Climatic niche shifts in introduced species

OK Bates, C Bertelsmeier - Current Biology, 2021 - cell.com
Predictions of future biological invasions often rely on the assumption that introduced
species establish only under climatic conditions similar to those in their native range. To …

Progress on mechanisms and impacts of wetland plant invasions: a twenty-year retrospective analysis and priorities for the next twenty

SM Hovick, CR Adams, NO Anderson… - Critical Reviews in …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Invasive plants are ubiquitous features of many wetland systems, resulting in impacts that
are extremely costly in both economic and ecological terms. Approximately twenty years …

Global Invasion of Lantana camara: Has the Climatic Niche Been Conserved across Continents?

E Goncalves, I Herrera, M Duarte, RO Bustamante… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Lantana camara, a native plant from tropical America, is considered one of the most harmful
invasive species worldwide. Several studies have identified potentially invasible areas …

Potential distributional shifts in North America of allelopathic invasive plant species under climate change models

A Wang, AE Melton, DE Soltis, PS Soltis - Plant diversity, 2022 - Elsevier
Predictive studies play a crucial role in the study of biological invasions of terrestrial plants
under possible climate change scenarios. Invasive species are recognized for their ability to …

Seeking the flowers for the bees: integrating biotic interactions into niche models to assess the distribution of the exotic bee species Lithurgus huberi in South America

DP Silva, VH Gonzalez, GAR Melo, M Lucia… - Ecological …, 2014 - Elsevier
The wood-boring bee Lithurgus huberi Ducke (Apidae: Megachilinae: Lithurgini) is arguably
an exotic species to South America. This solitary bee is the only representative in the …

[HTML][HTML] Are invasive populations characterized by a broader diet than native populations?

J Courant, S Vogt, R Marques, J Measey, J Secondi… - PeerJ, 2017 - peerj.com
Background Invasive species are among the most significant threats to biodiversity. The diet
of invasive animal populations is a crucial factor that must be considered in the context of …

Invasion lags: The stories we tell ourselves and our inability to infer process from pattern

SR Coutts, KJ Helmstedt… - Diversity and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Many alien species experience a lag phase between arriving in a region and becoming
invasive, which can provide a valuable window of opportunity for management. Our ability to …

Using Global and Regional Species Distribution Models (SDM) to Infer the Invasive Stage of Latrodectus geometricus (Araneae: Theridiidae) in the Americas

A Taucare-Ríos, G Bizama… - Environmental …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The brown widow spider, Latrodectus geometricus, is a large spider of the family Theridiidae
that belongs to a genus of medical interest owing to its potent neurotoxic venom, which …

Winter climate change and the poleward range expansion of a tropical invasive tree (Brazilian pepper—Schinus terebinthifolius)

MJ Osland, LC Feher - Global Change Biology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Winter climate change is expected to lead to the tropicalization of temperate ecosystems,
where tropical species expand poleward in response to a decrease in the intensity and …

Ecological Niche Modeling of Bacillus anthracis on Three Continents: Evidence for Genetic-Ecological Divergence?

JC Mullins, G Garofolo, M Van Ert, A Fasanella… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
We modeled the ecological niche of a globally successful Bacillus anthracis sublineage in
the United States, Italy and Kazakhstan to better understand the geographic distribution of …