Research Summaries

Research summaries are short descriptions of research papers relevant for natural resources management that consider invasive species and climate change, including key take home points and practical implications. Sign up for the NE RISCC listserv to receive email updates of research summaries (sent every other Wednesday). Research summaries address NE RISCC’s goal of translating science for practice. For more in-depth syntheses, check out our Research to Practice papers.

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

Bradley, B.A., B.B. Laginhas, R. Whitlock, J.M. Allen, A.E. Bates, G. Bernatchez, J.M. Diez, R. Early, J. Lenoir, M. Vila, and C.J.B. Sorte, “Disentangling the abundance-impact relationship for invasive species”, 2019, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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

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

Range ExpansionNortheast RISCCNovember 19, 2024Climate change, Invasive plants, Hotspots, Species distribution model, Range Shift