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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. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-023-01662-6 Summary The Hawaiian Islands… Read More
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Angelo, C.L. and Daehler, C.C. (2012). Upward expansion of fire-adapted grasses along a warming tropical elevation gradient. Ecography, 36, 551-559. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0587.2012.07754.x Summary Wildfires in Hawaiʻi have increased in size and frequency over the last 100 years fueled largely by invasive… Read More
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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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pecon.2023.03.002 Summary The authors utilized global and regional damage cost data (i.e., reported economic losses) for invasive… Read More
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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. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1915 Summary Merremia peltata (M. peltata) is a woody vine… Read More
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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. https://doi.org/10.2984/68.1.11 Summary Island ecosystems in the Pacific are particularly vulnerable to… Read More
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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. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4307 Summary Tropical storms (hurricanes/typhoons) are expected to increase in severity… Read More
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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. https://www.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2009.07.032 Summary Platydemus manokwari is a large predatory flatworm that was… Read More
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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. https://doi.org/10.7298/2nqt-1s83 Summary Climate change and invasive species pose challenges to the planning and implementation of ecosystem management and… Read More
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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. https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.13210 Summary A subcommittee of the Invasive Species Advisory Committee (ISAC) conducted… Read More
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Langhammer, Penny F., Bull, J.W., Bicknell, J.E., et al. (2024) The positive impact of conservation action. Science, 384, 453-458. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adj6598 Summary The authors conducted a global meta-analysis of 186 studies dating back to 1890 which included 665 trials to… Read More
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How invaded are Hawaiian forests?
Updated on November 11, 2024 by Laura Brewington
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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. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-023-01662-6 Summary The Hawaiian Islands… Read More
Category: Projects Tags: climate change, Hawaii, invasive species
Upward expansion of fire-adapted grasses along a warming tropical elevation gradient
Updated on November 11, 2024 by Laura Brewington
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Angelo, C.L. and Daehler, C.C. (2012). Upward expansion of fire-adapted grasses along a warming tropical elevation gradient. Ecography, 36, 551-559. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0587.2012.07754.x Summary Wildfires in Hawaiʻi have increased in size and frequency over the last 100 years fueled largely by invasive… Read More
Category: Projects Tags: climate change, Hawaii, invasive species
Biological invasions are as costly as natural hazards
Updated on November 11, 2024 by Laura Brewington
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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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pecon.2023.03.002 Summary The authors utilized global and regional damage cost data (i.e., reported economic losses) for invasive… Read More
Category: Projects Tags: climate change, invasive species, policy
Will climate change impact the potential distribution of a native vine?
Updated on November 11, 2024 by Laura Brewington
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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. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1915 Summary Merremia peltata (M. peltata) is a woody vine… Read More
Category: Projects Tags: climate, invasive species, Pacific Islands
Climate change and weed impacts on small island ecosystems
Updated on November 11, 2024 by Laura Brewington
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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. https://doi.org/10.2984/68.1.11 Summary Island ecosystems in the Pacific are particularly vulnerable to… Read More
Category: Projects Tags: climate change, invasive species, Pacific Islands
Invasive rodent responses to experimental and natural hurricanes
Updated on November 11, 2024 by Laura Brewington
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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. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4307 Summary Tropical storms (hurricanes/typhoons) are expected to increase in severity… Read More
Category: Projects Tags: climate change, extreme events, invasive species
Seasonal fluctuation of invasive flatworm predation pressure on land snails
Updated on November 11, 2024 by Laura Brewington
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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. https://www.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2009.07.032 Summary Platydemus manokwari is a large predatory flatworm that was… Read More
Category: Projects Tags: climate change, invasive species, Pacific Islands
Guidelines for Climate-Smart Invasive Species Management for the Northeast
Updated on November 11, 2024 by Laura Brewington
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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. https://doi.org/10.7298/2nqt-1s83 Summary Climate change and invasive species pose challenges to the planning and implementation of ecosystem management and… Read More
Category: Projects Tags: climate change, invasive species
Incorporating Invasive Species into Climate Change Adaptation Planning and Policy
Updated on November 11, 2024 by Laura Brewington
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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. https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.13210 Summary A subcommittee of the Invasive Species Advisory Committee (ISAC) conducted… Read More
Category: Projects Tags: Climate adaptation, climate change, invasive species, policy
The Positive Impact of Conservation Action
Updated on November 11, 2024 by Laura Brewington
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Langhammer, Penny F., Bull, J.W., Bicknell, J.E., et al. (2024) The positive impact of conservation action. Science, 384, 453-458. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adj6598 Summary The authors conducted a global meta-analysis of 186 studies dating back to 1890 which included 665 trials to… Read More
Category: Projects Tags: climate change, conservation, invasive species
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