Climate Change, Carbon Dioxide, and Pest Biology, Managing the Future: Coffee as a Case Study

Agronomy, Journal Year: 2018, Volume and Issue: 8(8), P. 152 - 152

Published: Aug. 17, 2018

The challenge of maintaining sufficient food, feed, fiber, and forests, for a projected end century population between 9–10 billion in the context climate averaging 2–4 °C warmer, is global imperative. However, change likely to alter geographic ranges impacts variety insect pests, plant pathogens, weeds, consequences managed systems, particularly agriculture, remain uncertain. That uncertainty related, part, whether pest management practices (e.g., biological, chemical, cultural, etc.) can adapt climate/CO2 induced changes biology minimize potential loss. ongoing CO2, environment, interactions, necessitates an assessment current and, if warranted, development viable alternative strategies counter damage from invasive alien species evolving native populations. We provide overview interactions regarding climate/CO2; assess these currently using coffee as case study; identify vulnerabilities future impacts; discuss possible adaptive strategies, including early detection rapid response via EDDMapS (Early Detection & Distribution Mapping System), integrated (IPM), means improve monitoring movements minimizing biotic losses while improving efficacy control.

Language: Английский

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Can Cities Activate Sleeper Species and Predict Future Forest Pests? A Case Study of Scale Insects

Insects, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 11(3), P. 142 - 142

Published: Feb. 25, 2020

Sleeper species are innocuous native or naturalized that exhibit invasive characteristics and become pests in response to environmental change. Climate warming is expected increase arthropod damage forests, part, by transforming herbivores into severe pests: awakening sleeper species. Urban areas warmer than natural due the urban heat island effect so trees cities already experience temperatures predicted occur 50–100 years. We posit of those benefit from thus should be monitored as potential forests. illustrate this with two case studies scale insects important parts US. Melanaspis tenebricosa Parthenolecanium quercifex geographically US but take on such higher survival reproduction disconnected enemies effect. This allows them reach high densities their host trees. density increases up 12 times willow oaks just 2 °C adaptation temperatures. The also creates a phenological mismatch between P. its parasitoid complex, egg production higher. can 300 red maples 2.5 warming. too direct effects fecundity M. benefits drought stress incurred These combine forests well at latitudes range. how provide unique opportunity study complex insect herbivores. Studying pestilent could pragmatic approach for identifying preparing

Language: Английский

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Climate Change, Business, and Society: Building Relevance in Time and Space

Business & Society, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 61(5), P. 1322 - 1352

Published: March 3, 2022

Climate change is one of the most pressing issues facing humanity and has become an area growing focus in Business & Society. Looking back reviewing climate discussion within this journal highlights importance time space addressing crisis. forward, we extend existing research by theorizing politicizing co-implication through concept “space-time.” To illustrate this, employ logical structure “the trace” to advance business society scholarship on shifting a place-bound emphasis impacts directing toward change’s temporal markers material effects. By operationalizing trace,” contribute Society debates three ways: (a) reimagining complex stakeholder relations, (b) advancing performative understanding risk, (c) foregrounding planetary systems physical environment.

Language: Английский

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The hidden value of trees: Quantifying the ecosystem services of tree lineages and their major threats across the contiguous US

PLOS Sustainability and Transformation, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 1(4), P. e0000010 - e0000010

Published: April 5, 2022

Trees provide critical contributions to human well-being. They sequester and store greenhouse gasses, filter air pollutants, wood, food, other products, among benefits. These benefits are threatened by climate change, fires, pests pathogens. To quantify the current value of flow ecosystem services from U.S. trees, threats they face, we combine macroevolutionary economic valuation approaches using spatially explicit data about tree species lineages. We find that five key with adequate generated US trees is $114 billion per annum (low: $85 B; high: $137 2010 USD). The non-market carbon storage pollution removal far exceed their commercial wood products food crops. Two lineages—pines oaks—account for 42% these services. majority face many increasing fire risk, known pathogens threaten 40% total woody biomass. most valuable lineages those pathogens, at risk threat. High turnover across continent results in a diverse set distributed life contributing high diversity taxa forests may be important buffering service losses if when compromised.

Language: Английский

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Vulnerability assessment of urban agglomerations to the risk of heat waves in China since the 21st century

Environmental Pollution, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 336, P. 122443 - 122443

Published: Aug. 27, 2023

Language: Английский

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