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

RISCC brings rewards: Participating in NE RISCC increases knowledge and action on invasive species and climate change

Evans, A. E., Colberg, E. M., Allen, J. M., Beaury, E. M., Brown‐Lima, C., Morelli, T. L., & Bradley, B. A. (2024). Boundary spanning increases knowledge and action on invasive species in a changing climate. Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 5(4), e12387.

Climate ChangeNortheast RISCCNovember 4, 2025Climate change, Invasive species management, Transitional ecology, boundary spanning, knowledge gaps, RISCC participation

Shake what your mama gave you - increased native hybridization with climate change

Gallego-Tévar, B., Infante-Izquierdo, M. D., Figueroa, E., Nieva, F. J., Muñoz-Rodríguez, A. F., Grewell, B. J., & Castillo, J. M. (2019). Some like it hot: Maternal-switching with climate change modifies formation of invasive Spartina hybrids.

Climate ChangeNortheast RISCCNovember 19, 2024Hybridization, Range Distribution, Spartina Maritima, Spartina Densiflora

Are some weeds sleeping? Some concepts and reasons

Groves, R. H. (2006). Are some weeds sleeping? Some concepts and reasons. Euphytica, 148(1-2), 111-120. PDF.

Climate Change, Climate Extremes, CompetitivenessNortheast RISCCNovember 19, 2024Shifting Seasons, Observation, Invasive Plant, Terrestrial Habitat

The frying pan and the fire: Megadisturbances are threatening the resilience of forest ecosystems to climate change

Millar, C.I., and Stephenson, N.L. Temperate forest health in an era of emerging megadisturbances. Science 349, 6250. 823 – 826. (2015). PDF

Climate Change, Climate Extremes, Impact StudyNortheast RISCCNovember 19, 2024Megadisturbance, Forest Ecosystem Health

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

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

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

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