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

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.

Range Expansion, Climate Change, Management Efficacy and PolicyNortheast RISCCNovember 19, 2024Terrestrial Aquatic, Pacific Northwest

The natives are restless, but not often and mostly when disturbed

Simberloff, D., Souza, L., Nunez, M. A., Barrios-Garcia, M. N., & Bunn, W. (2012). The natives are restless, but not often and mostly when disturbed. Ecology, 93(3), 598-607. PDF.

Range Expansion, Assisted Migration and Climate-Smart RestorationNortheast RISCCNovember 19, 2024Review, Invasive Plant

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

Shifting to subtidal sea squirts – marine community transformation under climate change

Dijkstra, Jennifer A., Erica L. Westerman, and Larry G. Harris. “The Effects of Climate Change on Species Composition, Succession and Phenology: A Case Study.” Global Change Biology 17, no. 7 (2011): 2360–69. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02371.x.

Range Expansion, Impact Study, Phenology (Shifting Seasons)Northeast RISCCNovember 19, 2024Tunicates, Sea Squirts

Evidence does not support the targeting of cryptic invaders at the subspecies level using classical biological control: the example of Phragmites.

Kiviat, E. et al. (2019). Evidence does not support the targeting of cryptic invaders at the subspecies level using classical biological control: the example of Phragmites. Biol Invasions 21, 2529–2541. PDF

Impact Study, Range ExpansionNortheast RISCCNovember 19, 2024Ecosystem services, Herbivory, Host Switching, Invasive species, Non-target impacts of biocontrol, Phragmites australis

99 Problems but a niche ain’t one - invasives inhabit the same geography at home and abroad

Liu, C., Wolter, C., Xian, W. and Jeschke, J.M., 2020. Most invasive species largely conserve their climatic niche. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(38), pp.23643-23651. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2004289117

Impact Study, Range ExpansionNortheast RISCCNovember 19, 2024Meta-analysis, Species distribution models (SDMs), Niche conservatism

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