Displacement of a former community. Paper documents changes in the benthic community in North San Francisco Bay. Following it s introduction, P. amurensis came to dominant the community during dry periods, preventing the return of the previously known dry-period community. Orians, G.H. 1986. Site characteristics favoring invasion.
Paper focuses on the role of disturbance in opening up a community to invasion.
Biotic interactions are also discussed as a means to opening the community to invasion. Timing is also stressed as a key to a successful invasion. Pimm, S.L. 1989. Theories of predicting success and impact of introduced species. Pimm discusses the problems that introduced species face in a new environment, including small founder population problems and community resistance.