Invasive plant species remain one of the largest threats to ecosystems, and a major limitation to predicting and managing invasives is the lack of updated and spatially relevant species distribution data. Remote sensing has emerged as an option for providing wall-to-wall mapping of species distributions, of which the most successful approaches employed hyperspectral imagery primarily limited to airborne platforms. We explore t...

Plant invasions may alter disease vector abundance by several mechanistic pathways, including modifying microclimates that influence vector survival or changing habitats to influence host use. Here, we used a field experiment and observational data to evaluate multiple mechanistic pathways (tick survival and host abundance) by which plant invasions may alter vector‐borne disease risk using the common disease vector lone star t...

Ecological stress caused by climate change, invasive species and anthropogenic disturbance is driving global environmental change, but how these stressors interact to impact native species are poorly understood. We used a field experiment to test how two stressors (drought and plant invasion by Imperata cylindrica ) interacted to determine the effects of a third stressor (fire) on a foundation tree species ( Pinus palustris )....