Research Summary: Northern Exposure - a dirty (two) dozen high-impact invasive plants headed our way

Coville, W., Griffin, B.J. and Bradley, B.A., Identifying high-impact invasive plants likely to shift into northern New England with climate change. Invasive Plant Science and Management, 2021

How well do SDMs predict occurrences in exotic ranges?

Nguyen, D. and B. Leung. 2022. How well do species distribution models predict occurrences in exotic ranges? Global Ecology and Biogeography 31(6): 1051-1065.

Don’t you know that you’re toxic? Allelopathic invasive plants expanding in the Northeast with climate change

Wang, A., Melton, A.E., Soltis, D.E. and Soltis, P.S., 2022. Potential distributional shifts in North America of allelopathic invasive plant species under climate change models. Plant diversity, 44(1), pp.11-19

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

Supporting Species Translocations: From Historic Ranges to Suitable Ecosystems

Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service. 2023 Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants: Designation of Experimental Populations. 50 CFR Part 17. Federal Register Vol. 88, No. 126 Rules and Regulations. PDF

Getting to the (data) point

Fusco, E.J., Beaury, E.M., Bradley, B.A. et al. The invasive plant data landscape: a synthesis of spatial data and applications for research and management in the United States. Landsc Ecol (2023)

Northeast RISCCNovember 19, 2024occurrences, spatial, Invasive Plant, Distribution Data

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

High-impact invasive plants expanding into mid-Atlantic states

Salva, J.D., and B.A. Bradley, 2023 “High-impact invasive plants expanding into Mid-Atlantic states - Identifying priority range-shifting species for monitoring in light of climate change”, Invasive Plant Science & Management

Range Expansion, Impact StudyNortheast RISCCNovember 19, 2024Invasive Plant

Ornamental invaders are too close for comfort

Beaury, E. M., Allen, J. M., Evans, A. E., Fertakos, M. E., Pfadenhauer, W. G., & Bradley, B. A. (2023). Horticulture could facilitate invasive plant range infilling and range expansion with climate change. BioScience, 73(9), 635-642.

Range ExpansionNortheast RISCCNovember 19, 2024horticulture, ornamental plant, range expansion, Invasive Plant

You take the high road and they’ll take the low road, but non-natives will get there afore ye

Bradley BA, Beaury EM, Gallardo B, Ibáñez I, Jarnevich C, Morelli TL, Sofaer HR, Sorte CJB, Vilà M (2024) Observed and Potential Range Shifts of Native and Nonnative Species with Climate Change. Annual Reviews in Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics PDF

Acclimation effects on thermal tolerances of springtails from sub-Antarctic Marion Island: indigenous and invasive species

Slabber, S., Worland, M. R., Leinaas, H. P., & Chown, S. L. (2007). Acclimation effects on thermal tolerances of springtails from sub-Antarctic Marion Island: indigenous and invasive species. Journal of Insect Physiology, 53(2), 113-125. PDF.

CompetitivenessNortheast RISCCNovember 19, 2024Experiment, Invasive Invertebrate, Terrestrial Habitat

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.

Hot and hungry: Climate warming increases overwintering survival and enhances herbivory of alligator weed flea beetles.

Lu, X., Siemann, E., Shao, X., Wei, H., & Ding, J. (2013). Climate warming affects biological invasions by shifting interactions of plants and herbivores. Global change biology, 19(8), 2339-2347. PDF.

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.

The right place in the night time - Nighttime warming affects relative growth of native versus invasive plants

Su, J.-Q., Han, X., & Chen, B.-M. (2021). Do day and night warming exert different effects on growth and competitive interaction between invasive and native plants? Biological Invasions, 23(1), 157–166.

Insects & pathogens eat into our (carbon) savings

Quirion BR, Domke GM, Walters BF, Lovett GM, Fargione JE, Greenwood L, et al. (2021). Insect and Disease Disturbances Correlate With Reduced Carbon Sequestration in Forests of the Contiguous United States. Front For Glob Chang. 4:1–10. PDF.

Colliding Forces: Climate Change, Land-Use, and Invasions Fuel Insect Loss

Gossner MM, Menzel F, Simons NK. 2023. Less overall, but more of the same: drivers of insect population trends lead to community homogenization. Biology Letters 19: 20230007. Open access article.

Competitiveness, Climate ChangeNortheast RISCCNovember 19, 2024Native Insects, Land Use Change, Invasive Species

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.

What’s on the menu? Climate-smart invasive species management!

E.M. Colberg, T.L. Morelli, & C.J. Brown-Lima (2024). Guidelines for Climate-Smart Invasive Species Management for the Northeast. NE RISCC Management Network. https://doi.org/10.7298/2nqt-1s83

What managers want from invasive species research versus what they get

Matzek, V., Pujalet, M., & Cresci, S. (2015). What managers want from invasive species research versus what they get. Conservation Letters, 8(1), 33-40. PDF.

Management Efficacy and PolicyNortheast RISCCNovember 19, 2024

Research Summaries