Native Plants, Plant Movement, and Climate Change Comic (K-5)

Nuhfer, T. (2026). Native Plants, Plant Movement, and Climate Change Comic (K-5). ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. https://doi.org/10.7275/2ns2-b381

Climate ChangeBethany BradleyAugust 26, 2026Invasive plants, native plants, human-mediated dispersal, Climate change

More Grasses More Fires: Invasive grasses increase fire occurrence and frequency across US ecoregions

E.J. Fusco, J.T. Finn, J.K. Balch, R.C. Nagy, & B.A. Bradley, Invasive grasses increase fire occurrence and frequency across US ecoregions, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 116 (47) 23594-23599, (2019).

Impact StudyBethany BradleyAugust 19, 2026Plants, Invasive plants, Terrestrial Habitat, invasive species

Hot Birds Disperse More Non-Native Seeds

Deshpande, P., Johansson, N., Kluen, E., Lehikoinen, A., & Thorogood, R. (2024). Changing bird migration patterns have potential to enhance dispersal of alien plants from urban centres. Global Change Biology, 30(11), e17572. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17572

Climate Change, Phenology (Shifting Seasons)Northeast RISCCJuly 29, 2026Invasive plants, phenology, frugivory, migratory birds, seed dispersal, urban ecology, Climate change, sleeper species

A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall

Colleran, B. P., & Goodall, K. E. (2014). In Situ Growth and Rapid Response Management of Flood-Dispersed Japanese Knotweed (Fallopia japonica). Invasive Plant Science and Management, 7(1), 84-92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1614/IPSM-D-13-00027.1

Assisted Migration and Climate-Smart RestorationNortheast RISCCJuly 1, 2026Climate change, Knotweed

Wind, Waves, and Weeds: Hurricanes facilitate the spread of an invasive grass

Bhattarai, G. P., & Cronin, J. T. (2014). Hurricane activity and the large-scale pattern of spread of an invasive plant species. PloS one, 9(5), e98478. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0098478

Climate Extremes, Management Efficacy and PolicyNortheast RISCCMay 19, 2026Climate extremes, Management efficacy, Phragmites australis, wetlands, Hurricane, spread, atlantic and gulf coasts

Down but not out: Recovery and growth differences between native and non-native marine algae

Kraemer, G., Yarish, C., Kim, J. K., Zhang, H., & Lin, S. (2017). Life history interactions between the red algae Chondrus crispus (Gigartinales) and Grateloupia turuturu (Halymeniales) in a changing global environment. Phycologia, 56(2), 176-185. https://doi.org/10.2216/16-72.1

Climate Extremes, Range ExpansionNortheast RISCCMay 19, 2026Climate extremes, range expansion, Changing Biotic Interactions, chondrus crispus, grateloupia toruturu, Long Island Sound, Conneticut, Macroalgal species richness, Hurricane

Mitigated Disasters

Falk, B., Diaz-Soltero, H., Fisher, J., Heimowitz, P., Kerkering, H., Marineau, J., Martin, A., Mazurek, M.J., Mclaughlin, S., Mueller, A, Potosnak, R., Progar, R., Smith, H., Smith, T., Wellock, J., Whitlock, J., “How to Reduce the Risks of Introducing and Spreading Invasive Species in a Major Disaster”, Report for the Department of Interior National Invasive Species Council (NISC) 2024

Climate ExtremesNortheast RISCCMay 19, 2026Climate extremes

When Species Drift Our Terms Must Shift

Fusco, Emily J., Bryan G. Falk, Paul J. Heimowitz, Deah Lieurance, Elliott W. Parsons, Cait M. Rottler, Lindsey L. Thurman, and Annette E. Evans. "The emerging invasive species and climate-change lexicon." Trends in Ecology & Evolution (2024).

CompetitivenessNortheast RISCCMarch 31, 2026range expansion, Changing Biotic Interactions, Competitiveness, terminology, framework

Pathway Peril: Climate Change Will Increase Invasion Vulnerability in Protected Areas

Lieurance, D., Canavan, S., Faulkner, K.T., O’Shaughnessy, K.A., Lockwood, J.L., Parsons, E.W., Avery, J.D. and Daniel, W., 2025. Understanding and managing introduction pathways into protected areas in a changing climate. Biological Invasions, 27(2), p.74.. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-025-03534-3

Climate Change, Management Efficacy and PolicyNortheast RISCCMarch 3, 2026adaptive biosecurity, Climate change, primary and secondary pathways, global biodiversity framework, management prioritization

Biocontrol and Climate Change

Evans, A.E., W.G. Pfadenhauer, D.M. Buonaiuto, M.E. Fertakos, C.J. Brown-Lima, T.L. Morelli. 2025. The future of biocontrol in the Anthropocene: A review of climate change impacts on biocontrol agents and their targets. Ecological Applications, 35, e70088.

Management Efficacy and PolicyNortheast RISCCFebruary 24, 2026Management efficacy, Changing Biotic Interactions, Biological control, Biocontrol, Meta-analysis, temperature effects

Borered to death: EAB invasion likely in all northeastern counties by 2030

Ward, Samuel F., Songlin Fei, and Andrew M. Liebhold. 2020. “Temporal Dynamics and Drivers of Landscape-Level Spread by Emerald Ash Borer.” Journal of Applied Ecology 57 (6): 1020–30.

Range ExpansionNortheast RISCCFebruary 10, 2026range expansion, Emerald Ash Borer, human-mediated dispersal

Two trees diverged in a wood and that made all the difference (for insect impacts)

Mech, A. M., Thomas, K. A., Marsico, T. D., Herms, D. A., Allen, C. R., Ayres, M. P., ... & Tobin, P. C. (2019). Evolutionary history predicts high‐impact invasions by herbivorous insects. Ecology and evolution, 9(21), 12216-12230.