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.

Land of plenty (of introduced plants)

Bradley, Bethany A., Annette E. Evans, Helen R. Sofaer, Montserrat Vilà, David T. Barnett, Evelyn M. Beaury, Dana M. Blumenthal et al. "A Quantitative Classification of the Geography of Non‐Native Flora in the United States." Global Ecology and Biogeography 34, no. 4 (2025): e70041.

Under pressure: historic U.S. plant sales explain establishment but not invasion

Summary of Fertakos & Bradley (2024) “Propagule pressure from historic U.S. plant sales explains establishment but not invasion“

Novel PathwaysNortheast RISCCFebruary 11, 2025propagule pressure, Risk Assessment, Ornamental Plant Trade

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

Summary of Pfadenhauer & Bradley (2024) “Quantifying vulnerability to plant invasion across global ecosystems“

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

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.

Hitting snooze on sleeper species

O’Uhuru, A. C., Morelli, T. L., Evans, A. E., Salva, J. D., & Bradley, B. A. (2024). Identifying new invasive plants in the face of climate change: a focus on sleeper species. Biological Invasions, 1-13. PDF.

Have impacts, will travel - A database of invasive plants from around the world

Laginhas, B. B., and B. A. Bradley. 2022. Global plant invaders: a compendium of invasive plant taxa documented by the peer-reviewed literature. Ecology, 103(2):e03569. 10.1002/ecy.3569

Research Summaries