling, population genomics, and genotype-environment associations can disentangle native-range adaptation from post-introduction evolution. Incorporating genomic offset, genetic architecture, nongenetic changes, experiments, and temporal data further strengthens inference. These insights and approaches establish the AIAI hypothesis as a mechanism that explicitly links human disturbance with the evolutionary dynamics of invasive species, providing novel insights into the prediction and management of biological invasions.

@article{estoup2026,
author = {Arnaud Estoup and Philip E. Hulme and Kathryn A. Hodgins and Mathieu Gautier and Eric Lombaert and Manpreet K. Dhami and Angela McGaughran and Ruth A. Hufbauer},
title = {Can habitat modification in the native range promote invasion?},
journal = {Trends in Ecology \& Evolution},
year = {2026},
volume = {41},
number = {10},
pages = {938-951},
doi = {10.1016/j.tree.2026.06.006},
publisher = {Elsevier BV},
}· END ·