We examine the evidence linking species' traits to contemporary range shifts and find they
are poor predictors of range shifts that have occurred over decades to a century. We then …

Recent patterns of global change have highlighted the importance of understanding the
dynamics and mechanisms of species range shifts and expansions. Unique demographic …

There is increasing evidence that personality traits may drive dispersal patterns of animals,
including invasive species. We investigated, using the widespread signal crayfish …

Animal behaviour can moderate biological invasion processes, and the native fauna's ability
to adapt. The importance and nature of behavioural traits favouring colonization success …

Functional trait–based mediation of animal invasions is only now develo**, yet it is
already showing as much promise as the approach has for plant invasion biology. Here, we …

Aim Non‐native fishes threaten native biodiversity worldwide. Life history traits have been
used to predict the risk of establishment for non‐native fish in several regions of the world …

Competitive impacts of invasive species may vary across invaded ranges, owing to spatio‐
temporal gradients in adapted traits and abundance levels. Higher levels of interspecific …

Traits that aid in the invasion process should exhibit a gradient across the expansion range
in response to changing selection pressures. Aggression has been repeatedly associated …

While the ecological impacts of invasive species have been demonstrated for many
taxonomic groups, the potential effects of behavioural variation among non-native …

Behavioral strategies combine an organism's genetic, physiological, and neurological
systems into closely integrated complexes that nevertheless retain substantial …