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Climate change and invasive species refers to the process of the environmental destabilization caused by climate change. This environmental change facilitates the spread of invasive species — species that are not historically found in a certain region, and often bring about a negative impact to that region's native species.
The USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center defines invasive species very narrowly. According to Executive Order 13112, " 'Invasive species' means an alien species whose introduction does or is likely to cause economic or environmental harm or harm to human health."
The economic impacts of invasive species can be difficult to estimate especially when an invasive species does not affect economically important native species. This is partly because of the difficulty in determining the non-use value of native habitats damaged by invasive species and incomplete knowledge of the effects of all of the invasive species present in the U.S. Estimates for the ...
Nov. 17—Concerns over how to control damaging invasive species, including little fire ants, continue to intensify as the state Department of Agriculture discusses rules for the pests. Concerns ...
A continental-scale research platform for long-term study of the effects of climate change, land-use change and invasive species on ecological systems (research site in Front Royal, Virginia, U.S.) A changing climate may favour the more biologically diverse weeds over the monocrops on many farms. [110]
Staff for the United States Department of Agriculture has been instructed by a senior staffer to avoid using the phrase "climate change." USDA reportedly won’t let its staff use the phrase ...
While agriculture plays a role in propelling climate change, it is also affected by the direct (increase in temperature, change in rainfall, flooding, drought) and secondary (weed, pest, disease pressure, infrastructure damage) consequences of climate change. [1] [3] USDA research indicates that these climatic changes will lead to a decline in ...
Climate change is likely to favour some invasive species and harm others, [161] but few authors have identified specific consequences of climate change for invasive species. [162] Invasive species and other disturbances have become more common in forests in the last several decades. These tend to be directly or indirectly connected to climate ...