When misconceptions impede best practices: evidence supports biological control of invasive Phragmites

Blossey, B., Endriss, S.B., Casagrande, R., Häfliger, P., Hinz, H., Dávalos, A., Brown-Lima, C., Tewksbury, L, & Bourchier, R.S. (2020). When misconceptions impede best practices: evidence supports biological control of invasive Phragmites. Biological Invasions, 22, 872–883. PDF.

Searching for Research: Lack of species-specific information on effects of climate change on invasives

Gervais, J. A., Kovach, R., Sepulveda, A., Al-Chokhachy, R., Joseph Giersch, J., & Muhlfeld, C. C. (2020). Climate-induced expansions of invasive species in the Pacific Northwest, North America: A synthesis of observations and projections. Biological Invasions, 22(7), 2163–2183.

Species Distribution Models Reveal Present and Future Marine Invasion Hotspots

Lyons, D. A., J. B. Lowen, T. W. Therriault, D. Brickman, L. Guo, A. M. Moore, M. A. Peña, Z. Wang, and C. DiBacco. 2020. Identifying marine invasion hotspots using stacked species distribution models. Biological Invasions 22:3403–3423.

Biocontrol of invasive weeds under climate change: progress, challenges and management

Sun, Y., Ding, J., Siemann, E. & Keller, S. R. (2020). Biocontrol of invasive weeds under climate change: progress, challenges and management. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 38:72-78. PDF.

Impact Study, Management Efficacy and PolicyNortheast RISCCNovember 19, 2024Review, Invasive Plant

Enabling decisions that make a difference: guidance for improving access to and analysis of invasive species information

Wallace, R. D., Bargeron, C. T. & Reaser, J. K. (2020). Enabling decisions that make a difference: guidance for improving access to and analysis of invasive species information. Biol Invasions, 22:37-45. PDF.

Impact Study, Management Efficacy and PolicyNortheast RISCCNovember 19, 2024Review, Invasive Plant

TIEing it together

Morelli, T.L., C.J. Brown-Lima, J.M. Allen, E.M. Beaury, E.J. Fusco, A. Barker-Plotkin, B.B. Laginhas, B. Quirion, B. Griffin, B. McLaughlin, L. Munro, N. Olmstead, J. Richburg, & B.A. Bradley. “Translational Invasion Ecology: Bridging research and practice to address one of the greatest threats to biodiversity,” Biological Invasions (2021)

Management Efficacy and PolicyNortheast RISCCNovember 19, 2024Northeast, Transitional ecology

Making Some Invasive Plant Lists and Checking Them Twice

Bradley, B.A., E.M. Beaury, E.J. Fusco, L. Munro, C. Brown-Lima, W. Coville, B. Kesler, N. Olmstead, and J. Parker, “Breaking down barriers to consistent, climate-smart risk assessments of invasive plants: a case study of US Northeast states”, 2022, Ecosphere, https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4014

The costs of inaction: Global invasive species spending reveals lack of proactive management

Cuthbert, R.N., Diagne, C., Hudgins, E.J., Turbelin, A., Ahmed, D.A., Albert, C., Bodey, T.W., Briski, E., Essl, F., Haubrock, P.J. and Gozlan, R.E., 2022. Biological invasion costs reveal insufficient proactive management worldwide. Science of The Total Environment, p.153404.

Management Efficacy and PolicyNortheast RISCCNovember 19, 2024Prevention, InvaCost, Global spending, Damage costs

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

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

lark, P. W., D'Amato, A. W., Palik, B. J., Woodall, C. W., Dubuque, P. A., Edge, G. J., ... & Zimmerman, C. L. (2023). A lack of ecological diversity in forest nurseries limits the achievement of tree-planting objectives in response to global change. BioScience, 73(8), 575-586. PDF

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

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