Abstract
This chapter evaluates the historical contexts within which individual biotic interactions have evolved and how these influence the establishment success of exotic species. The effects of past evolution on different biotic interactions, or so-called eco-evolutionary experience, emphasise the role of preadaptations to various interaction types in predicting the invasiveness of exotic species and the invasibility of communities. This chapter summarises examples of eco-evolutionary experience with different interaction types (including predation, competition, parasitism, and mutualism) and how these relate to hypotheses frequently tested in invasion ecology that invoke biotic interactions. The chapter also discusses how eco-evolutionary experience of exotic and native species affects the rate of contemporary evolution during invasion and the ecological impacts caused by invasive species. Suggestions for future research avenues to understand the role of eco-evolutionary experience in the establishment success of exotic species are provided throughout the chapter.
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