Climate change increases the risk of invasion by the Yellow-legged hornet

Barbet‐Massin, Morgane; Rome, Quentin; Müller, Franck; Perrard, A.; Villemant, Claire; Jiguet, Frédéric

doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2012.09.015

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“…European countries should anticipate the potential spread of invaders, especially given climate warming (Barbet‐Massin et al . ), such that appropriate regulations are in place prior to the arrival of invasive species. In France, the yellow‐legged hornet has been considered a noxious species since 2012, yet prevention, monitoring and/or management efforts are still not mandatory (Monceau, Bonnard & Thiéry ).…”

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Rapid spread of the invasive yellow‐legged hornet in France: the role of human‐mediated dispersal and the effects of control measures

Robinet¹,

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Darrouzet

2016

Journal of Applied Ecology

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Summary The invasive yellow‐legged hornet was first discovered in Europe, in south‐western France, in 2004. It has since spread very rapidly and has caused significant mortality among honeybees and native entomofauna. It also poses a risk to humans because its sting provokes allergic reactions. The objectives of this study were the following: (i) to disentangle the roles played by human‐mediated dispersal and self‐mediated dispersal in the species' rapid range expansion and (ii) to estimate the intensity of control measures in France and determine what needs to be done to slow the hornet's spread and dramatically reduce its population densities. A mathematical model was developed to describe the hornet's potential spread. This model included parameters describing the population growth rate, carrying capacity, self‐mediated dispersal, human‐mediated dispersal and the efficacy of control measures (i.e. the destruction of detected nests). Model parameters were estimated using 2004–2009 occurrence data for France and the model was then validated using 2013 occurrence data. Several scenarios were tested: human‐mediated dispersal was present or absent and control intensity varied. Then, the species' spread in coming years was simulated (from 2013 to 2020). Despite some uncertainty on the value of the parameters, this model is relatively robust. Human‐mediated dispersal may not be necessarily responsible for the hornet's rapid range expansion; the species could spread rapidly on its own. It is likely that to date, an average of 30–40% of detected nests have been destroyed each year. Increasing the percentage of destroyed nests from 30 to 60% could reduce the species' spread by 17% and its nest density by 29%. If 95% of nests are destroyed, the species' spread and nest density could decline by 43% and 53%, respectively. Synthesis and applications. The mathematical model developed in this study shows that human‐mediated dispersal of the invasive yellow‐legged hornet may not be the only factor explaining the hornet's rapid range expansion and that controlling this invasive pest is still possible. Therefore, there is an urgent need to reduce self‐mediated dispersal and to intensify and improve control measures to diminish the species' impact and prevent its further spread. Control measures could combine the mechanical removal and destruction of individuals or infested materials with biological control techniques.

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“…), and an even larger area could become suitable in the future given various climate change scenarios (Barbet‐Massin et al . ). To more accurately assess the potential spread of an invasive species, it is important to consider the species' dispersal abilities.…”

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Rapid spread of the invasive yellow‐legged hornet in France: the role of human‐mediated dispersal and the effects of control measures

Robinet¹,

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Darrouzet

2016

Journal of Applied Ecology

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“…Although inbreeding was observed, and was supposed to reduce the population size, this has not happened so far (Darrouzet, Gévar, Guignard, & Aron, ). Vespa velutina is already very well adapted to the French biotopes (Villemant et al., ) and climate change projections made Europe and particularly France, the future best playfield of this invasive species (Barbet‐Massin et al., ).…”

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Options for the biological and physical control of Vespa velutina nigrithorax (Hym.: Vespidae) in Europe: A review

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Dérijard

2018

J Applied Entomology

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Recently, the environmental economist J.M. Salles (Salles, ) declared that “the Asian hornet was likely to be the most threatening invader insect in France.” Thirteen years after the accidental introduction in France, the Asian hornet (Vespa velutina nigrithorax) has invaded most west European countries. Little has been done to date to limit its progression and its economic, ecological and social impact. Although it is illusory to try to eradicate this species, it is known that a targeted control would limit its threatening trend. Current V. velutina control in France is mainly based on (i) high scale volunteer trapping by citizens and (ii) volunteer spotting of the nest. Evaluation of trapping strategies developed so far to control V. velutina expansion has highlighted their failure and has demonstrated the need to optimize nest detection techniques and to investigate on new control strategies. This review describes most of the means aimed to control predation and expansion of V. velutina, whether they have been scientifically assessed or only tested on field with decent success. Published prospective control methods and biological control techniques are also presented.

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“…org/web/packages/biomod2/index.html). Pseudo-absence records were chosen twice from outside the suitable range predicted by the surface range envelope (SRE) model; each time, 2000 pseudo-absences were randomly selected (Barbet-Massin et al, 2013). The total weight of the pseudo-absence data was set equal to the total weight of the presence data.…”

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The potential effects of future climate change on suitable habitat for the Taiwan partridge (Arborophila crudigularis): an ensemble-based forecasting method

Lei¹,

Wu²,

Guan³

2017

Turk J Zool

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Climate change is considered to be one of the greatest threats to biodiversity in this century, especially for range-restricted island species. This study explored the potential effects of climate change on Arborophila crudigularis, a weak-flying endemic bird species in Taiwan. The potential effects of climate change on climatically suitable habitat for A. crudigularis were analyzed in biomod2 and ArcGIS software. Future climate change could increase the availability of climatically suitable habitat for A. crudigularis while decreasing the mean suitability for both the entire suitable area and the area with known presence records. By 2050 and 2080, climatically suitable habitat is expected to increase by an average of 4.57% and 5.18%, respectively; the mean suitability of the entire climatically suitable habitat is expected to decrease by 4.80% and 6.61%; and the mean suitability of known presence records is expected to decrease by 2.70% and 4.62%, respectively. Future climate change will not be disastrous for A. crudigularis in Taiwan. Future efforts to conserve this species should focus on northwestern Taiwan.

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Climate change increases the risk of invasion by the Yellow-legged hornet

Cited by 94 publications

References 46 publications

Rapid spread of the invasive yellow‐legged hornet in France: the role of human‐mediated dispersal and the effects of control measures

Rapid spread of the invasive yellow‐legged hornet in France: the role of human‐mediated dispersal and the effects of control measures

Options for the biological and physical control of Vespa velutina nigrithorax (Hym.: Vespidae) in Europe: A review

The potential effects of future climate change on suitable habitat for the Taiwan partridge (Arborophila crudigularis): an ensemble-based forecasting method

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