Climate Change Will Be a Boon for Invasive Species, and the Midwest Could Be a Hot Spot, Researchers Say

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Warmer temperatures, milder winters, shifting starts to seasons and extreme weather events will work to invasives’ advantage in certain parts of the U.S., with the Northeast and Upper Midwest tipped as future invasive hot spots,

said Carrie Brown-Lima, director of theBrown-Lima was among the speakers presenting on climate change and invasive species Tuesday as part of a slate of programs hosted by theduring Invasive Species Awareness Week, which runs through Friday.

Ever the opportunists, invasives will also take advantage of extreme weather events. For example, Hurricane Katrina destroyed the tree canopy in its path, and in the absence of shade, an invasive blackberry moved in and came to dominate the understory, Brown-Lima said. The picture only gets grimmer. A forthcoming study suggests climate change could “decouple” invasives from their biological controls, according to Brown-Lima, meaning that an invasive’s natural enemy may no longer sync up with the plant or pest, either in terms of life cycle, geography or some other mismatch.

 

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