Université de Fribourg

Biocontrol of invasive weeds under climate change: progress, challenges and management implications

Sun, Yan ; Ding, Jianqing ; Siemann, Evan ; Keller, Stephen R.

In: Current Opinion in Insect Science, 2020, vol. 38, p. 72–78

Climate change is predicted to increase the frequency and impact of plant invasions, creating a need for new control strategies as part of mitigation planning. The complex interactions between invasive plants and biocontrol agents have created distinct policy and management challenges, including the effectiveness and risk assessment of biocontrol under different climate change scenarios. In...