[Pollinator] Fw: Case studies on climate change and invasive species: Call for Input

[Elizabeth A Sellers]

Apologies for any cross-postings...

If anyone has a good case study or colleagues in the pollinator research 
community that may be able to contribute... this may be a good opportunity 
to highlight the impact of [an] invasive species and/or climate change on 
pollinator ecosystem services and concomitantly highlight the value of 
pollinators and their ecosystem services in relation to these issues of 
global concern.

Cheers, Liz

Elizabeth Sellers
Manager, NBII Pollinators Project

National Biological Information Infrastructure <www.nbii.gov>
National Program Office
United States Geological Survey
12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Mail Stop 302
Reston, VA 20192  USA
Ph 703.648.4385 | Fax 703.648.4224 | esellers at usgs.gov

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From:
SW Burgiel <swb.invasives at gmail.com>
To:
aliens-l at indaba.iucn.org
Date:
03/10/2010 02:52 PM
Subject:
Case studies on climate change and invasive species: Call for Input



Recent discussions at the international and national levels have 
increasingly focused on drivers of global change, most particularly 
climate change and invasive species. While some initial work has been done 
on the interactions of the two, further work is necessary to define 
management considerations and recommendations.
 
In this regard, the Global Invasive Species Programme (GISP) is preparing 
a report on behalf of the World Bank. This report is tentatively titled 
?Invasive Species and Climate Change: Using Ecosystem-based Adaptation to 
Address Multiple Drivers of Global Change,? and will include case studies 
of invasive species and climate change across a diverse range of 
topics/sectors and locations.
 
GISP plans to highlight examples with harmful invasive species and high 
susceptibility to extreme effects of climate change. Therefore, GISP is 
asking for input from the global invasive species research and management 
community. 
 
Please let us know if you have any examples that meet the following 
minimal criteria: 
1) an invasive species with significant regional impacts on ecosystem 
service(s), particularly sectors listed at the end of this message;
2) management method(s) for that invasive species with information on 
success or failure; and 
3) projected linkage of invasive species or its management efforts to 
ongoing and future climate change (e.g., using scenarios from the IPCC)
 
We would prefer examples from developing countries as well as those with 
information available in the published or grey literatures (although given 
realities we are also certainly willing to work directly with experts and 
on-site practitioners). We?re also looking for potential collaborators in 
this effort and beyond.
 
 
If you would like to recommend a case study or example, please contact: 
Adrianna Muir, aamuir at ucdavis.edu
Stas Burgiel, s.burgiel at gisp.org 
 
Other relevant information on the intersection of invasive species and 
climate change is also welcome.
 
Thank you in advance for your input and we will certainly make the results 
of this effort known to Aliens-L.
 
Best regards,
 
Stas Burgiel, PhD
Policy Director
Global Invasive Species Programme (GISP)
E) s.burgiel at gisp.org


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