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.

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.

What’s our policy? Include climate change!

Bradley, B.A., Beaury, E.M., Fusco, E.J. and Lopez, B.E., 2023. Invasive Species Policy Must Embrace a Changing Climate. BioScience.

Management Efficacy and PolicyNortheast RISCCNovember 19, 2024Management, Restoration, Review, Policy, Range Shifts

We are family: close relatives of invasives species are more likely to be invasive themselves

Buonaiuto, D. M., Evans, A. E., Fertakos, M. E., Pfadenhauer, W., Salva, J., & Bradley, B. A. (2023). Phylogenetic relationships of invasive plants are useful criteria for weed risk assessments. Conservation Letters, e12979. PDF

When Policies Collide: The Landscape of Invasive Species Regulations

Reed, E. M. X., Cathey, S., Braswell, C., Agarwal, P., Barney, J. N., Brown, B. L., Heminger, A., Kianmehr, A., Salom, S., Schenk, T., Sharma, G., & Haak, D. C. (2023). The state of play in invasive species policy: Insights from invasive species laws and regulations in 21 US states. Bioscience. PDF.

Northeast RISCCNovember 19, 2024Invasive aquatic, State regulation, Policy, Prioritization, Invasive Plant

The natives are restless, but not often and mostly when disturbed

Simberloff, D., Souza, L., Nunez, M. A., Barrios-Garcia, M. N., & Bunn, W. (2012). The natives are restless, but not often and mostly when disturbed. Ecology, 93(3), 598-607. PDF.

Go big to help species go home

Von Holle, B., Yelenik, S., & Gornish, E. S. (2020). Restoration at the landscape scale as a means of mitigation and adaptation to climate change. Current Landscape Ecology Reports, 5, 85-97. PDF.

Assisted Migration and Climate-Smart RestorationNortheast RISCCNovember 19, 2024

Rethinking “locals-only” practice in grassland restoration

McKone, M.J. and Hernández, D.L. (2021), Community-level assisted migration for climate-appropriate prairie restoration. Restoration Ecology, 29: e13416. PDF.

When Trees Aren’t the Answer: Tree Invasions Not Recommended to Mitigate Climate Change

Nuñez et al. 2021. Should tree invasions be used in treeless ecosystems to mitigate climate change? Frontiers in Ecology & Environment. PDF.

Sourcing the seeds of the future

Vitt, P., J. Finch, R.S. Barak, A. Braum, S. Frischie, and I. Redlinski. 2022. Seed sourcing strategies for ecological restoration under climate change: A review of the current literature. Frontiers in Conservation Science 3: 1-16. PDF.

Not seeing future forests for lack of trees

Summary of Clark et al. 2023 “A lack of ecological diversity in forest nurseries limits the achievement of tree-planting objectives in response to global change“

Assisted Migration and Climate-Smart RestorationNortheast RISCCNovember 19, 2024forestry

Establishment and control of hay-scented fern: a native invasive species

Cretaz, L. & Kelty, M. J. (1999). Establishment and control of hay-scented fern: a native invasive species. Biological Invasions, 1(2-3), 223-236. PDF.

The aliens have landed! What are the justifications for ‘native only’ policies in landscape plantings?

Kendle, A. D., & Rose, J. E. (2000). The aliens have landed! What are the justifications for ‘native only’ policies in landscape plantings?. Landscape and urban planning, 47(1-2), 19-31. PDF.

Impact StudyNortheast RISCCNovember 19, 2024Review, Invasive Plant, Terrestrial Habitat

Changes in biomass and root: shoot ratio of field-grown Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense), a noxious, invasive weed, with elevated CO2: implications for control with glyphosate

Ziska, L. H., Faulkner, S., & Lydon, J. (2004). Changes in biomass and root: shoot ratio of field-grown Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense), a noxious, invasive weed, with elevated CO2: implications for control with glyphosate. Weed Science, 52(4), 584-588. PDF.

Do alien plants reduce insect biomass?

Tallamy, D. W. (2004). Do alien plants reduce insect biomass?. Conservation Biology, 18(6), 1689-1692. PDF.

Impact StudyNortheast RISCCNovember 19, 2024Review, Invasive Plant

Restoration tradeoff: expanding native grasslands vs. increasing invasive cover

Von Holle. B. and G. Motzkin. 2007. Historical land use and environmental determinants of nonnative plant distribution in coastal southern New England. Biological Conservation 136:33-43. PDF.

Synergies among extinction drivers under global change

Brook, B. W., Sodhi, N. S., & Bradshaw, C. J. (2008). Synergies among extinction drivers under global change. Trends in ecology & evolution, 23(8), 453-460. PDF.

Impact StudyNortheast RISCCNovember 19, 2024Meta-analysis

Impact of native plants on bird and butterfly biodiversity in suburban landscapes

Burghardt, K. T., Tallamy, D. W., & Gregory Shriver, W. (2009). Impact of native plants on bird and butterfly biodiversity in suburban landscapes. Conservation Biology, 23(1), 219-224. PDF.

Impact StudyNortheast RISCCNovember 19, 2024Observation, Invasive Plant, Terrestrial Habitat

Shifting to subtidal sea squirts – marine community transformation under climate change

Dijkstra, Jennifer A., Erica L. Westerman, and Larry G. Harris. “The Effects of Climate Change on Species Composition, Succession and Phenology: A Case Study.” Global Change Biology 17, no. 7 (2011): 2360–69. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02371.x.

Range Expansion, Impact Study, Phenology (Shifting Seasons)Northeast RISCCNovember 19, 2024Tunicates, Sea Squirts

Global change global trade, and the next wave of plant invasions

Bradley, B.A., Blumenthal, D.M., Early, R., Grosholz, E.D., Lawler, J.J., Miller, L.P., Sorte, C.J., D'Antonio, C.M., Diez, J.M., Dukes, J.S. and Ibanez, I., 2012. Global change, global trade, and the next wave of plant invasions. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 10(1), pp.20-28. PDF

Novel PathwaysNortheast RISCCNovember 19, 2024Review, Invasive Plant, Terrestrial Habitat

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