Invading the field of climate adaptation

Summary of Brewington et al. (2024) “ Recommendations for incorporating invasive species into US climate change adaptation planning and policy.“

Management Efficacy and PolicyNortheast RISCCMarch 4, 2025Policy, Climate adaptation

(Not So) Great Expectations: Vulnerability to plant invasion worldwide is higher than previously estimated

Summary of Pfadenhauer & Bradley (2024) “Quantifying vulnerability to plant invasion across global ecosystems“

Management Efficacy and PolicyNortheast RISCCFebruary 11, 2025Invasive plants, Risk Assessment

Disentangling a Knotty Problem

Jones, D., Bruce, G., Fowler, M.S. et al. Optimising physiochemical control of invasive Japanese knotweed. Biol Invasions 20, 2091–2105 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-018-1684-5

Biocontrol in the Freezer: Extreme cold induces greater mortality in EAB biocontrol agents than in EAB larvae

Duan et al. 2020. Effects of Extreme Low Winter Temperatures on the Overwintering Survival of the Introduced Larval Parasitoids Spathius galinaeand Tetrastichus planipennisi: Implications for Biological Control of Emerald Ash Borer in North America. Journal of Economic Entomology 113, 1145 – 1151. (2020).

Increasing the resilience of ecological restoration to extreme climatic events

Zabin, C.J., Jurgens, L.J., Bible, J.M., Patten, M.V., Chang, A.L., Grosholz, E.D. and Boyer, K.E., 2022. Increasing the resilience of ecological restoration to extreme climatic events. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 20(5): 310–318, doi:10.1002/fee.2471

Hedging our bets for effective restoration

Svejcar, L.N., Davies, K.W. and Ritchie, A.L., 2023. Ecological restoration in the age of apocalypse. Global Change Biology. PDF

Integrated Monitoring and Information Systems for Managing Aquatic Invasive Species in a Changing Climate

Lee Ii H, Reusser DA, Olden JD, Smith SS, Graham J, Burkett V, Dukes JS, Piorkowski RJ, Mcphedran J. 2008. Integrated Monitoring and Information Systems for Managing Aquatic Invasive Species in a Changing Climate. Conservation Biology 22:575–584. PDF.

Fizzing out: Increasing CO2 levels diminish biocontrol of invasive tropical soda apple

Diaz, R., V. Manrique, Z. He, and W.A. Overholt. 2012. Effect of elevated CO2 on tropical soda apple and its biological control agent Gratiana boliviana (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Biocontrol Science and Technology 22: 763-776 PDF.

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.

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.

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

What managers want from invasive species research versus what they get

Matzek, V., Pujalet, M., & Cresci, S. (2015). What managers want from invasive species research versus what they get. Conservation Letters, 8(1), 33-40. PDF.

Management Efficacy and PolicyNortheast RISCCNovember 19, 2024

Classification of Non-Indigenous Species Based on Their Impacts: Considerations for Application in Marine Management

Ojaveer, H. et al. Classification of Non-Indigenous Species Based on Their Impacts: Considerations for Application in Marine Management. PLOS Biology 13, e1002130 (2015). PDF.

Herbicide effectiveness in controlling invasive plants under elevated CO2: Sufficient evidence to rethink weeds management

Waryszak, P., Lenz, T. I., Leishman, M. R., & Downey, P. O. (2018). Herbicide effectiveness in controlling invasive plants under elevated CO2: Sufficient evidence to Rethink weeds management. Journal of Environmental Management, 226, 400–407. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.08.050. (PDF)

Incorporating climate change into invasive species management: insights from managers

Beaury, E. M., Fusco, E. J., Jackson, M. R., Laginhas, B. B., Morelli, T. L., Allen, J. M., Pasquarella, V. J., Bradley, B. A. (2019). Incorporating climate change into invasive species management: insights from managers. Biol Invasions. doi: 10.1007/s10530-019-02087-6.

Management Efficacy and PolicyNortheast RISCCNovember 19, 2024Invasive species management

Management priorities for marine invasive species

Giakoumi, S., Katsanevakis, S., Albano, P. G., Azzurro, E., Cardoso, A. C., Cebrian, E., Deidun, A., Edelist, D., Francour, P., Jimenez, C., Mačić, V., Occhipinti-Ambrogi, A., Rilov, G., & Sghaier, Y. R. (2019). Management priorities for marine invasive species. Science of The Total Environment, 688, 976–982. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.06.282

Non-native marine fishes in Florida: Updated checklist, population status and early detection/rapid response

Schofield, P., & Akins, L. (2019). Non-native marine fishes in Florida: updated checklist, population status and early detection/rapid response. BioInvasions Records, 8(4), 898–910. https://doi.org/10.3391/bir.2019.8.4.18. PDF.

When misconceptions impede best practices: evidence supports biological control of invasive Phragmites

Blossey, B., Endriss, S.B., Casagrande, R., Häfliger, P., Hinz, H., Dávalos, A., Brown-Lima, C., Tewksbury, L, & Bourchier, R.S. (2020). When misconceptions impede best practices: evidence supports biological control of invasive Phragmites. Biological Invasions, 22, 872–883. PDF.

Searching for Research: Lack of species-specific information on effects of climate change on invasives

Gervais, J. A., Kovach, R., Sepulveda, A., Al-Chokhachy, R., Joseph Giersch, J., & Muhlfeld, C. C. (2020). Climate-induced expansions of invasive species in the Pacific Northwest, North America: A synthesis of observations and projections. Biological Invasions, 22(7), 2163–2183.

Species Distribution Models Reveal Present and Future Marine Invasion Hotspots

Lyons, D. A., J. B. Lowen, T. W. Therriault, D. Brickman, L. Guo, A. M. Moore, M. A. Peña, Z. Wang, and C. DiBacco. 2020. Identifying marine invasion hotspots using stacked species distribution models. Biological Invasions 22:3403–3423.

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