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Tag: climate change

New Publication on Islands and Invasive Species

A recent white paper, co-authored by Pacific RISA’s Laura Brewington and the U.S. Invasive Species Advisory Committee (ISAC) highlights the critical importance of islands to the United States, and the harmful impacts that invasive species have on them…. Read More

Advancing Climate Services for Food Production in Palau

This February, the Pacific RISA team traveled to Palau for a week to support the co-development of climate services and products that are locally relevant, impact-driven, support sector-based decision making, and to build local capacity to access and… Read More

Modeling Hawaiian Ecosystem Degradation due to Invasive Plants

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. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0095427 Summary Invasive plants that modify ecosystems can harm native biodiversity and… Read More

Increasing the resilience of ecological restoration to extreme climatic events

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. https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2471 Summary Extreme Climatic Events (ECEs) are rare, high-impact events such… Read More

Long-Lasting Habitat Conservation and Restoration in Hawaii’s Shifting Climate

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. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-018-1342-6 Summary Knowing how major vegetation types (biomes) might shift in a landscape as the climate… Read More

Invasive rat establishment following two hurricanes

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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e00986 Summary Small mammals, such as mice and… Read More

Effect of elevated CO2 on tropical soda apple and its biological control agent

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, 763-776. https://doi.org/10.1080/09583157.2012.688194 Summary Biological control agents can… Read More

Will extreme climatic events facilitate biological invasions?

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… Read More

Indigenous Peoples’ relational frameworks to invasive species management

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. https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10508 Summary Mainstream management approaches often focus on the… Read More

Thematic Assessment Report on Invasive Alien Species

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. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.743068… Read More