Invasive Species and Global Climate Change

Lewis Ziska is an Associate Professor in the Environmental Health Sciences at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. After graduating from the University of California, Davis, he began his career as a Smithsonian fellow, and then took up residence as the Project Leader for global climate change at the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines before a 24-year career at the USDA's Agricultural Research Service. He has worked primarily on documenting the impact of climate change and rising carbon dioxide levels on: Crop selection for CO2 responsiveness to improve production; Climate and agronomic pests, including chemical management; Climate, plant biology and public health impacts on food security with a focus on nutrition and pesticide use. Dr. Ziska is a contributor to the 2014 International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report (Food Security Chapter, https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/2018/02/WGIIAR5-Chap7_FINAL.pdf) and is a contributor to the AR6 report (due June 2022). He is also a contributor to the 2014 and 2018 National Climate Assessment (NCA) (Public Health Chapter and Air quality chapter respectively); and, The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States: A Scientific Assessment. His most recent book is: Agriculture, Climate Change and Food Security in the 21st Century: Our Daily Bread, through Cambridge Scholars publishing.

1: Introduction. Lewis H. Ziska Part I: Dimensions of the Problem: Background 2: Communicating the Dynamic Complexities of Climate, Ecology and Invasive Species. Lewis H. Ziska 3: Climate Change and Plant Pathogen Invasions. Karen A. Garrett, Sara Thomas-Sharma, Gregory A. Forbes, John F. Hernandez Nopsa and Aaron I. Plex Sulá 4: Analysis of Invasive Insects, Links to Climate Change. Andrew Paul Gutierrez and Luigi Ponti 5: Climate Change, Plant Traits, and Invasion in Natural and Agricultural Ecosystems. Dana M. Blumenthal and Julie A. Kray Part II: Case Studies 6: Non-Native Species in Antarctic Terrestrial Environments: How Climate Change and Increasing Human Activity Are Compounding the Threat of Invasion. Kevin A. Hughes and Peter Convey 7: Interactions Between Climate Change and Species Invasions in the Marine Realm. Cascade J.B. Sorte, Ryan A. Beshai, Amy K. Henry, Samuel A. Mahanes, Racine E. Rangel and Heidi R. Waite 8: Ragweed in Eastern Europe. László Makra, István Matyasovszky and Áron József Deak 9: Climate Change and Biological Invasions in South Africa. Nicola J. van Wilgen, Katelyn T. Faulkner, Tamara B. Robinson, Josie South, Heath Beckett, Charlene Janion-Scheepers, John Measey, Guy F. Midgley and David M. Richardson 10: Climate Change and ‘Alien Species in National Parks’: Revisited. Catherine Jarnevich, Terri Hogan, Jennifer Sieracki, Christine Lipsky and John Wullschleger 11: Climate Change and Invasive Human Pathogens. Cecilia Sorensen, Beth Gillespie and Samantha Ahdoot Part III: Management: Detection, Prevention, Control and Adaptation. 12: Identifying Invasive Species in Real Time: Early Detection and Distribution Mapping System (EDDMapS) and Other Mapping Tools. Rebekah D. Wallace and Charles T. Bargeron 13: Global Identification of Invasive Species: The CABI Invasive Species Compendium as a Resource. Hilda Diaz-Soltero 14: The Biogeography of Invasive Plants – Projecting Range Shifts with Climate Change. Bethany A. Bradley 15: Assessing and Managing the Impact of Climate Change on an Invasive Weed, Yellow Starthistle. Andrew Paul Gutierrez and Luigi Ponti 16: Modeling and Managing Invasive Weeds in a Changing Climate. Anna S. Westbrook, Emma Nikkel, David R. Clements and Antonio DiTommaso 17: Early Detection and Rapid Response: A Cost-Effective Strategy for Minimizing the Establishment and Spread of New and Emerging Invasive Plants by Global Trade, Travel and Climate Change. Randy G. Westbrooks, Steven T. Manning and John D. Waugh 18: Adapting to Invasions in a Changing World: Invasive Species as an Economic Resource. Matthew A. Barnes, Andrew M. Deines, Rachel M. Gentile and Laura E. Grieneisen