27.012023January 27, 2023 Time, patience, and biodiversity: a recipe for biotic resistance?By Justin DalabaIn Blog, Research SummariesTags abundance, biodiversity, biological invasion, biotic interaction, biotic resistance, chronosequence, conservation, experiment, herbivory, invasion success, long-term, mechanism, Mediterranean Sea, native, predator-prey, space for time design, time, trophic interactions This article explores a case study of biotic resistance, where over time native species may limit the invasion of other species. A native herbivore learns to consume an invasive alga in less than a decade.