Invader Relative Impact Potential: a new metric to understand and predict the ecological impacts of existing, emerging and future invasive alien species

JTA Dick, C Laverty, JJ Lennon… - Journal of Applied …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Predictions of the identities and ecological impacts of invasive alien species are critical for
risk assessment, but presently we lack universal and standardized metrics that reliably …

Warming can enhance invasion success through asymmetries in energetic performance

MR Penk, JM Jeschke, D Minchin… - Journal of Animal …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Both climate warming and biological invasions are prominent drivers of global
environmental change and it is important to determine how they interact. However, beyond …

Ecosystem‐level effects of a globally spreading invertebrate invader are not moderated by a functionally similar native

M Penk, K Irvine, I Donohue - Journal of Animal Ecology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Biological invasions are a key element of human‐induced global environmental change.
However, lack of knowledge of the indirect consequences of invasions, combined with poor …

Elevated temperatures interact with habitat quality to undermine survival of ectotherms in climatic refugia

M Penk, I Donohue, V Récoules… - Diversity and …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Large‐scale effects of climatic fluctuations can be masked by local microclimatic
variability, allowing species to retain fragments of their original ranges. However …

Life history timing, but not body size, of Mysis salemaai (Crustacea: Mysida) conserved across a trophic gradient at its southern distribution

MR Penk, I Donohue, D Minchin, K Irvine - Hydrobiologia, 2016 - Springer
The mysid shrimp Mysis salemaai is a key component of many lake food webs. However,
despite its strong declines in some systems, information on its life history is rudimental. We …