The Pacific Regional Invasive Species and Climate Change (Pacific RISCC) management network is affiliated with Pacific RISA through our invasive species and climate change project work. The Pacific RISCC team produces regular research summaries — short descriptions of research papers relevant for natural resources management — that consider how climate change and invasive species intersect, including key take home points and practical implications. Sign up for the Pacific RISCC listserv to receive email updates of research summaries that address our goal of translating science for practice.

Climate Extremes

Shiels, A.B., Ramírez de Arellano, G.E., & Shiels, L. (2022). Invasive rodent responses to experimental and natural hurricanes with implications for global climate change. Ecosphere, 13(12), e4307, 1-14

Zabin, C.J., Jurgens, L.J., Bible, J.M., et al. (2022). Increasing the resilience of ecological restoration to extreme climatic events. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 20(5), 310-318

Shiels, A.B., Lombard, C.D., Shiels, L., & Hillis-Starr, Z. (2020). Invasive rat establishment and changes in small mammal populations on Caribbean Islands following two hurricanes. Global Ecology and Conservation, 22, e00986

Diez J.M., D’Antonio C.M., Dukes J.S., Grosholz E.D., Olden J.D., Sorte C.J., Blumenthal D.M., Bradley B.A., Early R., Ibáñez I., Jones S.J., Lawler J.J., & Miller L.P. (2012). Will extreme climatic events facilitate biological invasions? Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 10(5), 249-257

Management Efficacy and Policy

Brewington, L.B., Rodgers, L., Greenwood, L. (2024). Recommendations for incorporating invasive species into U.S. climate change adaptation planning and policy. Conservation Science and Practice, 2024:e13210 , 1-12

IPBES (2023). Thematic Assessment Report on Invasive Alien Species and their Control of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. Roy, H. E., Pauchard, A., Stoett, P., and Renard Truong, T. (eds.). IPBES secretariat, Bonn, Germany

Wehi, P.M., Kamelamela, K.L., Whyte K., Watene, K., Reo N. (2023). Contribution of Indigenous Peoples’ understandings and relational frameworks to invasive alien species management. People and Nature, 5(5), 1403-1414

Impact Studies

IPBES (2023). Thematic Assessment Report on Invasive Alien Species and their Control of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. Roy, H. E., Pauchard, A., Stoett, P., and Renard Truong, T. (eds.). IPBES secretariat, Bonn, Germany

Turbelin A.J., Cuthbert R.N., Essl F., et al. (2023). Biological invasions are as costly as natural hazards. Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation, 21(2), 143-150

Vorsino, A.E., Fortini, L.B., Amidon, F.A., et al. (2014). Modeling Hawaiian ecosystem degradation due to invasive plants under current and future climates. PLOS One, 9(5), 1-18

Sugiura, S. (2009). Seasonal fluctuation of invasive flatworm predation pressure on land snails: Implications for the range expansion and impacts of invasive species. Biological Conservation, 142, 3013-3019

Range Expansion

Taylor, S., & Kumar, L. (2016). Will climate change impact the potential distribution of a native vine (Merremia peltata) which is behaving invasively in the Pacific region? Ecology and Evolution, 6(3), 742-754

Taylor, S. & Kumar, L. (2014). Climate change and weed impacts on small island ecosystems: Lantana camara L. (Magnoliopside: Verbenaceae) distribution in Fiji. Pacific Science, 68(1), 117-133

Angelo, C.L. and Daehler, C.C. (2012). Upward expansion of fire-adapted grasses along a warming tropical elevation gradient. Ecography, 36, 551-559

Sugiura, S. (2009). Seasonal fluctuation of invasive flatworm predation pressure on land snails: Implications for the range expansion and impacts of invasive species. Biological Conservation, 142, 3013-3019

Climate-Smart Restoration and Assisted Migration

Langhammer, Penny F., Bull, J.W., Bicknell, J.E., et al. (2024) The positive impact of conservation action, Science 384, 453-458

Colberg, E.M., Morelli, T.L., Brown-Lima, C.J. (2024). Guidelines for Climate-Smart Invasive Species Management for the Northeast. Northeast RISCC Management Network

Zabin, C.J., Jurgens, L.J., Bible, J.M., et al. (2022). Increasing the resilience of ecological restoration to extreme climatic events. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 20(5), 310-318

Fortini, L.B., Jacobi, J.D. (2018). Identifying opportunities for long-lasting habitat conservation and restoration in Hawaii’s shifting climate, Regional Environmental Change, 18, 2391-2402

Novel Invasion Pathways

Shiels, A.B., Ramírez de Arellano, G.E., & Shiels, L. (2022). Invasive rodent responses to experimental and natural hurricanes with implications for global climate change. Ecosphere, 13(12), e4307, 1-14

Shiels, A.B., Lombard, C.D., Shiels, L., & Hillis-Starr, Z. (2020). Invasive rat establishment and changes in small mammal populations on Caribbean Islands following two hurricanes. Global Ecology and Conservation, 22, e00986

Diez J.M., D’Antonio C.M., Dukes J.S., Grosholz E.D., Olden J.D., Sorte C.J., Blumenthal D.M., Bradley B.A., Early R., Ibáñez I., Jones S.J., Lawler J.J., & Miller L.P. (2012). Will extreme climatic events facilitate biological invasions? Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 10(5), 249-257

Changing Biotic Interactions (Competitiveness)

Potter K.M., Giardina C., Hughes R.F., Cordell S., Kuegler O., Koch A., & Yuen E. (2023). How invaded are Hawaiian forests? Non-native understory tree dominance signals potential canopy replacement. Landscape Ecology, 38, 3903–3923

Diaz, R., Manrique, V., He, Z., Overholt, W.A. (2012). Effect of elevated CO2 on tropical soda apple and its biological control agent Gratiana boliviana (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Biocontrol Science and Technology 22, 763-77

Header image: Many of Hawaiʻi’s endemic forest bird species are at risk of extinction due to diseases transmitted by invasive mosquitos, which are forcing the birds to the last remaining disease-free habitats as the climate warms. Image credit: Hawaii Conservation Alliance