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Overview

Curtis C. Daehler is affiliated with the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with an emphasis on fields such as nature and landscape conservation, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, ecological modeling, and plant science.

Their work covers several main topics, including:

  • Ecology and vegetation dynamics studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Species distribution and climate change
  • Plant parasitism and resistance
  • Biological control of invasive species
  • Rangeland and wildlife management
  • Lichen and fungal ecology

Daehler has published research in a variety of academic venues, frequently contributing to:

  • NeoBiota
  • Biological Invasions
  • Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Global Change Biology
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution

Several recent publications demonstrate the scope of Daehler's research, with works such as:

  • "Drivers of future alien species impacts: An expert-based assessment" (2020, Global Change Biology)
  • "Rapid upwards spread of non-native plants in mountains across continents" (2023, Nature Ecology & Evolution)
  • "Moving up and over: redistribution of plants in alpine, Arctic, and Antarctic ecosystems under global change" (2020, Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research)
  • "Think globally, measure locally: The MIREN standardized protocol for monitoring plant species distributions along elevation gradients" (2022, Ecology and Evolution)
  • "Human impact, climate and dispersal strategies determine plant invasion on islands" (2021, Journal of Biogeography)

Daehler collaborates frequently with various researchers, including:

  • Aníbal Pauchard
  • Sylvia Haider
  • Jake M. Alexander
  • Martín A. Núñez
  • Keith L. McDougall

Best Publications

  • PERFORMANCE COMPARISONS OF Co-OCCURRING NATIVE AND ALIEN INVASIVE PLANTS: Implications for Conservation and Restoration

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  • Climatic niche shifts are rare among terrestrial plant invaders

    Blaise Petitpierre;Christoph Kueffer;Christoph Kueffer;Olivier Broennimann;Christophe Randin

  • Unifying niche shift studies: insights from biological invasions.

    Antoine Guisan;Blaise Petitpierre;Olivier Broennimann;Curtis Daehler

  • Ain't no mountain high enough: plant invasions reaching new elevations

    Aníbal Pauchard;Christoph Kueffer;Hansjörg Dietz;Curtis C Daehler

  • The taxonomic distribution of invasive angiosperm plants: Ecological insights and comparison to agricultural weeds

    Curtis C. Daehler

  • Status, prediction and prevention of introduced cordgrass Spartina spp. invasions in Pacific estuaries, USA

    Curtis C. Daehler;Donald R. Strong

  • A Risk-Assessment System for Screening Out Invasive Pest Plants from Hawaii and Other Pacific Islands

    Curtis C. Daehler;Julie S. Denslow;T. Shahin Ansari;Huang-Chi Kuo

  • Deliberate Introductions of Species: Research Needs Benefits can be reaped, but risks are high

    John J. Ewel;Dennis J. O'Dowd;Joy Bergelson;Curtis C. Daehler

  • The intermediate disturbance hypothesis and plant invasions: Implications for species richness and management

    Jane A. Catford;Curtis C. Daehler;Helen T. Murphy;Andy W. Sheppard

  • Adding Biofuels to the Invasive Species Fire

    S. Raghu;R. C. Anderson;C. C. Daehler;Adam Davis

  • Assembly of nonnative floras along elevational gradients explained by directional ecological filtering

    Jake M. Alexander;Christoph Kueffer;Curtis C. Daehler;Peter J. Edwards

  • A global comparison of plant invasions on oceanic islands

    Christoph Kueffer;Christoph Kueffer;Curtis C. Daehler;Christian W. Torres-Santana;Christophe Lavergne

  • Darwin's naturalization hypothesis revisited.

    Curtis C. Daehler

  • Selecting predictors to maximize the transferability of species distribution models: lessons from cross-continental plant invasions

    Blaise Petitpierre;Olivier Broennimann;Christoph Kueffer;Curtis Daehler

  • Predicting Invasive Plants: Prospects for a General Screening System Based on Current Regional Models

    Curtis C. Daehler;Debbie A. Carino

  • Plant invasions into mountains and alpine ecosystems: current status and future challenges

    Jake M. Alexander;Jake M. Alexander;Jonas J. Lembrechts;Lohengrin A. Cavieres;Curtis Daehler

  • Non-native and native organisms moving into high elevation and high latitude ecosystems in an era of climate change : new challenges for ecology and conservation

    Aníbal Pauchard;Ann Milbau;Ann Milbau;Ann Albihn;Ann Albihn;Jake Alexander

  • Hybridization between introduced smooth cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora; Poaceae) and native California cordgrass (S. foliosa) in San Francisco Bay, California, USA.

    Curtis C. Daehler;Donald R. Strong

  • Drivers of future alien species impacts: An expert-based assessment.

    Franz Essl;Franz Essl;Bernd Lenzner;Sven Bacher;Sarah Bailey

  • Reduced herbivore resistance in introduced smooth cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora) after a century of herbivore-free growth

    C. C. Daehler;Donald R. Strong

  • Processes at multiple scales affect richness and similarity of non‐native plant species in mountains around the world

    Tim Seipel;Tim Seipel;Christoph Kueffer;Christoph Kueffer;Lisa J. Rew;Curtis C. Daehler

Frequent Co-Authors

Petr Pyšek
Petr Pyšek Czech Academy of Sciences
Giuseppe Brundu
Giuseppe Brundu University of Sassari
Aníbal Pauchard
Aníbal Pauchard University of Concepción
Donald R. Strong
Donald R. Strong University of California, Davis
Lisa J. Rew
Lisa J. Rew Montana State University
Sylvia Haider
Sylvia Haider Leuphana University of Lüneburg
David M. Richardson
David M. Richardson Stellenbosch University
Franz Essl
Franz Essl University of Vienna
Antoine Guisan
Antoine Guisan University of Lausanne

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