Quantifying vulnerability to plant invasion across global ecosystems

WG Pfadenhauer, BA Bradley - Ecological Applications, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The widely referenced “tens rule” in invasion ecology suggests that approximately 10% of
established, non‐native species will become invasive. However, the accuracy of this …

Invaders at the doorstep: Using species distribution modeling to enhance invasive plant watch lists

C Jarnevich, P Engelstad, J LaRoe, B Hays… - Ecological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Watch lists of invasive species that threaten a particular land management unit are useful
tools because they can draw attention to invasive species at the very early stages of …

Horticulture could facilitate invasive plant range infilling and range expansion with climate change

EM Beaury, JM Allen, AE Evans, ME Fertakos… - …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Invasive plants are often sold as ornamental garden plants, but how often are species sold
in the same locations as where they are invasive? To answer this question, we assessed the …

Shifting hotspots: Climate change projected to drive contractions and expansions of invasive plant abundance habitats

AE Evans, CS Jarnevich, EM Beaury… - Diversity and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Preventing the spread of range‐shifting invasive species is a top priority for mitigating
the impacts of climate change. Invasive plants become abundant and cause negative …

Invasive species policy must embrace a changing climate

BA Bradley, EM Beaury, EJ Fusco, BE Lopez - BioScience, 2023 - academic.oup.com
With increasing impacts of climate change observed across ecosystems, there is an urgent
need to consider climate change in all future environmental policy. But existing policy and …

Agronomic non‐native species are overrepresented across habitat types in central Canada

RA Murillo, R Pätsch, V Wagner - Journal of Applied Ecology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In response to non‐native plant invasions, many governments have established noxious
weed lists to control and eradicate introduced invasive plants. However, invasive agronomic …

Breaking down barriers to consistent, climate‐smart regulation of invasive plants: A case study of US Northeast states

BA Bradley, EM Beaury, EJ Fusco, L Munro… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Efforts to prevent the introduction and spread of new invasive plants are most effective when
regulated species are consistent across jurisdictional boundaries and proactively prohibit …

The state of play in invasive species policy: Insights from invasive species laws and regulations in 21 US states

EMX Reed, S Cathey, C Braswell, P Agarwal… - …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Despite knowing the threats posed by biological invasions, governments struggle to
effectively prevent and control invasive species. To mitigate the negative impacts of invasive …

Phylogenetic relationships of invasive plants are useful criteria for weed risk assessments

DM Buonaiuto, AE Evans, ME Fertakos… - Conservation …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Risk assessments are conservation tools used to prevent the introduction of invasive
species. Many assessments ask whether a taxon has invasive close relatives, but it is …

Plant native: comparing biodiversity benefits, ecosystem services provisioning, and plant performance of native and non-native plants in urban horticulture

ES Tartaglia, MFJ Aronson - Urban Ecosystems, 2024 - Springer
Plant species used in urban horticulture are frequently non-native despite evidence that
urban areas are regular points of introduction, often leading to invasions and negative …