Cross-ecosystem transfer of resources (spatial subsidies) can greatly impact recipient ecosystems.
Hence, significant downward fluxes of bacteria and viruses from the atmosphere may have effects on the structure and function of recipient ecosystems.
Airborne microorganisms can be removed from the atmosphere by rain washout (wet deposition) or by direct sedimentation during clear days (dry deposition), thereby, affecting the microbial abundance, composition, and distribution in recipient ecosystems.
The impact on the recipient ecosystems of the long-distance transport and relevant deposition rates will depend on viability of these microbes, and in the case of viruses, the presence of suitable hosts for replication, as well as many other factors [45, 50].
For these reasons, there has been recent growth in the field of invasion biology as scientists work to understand the process of invasion, the changes that invasive species cause to their recipient ecosystems, and the ways that the problems of invasive species can be reduced.
Biological invasion is an ubiquitous form of global change of biota, capable of causing native extinctions and affecting geographical speciation [1], [2] as well as the ecology and economy of the recipient ecosystems [3] [7].
With regard to species invasiveness, the success of invasive species seemed to be largely due to their superiority over native species in terms of growth rate and spread into recipient ecosystems; this superiority seemed related to higher values of traits related to fitness such as growth rate, maturity age, fecundity and seed dispersal [ 4, 6- 8].
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To be effective in promoting the conservation of migratory wildlife, recipients of payment for ecosystem services (PES) must be willing to accept payment along the entire migratory corridor.
Acid sulfate soil leachates deteriorate the aquatic ecosystems of their recipient waters around the world.
