Can habitat modification in the native range promote invasion?

Arnaud Estoup (), Philip Hulme (), Kathryn A. Hodgins, Mathieu Gautier (), Eric Lombaert (), Manpreet Dhami (), Angela Mc Gaughran () and Ruth Hufbauer
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Arnaud Estoup: UMR CBGP - Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - IRD [Occitanie] - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - délégation Occitanie - IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - Institut Agro Montpellier - Institut Agro - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement - UM - Université de Montpellier
Philip Hulme: Lincoln University [Nouvelle-Zélande]
Kathryn A. Hodgins: Monash University [Melbourne]
Mathieu Gautier: UMR CBGP - Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - IRD [Occitanie] - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - délégation Occitanie - IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - Institut Agro Montpellier - Institut Agro - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement - UM - Université de Montpellier
Eric Lombaert: ISA - Institut Sophia Agrobiotech - UNS - Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - UniCA - Université Côte d'Azur
Manpreet Dhami: New Zealand Institute for Bioeconomy Science
Angela Mc Gaughran: University of Waikato [Hamilton]
Ruth Hufbauer: CSU - Colorado State University [Fort Collins]

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Abstract: Highlights : . Invasion success is increasingly viewed as an eco-evolutionary response to anthropogenic disturbance. . The anthropogenically induced adaptation to invade hypothesis considers selection in human-modified habitats within the native range as a potential driver of invasion, shifting attention from post-introduction to pre-introduction evolution. . Human-modified habitats can now be characterised as disturbance continua using scalable predictors, enabling more robust cross-system tests. . Population genomics can identify invasion sources, reconstruct introduction pathways, detect genotype–environment associations, and test whether adaptation arose in native, human-modified habitats or after introduction. . Genomic offset analyses can link genomic variation to expected environmental mismatches, helping to forecast invasion risk. . Time-resolved genomic data and experimental validation provide powerful complements to comparative genomic analyses, strengthening causal inference beyond correlation. Abstract: 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.

Keywords: population genomics; adaptation; biological invasions; human-modified habitats; invasomics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
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Published in Trends in Ecology & Evolution, In press, ⟨10.1016/j.tree.2026.06.006⟩

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DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2026.06.006

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