Hot and hungry: Climate warming increases overwintering survival and enhances herbivory of alligator weed flea beetles.

Lu, X., Siemann, E., Shao, X., Wei, H., & Ding, J. (2013). Climate warming affects biological invasions by shifting interactions of plants and herbivores. Global change biology, 19(8), 2339-2347. PDF.

Competitiveness, Management Efficacy and PolicyNortheast RISCCNovember 19, 2024Alligator weed, Alligator weed flea beetle, Biocontrol, Climate warming, Field experiment

Don't Wake the Sleeper Species!

Michael J Spear, Jake R Walsh, Anthony Ricciardi, M Jake Vander Zanden, The Invasion Ecology of Sleeper Populations: Prevalence, Persistence, and Abrupt Shifts, BioScience, Volume 71, Issue 4, April 2021, Pages 357–369, https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaa168.

Competitiveness, Impact Study, Climate Extremes, Climate Change, Management Efficacy and PolicyNortheast RISCCNovember 19, 2024Invasive species, sleeper species, persistence, model, Biological Invasion, Invasive Plant, Risk Assessment

The right place in the night time - Nighttime warming affects relative growth of native versus invasive plants

Su, J.-Q., Han, X., & Chen, B.-M. (2021). Do day and night warming exert different effects on growth and competitive interaction between invasive and native plants? Biological Invasions, 23(1), 157–166.

CompetitivenessNortheast RISCCNovember 19, 2024Asymmetric warming, Plant growth, Daytime warming, Nighttime warming

Insects & pathogens eat into our (carbon) savings

Quirion BR, Domke GM, Walters BF, Lovett GM, Fargione JE, Greenwood L, et al. (2021). Insect and Disease Disturbances Correlate With Reduced Carbon Sequestration in Forests of the Contiguous United States. Front For Glob Chang. 4:1–10. PDF.

Climate Change, Competitiveness, Impact StudyNortheast RISCCNovember 19, 2024forest, natural climate solutions, pathogen, climate change mitigation, Insect

Colliding Forces: Climate Change, Land-Use, and Invasions Fuel Insect Loss

Gossner MM, Menzel F, Simons NK. 2023. Less overall, but more of the same: drivers of insect population trends lead to community homogenization. Biology Letters 19: 20230007. Open access article.

Competitiveness, Climate ChangeNortheast RISCCNovember 19, 2024Native Insects, Land Use Change, Invasive Species

Hitting snooze on sleeper species

O’Uhuru, A. C., Morelli, T. L., Evans, A. E., Salva, J. D., & Bradley, B. A. (2024). Identifying new invasive plants in the face of climate change: a focus on sleeper species. Biological Invasions, 1-13. PDF.

CompetitivenessNortheast RISCCNovember 19, 2024kudzu, sleeper species, Changing Biotic Interactions, Risk Assessment, Spiraea, Wisteria

What’s on the menu? Climate-smart invasive species management!

E.M. Colberg, T.L. Morelli, & C.J. Brown-Lima (2024). Guidelines for Climate-Smart Invasive Species Management for the Northeast. NE RISCC Management Network. https://doi.org/10.7298/2nqt-1s83

Novel Pathways, Impact Study, Range Expansion, Climate Change, Climate Extremes, Competitiveness, Phenology (Shifting Seasons), Management Efficacy and PolicyNortheast RISCCNovember 19, 2024Climate adaptation, Strategic planning, Restoration

When Trees Aren’t the Answer: Tree Invasions Not Recommended to Mitigate Climate Change

Nuñez et al. 2021. Should tree invasions be used in treeless ecosystems to mitigate climate change? Frontiers in Ecology & Environment. PDF.

Range Expansion, Competitiveness, Assisted Migration and Climate-Smart Restoration, Management Efficacy and PolicyNortheast RISCCNovember 19, 2024Restoration, Carbon sequestration, Pines (Pinus), climate-smart restoration

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