(Not So) Great Expectations: Vulnerability to plant invasion worldwide is higher than previously estimated

Pfadenhauer, WG, Bradley BA (2024) Quantifying vulnerability to plant invasion across global ecosystems. Ecological Applications.

Management Efficacy and PolicyNortheast RISCCFebruary 11, 2025Invasive plants, Risk Assessment

Disentangling a Knotty Problem

Jones, D., Bruce, G., Fowler, M.S. et al. Optimising physiochemical control of invasive Japanese knotweed. Biol Invasions 20, 2091–2105 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-018-1684-5

More barbs in more places, that’s the power of AT&T(histle)

Zhang, R., Post, E. & Shea, K. Warming leads to divergent responses but similarly improved performance of two invasive thistles. Popul Ecol 54, 583–589 (2012).

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

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

Fizzing out: Increasing CO2 levels diminish biocontrol of invasive tropical soda apple

Diaz, R., V. Manrique, Z. He, and W.A. Overholt. 2012. Effect of elevated CO2 on tropical soda apple and its biological control agent Gratiana boliviana (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Biocontrol Science and Technology 22: 763-776 PDF.

Remember your roots (if you’re an invasive plant, that is)

Pfadenhauer, W. G., Nelson, M. F., Laginhas, B. B., & Bradley, B. A. (2023). Remember your roots: Biogeographic properties of plants' native habitats can inform invasive plant risk assessments. Diversity and Distributions, 29(1): 4–18.

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