Climate mismatch between introduced biological control agents and their invasive host plants: improving biological control of tropical weeds in temperate regions

NE Harms, IA Knight, PD Pratt, AM Reddy, A Mukherjee… - Insects, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Mismatched distributions between biological control agents and their host
plants occur for a variety of reasons but are often linked to climate, specifically differences in …

When a plant invader meets its old enemy abroad: what can be learnt from accidental introductions of biological control agents

H Müller‐Schärer, Y Sun… - Pest Management …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Accidental introductions of biological weed control (BWC) agents (i) offer opportunities to
assess host use of agents with a potentially broader fundamental host‐range than those …

Climate warming can reduce biocontrol efficacy and promote plant invasion due to both genetic and transient metabolomic changes

Y Sun, T Züst, D Silvestro, M Erb, O Bossdorf… - Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change may affect plant–herbivore interactions and their associated ecosystem
functions. In an experimental evolution approach, we subjected replicated populations of the …

Rapid genomic and phenotypic change in response to climate warming in a widespread plant invader

Y Sun, O Bossdorf, RD Grados, ZY Liao… - Global Change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Predicting plant distributions under climate change is constrained by our limited
understanding of potential rapid adaptive evolution. In an experimental evolution study with …

Rapid evolution of invasive traits facilitates the invasion of common ragweed, Ambrosia artemisiifolia

Y Sun, GK Roderick - Journal of Ecology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Invasive alien plants, together with organisms introduced for biological control, are ideal
study systems with which to address questions of whether, and how fast, organisms adapt to …

The climate niche is stable and the distribution area of Ageratina adenophora is predicted to expand in China

B Wei, L Liu, C Gu, H Yu, Y Zhang… - Biodiversity …, 2022 - biodiversity-science.net
Aim: Understanding the spatiotemporal climate niche dynamics of invasive species not only
helps us recognize the trend of change in their niche, but also enables a more accurate …

Predicting impact of a biocontrol agent: integrating distribution modeling with climate‐dependent vital rates

B Augustinus, Y Sun, C Beuchat… - Ecological …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Species distribution models can predict the suitable climatic range of a potential biological
control agent (BCA), but they provide little information on the BCA's potential impact. To …

Predicting abundances of invasive ragweed across Europe using a “top-down” approach

CA Skjøth, Y Sun, G Karrer, B Sikoparija… - Science of the total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.) is a widely distributed and harmful invasive
plant that is an important source of highly allergenic pollen grains and a prominent crop …

Cross-fertilizing weed science and plant invasion science to improve efficient management: a European challenge

H Müller-Schärer, Y Sun, B Chauvel, G Karrer… - Basic and Applied …, 2018 - Elsevier
Both weed science and plant invasion science deal with noxious plants. Yet, they have
historically developed as two distinct research areas in Europe, with different target species …

Investigating the Current and Future Co-Occurrence of Ambrosia artemisiifolia and Ophraella communa in Europe through Ecological Modelling and Remote …

M Iannella, W De Simone, P D'Alessandro… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
The common ragweed Ambrosia artemisiifolia has spread throughout Europe since the
1800s, infesting croplands and causing severe allergic reactions. Recently, the ragweed leaf …