Climate change is predicted to increase the frequency and impact of plant invasions, creating a need for new control strategies as part of mitigation planning. The complex interactions between invasive plants and biocontrol agents have created distinct policy and management challenges, including the effectiveness and risk assessment of biocontrol under different climate change scenarios. In this brief review, we synthesize recent studies describing the potential ecological and evolutionary outcomes for biocontrol agents/candidates for plant invaders under climate change. We also discuss potential methodologies that can be used as a framework for predicting ecological and evolutionary responses of plant-natural enemy interactions under climate change, and for refining our understanding of the efficacy and risk of using biocontrol on invasive plants.

预计气候变化会增加植物入侵的频率和影响，因此需要新的控制策略作为缓解计划的一部分。入侵植物与生物防治剂之间复杂的相互作用带来了独特的政策和管理挑战，包括不同气候变化情景下生物防治的有效性和风险评估。在这篇简短的综述中，我们综合了最近的研究，这些研究描述了气候变化下植物入侵者的生物防治剂/候选人的潜在生态和进化结果。我们还将讨论潜在的方法，这些方法可以用作预测气候变化下植物与天敌互动的生态和进化反应的框架，以及加深我们对在入侵植物上使用生物防治的功效和风险的理解。