centrality of the introduced species in combination with that of the native species, e.g. highly-connected species will likely promote local species rewiring, whilst the arrival of a poorly-connected species (i.e. a specialist) may have a mild or even neutral effect on local species interactions. Moreover, a species that remains in its home range in which the community has changed due to local extinctions and alien species invasion will find itself in a novel network of interactions. Given that species roles are conserved, rewiring of interactions will be needed for the local species to fit into the novel community (Gilljam et al., 2015). Conclusions In networks that is conserved across species native and alien ranges. Our results suggest that the network position that a species occupies when introduced in a novel community will resemble how generalist or specialist it is in its native communityOur results provide new insights into the recent literature about interactions and species role conservatism, and have implications regarding the potential links that alien species may be able to create or disrupt once introduced into novel communities. Further studies incorporating community traits and the phylogenetic relationship between species with species network roles will advance our understanding of how alien species interact with, and potentially drive the formation of, novel communities. Acknowledgments
centrality of the introduced species in combination with that of the native species, e.g. highly-connected species will likely promote local species rewiring, whilst the arrival of a poorly-connected species (i.e. a specialist) may have a mild or even neutral effect on local species interactions. Moreover, a species that remains in its home range in which the community has changed due to local extinctions and alien species invasion will find itself in a novel network of interactions. Given that species roles are conserved, rewiring of interactions will be needed for the local species to fit into the novel community (Gilljam et al., 2015). Conclusions In networks that is conserved across species native and alien ranges. Our results suggest that the network position that a species occupies when introduced in a novel community will resemble how generalist or specialist it is in its native communityOur results provide new insights into the recent literature about interactions and species role conservatism, and have implications regarding the potential links that alien species may be able to create or disrupt once introduced into novel communities. Further studies incorporating community traits and the phylogenetic relationship between species with species network roles will advance our understanding of how alien species interact with, and potentially drive the formation of, novel communities. Acknowledgments