Differential temporal beta-diversity patterns of native and non-native arthropod species in a fragmented native forest landscape

An important factor that hinders the management of non-native species is a general lack of information regarding the biogeography of non-natives, and, in particular, their rates of turnover. Here, we address this research gap by analysing differences in temporal beta-diversity (using both pairwise and multiple-time dissimilarity metrics) between native and non-native species, using a novel time-series dataset of arthropods sampled in native forest fragments in the Azores. We use a null model approach to determine whether temporal beta-diversity was due to deterministic processes or stochastic colonisation and extinction events, and linear modelling selection to assess the factors driving variation in temporal beta-diversity between plots. In accordance with our predictions, we found that the temporal beta-diversity was much greater for non-native species than for native species, and the null model analyses indicated that the turnover of non-native species was due to stochastic events. N...