Movement, impacts and management of plant distributions in response to climate change: insights from invasions

摘要: Prediction and management of species responses to climate change is an urgent but relatively young research field. Therefore, ecology must by necessity borrow from other fields. Invasion particularly well-suited informing because both invasion address the trajectories rapidly changing novel systems. Here we outline broad range active questions in where can stimulate advances. We present ideas for how concepts, case-studies methodology be adapted improve prediction change. A major challenge this era rapid predict changes distributions their impacts on ecosystems, and, if necessary, recommend strategies maintenance biodiversity or ecosystem services. Biological invasions, studied most biomes world, provide useful analogs some ecological consequences distribution shifts response Invasions illustrate adaptive interactive that occur when are confronted with new environmental conditions. complements provides insights into following questions: 1) will respond change? 2) movement affect recipient ecosystems? And 3) should we, so manage ecosystems face demonstrates a trait-based approach help spread speeds has potential ranges ecosystems. However, there need analyse traits context life-history demography, stage colonisation process (e.g. spread, establishment impact), suitable habitats landscape, abiotic biotic conditions under which those expressed. As case change, embedded within complex societal goals. Both disciplines converge similar 'when intervene?' 'what do?' call better understanding processes social values associated