Climate warming increases biological control agent impact on a non-target species

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dc.citation.firstpage48en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber1en_US
dc.citation.journalTitleEcology Lettersen_US
dc.citation.lastpage56en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber18en_US
dc.contributor.authorLu, Xinminen_US
dc.contributor.authorSiemann, Evanen_US
dc.contributor.authorHe, Minyanen_US
dc.contributor.authorWei, Huien_US
dc.contributor.authorShao, Xuen_US
dc.contributor.authorDing, Jianqingen_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-08T14:55:03Zen_US
dc.date.available2015-01-08T14:55:03Zen_US
dc.date.issued2015en_US
dc.description.abstractClimate change may shift interactions of invasive plants, herbivorous insects and native plants, potentially affecting biological control efficacy and non-target effects on native species. Here, we show how climate warming affects impacts of a multivoltine introduced biocontrol beetle on the non-target native plant Alternanthera sessilis in China. In field surveys across a latitudinal gradient covering their full distributions, we found beetle damage on A. sessilis increased with rising temperature and plant life history changed from perennial to annual. Experiments showed that elevated temperature changed plant life history and increased insect overwintering, damage and impacts on seedling recruitment. These results suggest that warming can shift phenologies, increase non-target effect magnitude and increase non-target effect occurrence by beetle range expansion to additional areas where A. sessilis occurs. This study highlights the importance of understanding how climate change affects species interactions for future biological control of invasive species and conservation of native species.en_US
dc.identifier.citationLu, Xinmin, Siemann, Evan, He, Minyan, et al.. "Climate warming increases biological control agent impact on a non-target species." <i>Ecology Letters,</i> 18, no. 1 (2015) Wiley: 48-56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele.12391.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele.12391en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/78908en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherWileyen_US
dc.rightsThis is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution‐NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/en_US
dc.subject.keywordbiological controlen_US
dc.subject.keywordclimate changeen_US
dc.subject.keywordexotic insecten_US
dc.subject.keywordlife historyen_US
dc.subject.keywordnative planten_US
dc.subject.keywordnon-target effecten_US
dc.subject.keywordrange expansionen_US
dc.subject.keywordwarmingen_US
dc.titleClimate warming increases biological control agent impact on a non-target speciesen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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dc.type.publicationpublisher versionen_US
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