Hot Birds Disperse More Non-Native Seeds

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

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

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.

Yep, more invasives is not good - relationships between invader abundance and impact

Summary of Bradley et al. (2019) “Disentangling the abundance-impact relationship for invasive species“

Impact StudyNortheast RISCCMay 29, 2025Climate change, Invasive plants, Hotspots, Range Shift

Keeping grasslands grassy in a changing climate

Bois, S, C Neill, M Whittemore, L Champlin, K Beattie, R Hopping, J Karberg et al. Challenges, successes, and recommendations for management of coastal sandplain grasslands as regional biodiversity hotspots in the northeastern United States. Restoration Ecology (2023): e13928. PDF.

Range ExpansionNortheast RISCCNovember 19, 2024Climate change, sandplain grasslands, invasive species, Review

Hot and happy? The future of invasive plant abundance in the eastern U.S.

Evans AE., Jarnevich C., Beaury EM., Teich N., Engelstad P., LaRoe J., Bradley BA. Shifting hotspots: Climate change projected to drive contractions and expansions of invasive plant abundance habitats. (2024). Diversity and Distributions, 30, 41–54. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13787

Pest management in future climates: Warming reduces physical weed management effectiveness

Keller, J. A., & Shea, K. (2022). Pest management in future climates: Warming reduces physical weed management effectiveness. Ecological Applications, e2633.

‘Hungary’ for information on the interacting impacts of climate change and disturbance

Orbán et al. (2021). The role of disturbance in invasive plant establishment in a changing climate: insights from a drought experiment. Biological Invasions volume 23, pages 1877–1890 (2021). PDF.

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