Bethany A. Bradley

About

Bethany A. Bradley is a Professor of Environmental Conservation at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, within the Department of Organismic & Evolutionary Biology. She holds a Ph.D. from Brown University obtained in 2006 and has completed postdoctoral research at Princeton University from 2006 to 2009. She was also a Copeland Fellow at Amherst College during 2009-2010. Her research interests focus on how terrestrial ecosystems respond to land use and anthropogenic climate change. She employs tools such as remote sensing and geospatial analysis to identify drivers of land cover change and to model risks based on land use and future climate scenarios. Currently, her research is centered on projecting risks associated with non-native plant invasion under global change scenarios, particularly species invading deserts of the Western U.S.

Research topics

• Ecology
• Environmental science
• Biology
• Economic growth
• Environmental resource management
• Economics
• Geography
• Business
• Environmental protection
• Environmental planning

Selected publications

• Adjusting the lens of invasion biology to focus on the impacts of climate-driven range shifts

  Nature Climate Change · 2020 · 220 citations

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• In the Line of Fire: Consequences of Human-Ignited Wildfires to Homes in the U.S. (1992–2015)

  Fire · 2020 · 105 citations

  Senior authorCorresponding

  With climate-driven increases in wildfires in the western U.S., it is imperative to understand how the risk to homes is also changing nationwide. Here, we quantify the number of homes threatened, suppression costs, and ignition sources for 1.6 million wildfires in the United States (U.S.; 1992–2015). Human-caused wildfires accounted for 97% of the residential homes threatened (within 1 km of a wildfire) and nearly a third of suppression costs. This study illustrates how the wildland-ur…

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• Invaders for sale: the ongoing spread of invasive species by the plant trade industry

  Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment · 2021 · 72 citations

  Senior authorCorresponding

  The sale of ornamental nonnative plants is a primary pathway of invasive plant introduction into the US. As a result, many nonnative plants have been identified as noxious weeds by federal and state governments, or as problematic invasive plants by agencies and nonprofit organizations. However, it is unclear whether identifying a species as invasive has curtailed its sale as an ornamental. Using the Google search engine and a database of nursery catalogs, we found that 61% of 1285 plant species…

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• Observed and Potential Range Shifts of Native and Nonnative Species with Climate Change

  Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics · 2024-06-17 · 48 citations

  articleOpen access1st authorCorresponding

  There is broad concern that the range shifts of global flora and fauna will not keep up with climate change, increasing the likelihood of population declines and extinctions. Many populations of nonnative species already have advantages over native species, including widespread human-aided dispersal and release from natural enemies. But do nonnative species also have an advantage with climate change? Here, we review observed and potential range shifts for native and nonnative species globally. W…

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• Climate‐Smart Invasive Species Management for 21st Century Global Change Challenges

  Global Change Biology · 2024-10-01 · 27 citations

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  Addressing the global challenges of climate change and biotic invasions requires understanding their interactions and implications for natural resource management. To facilitate and support invasive species management in a changing climate, we review how climate change and invasions interact to impact the planning, action, and outcomes of invasive species management. Climate change is facilitating the introduction of new potential invasive species and altering pathways of introduction and spread…

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Recent grants

• Quantifying the Invasive Grass-Fire Cycle and Implications for Carbon Storage in the Continental U.S.

  NSF · $390k · 2017–2022

• Belmont Forum Collaborative Research: Understanding and managing the Impacts of Invasive alien species on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

  NSF · $90k · 2019–2023

• The Biogeography of Invasive Plants in the Continental United States

  NSF · $157k · 2016–2019

Frequent coauthors

• Toni Lyn Morelli

  Northeast Climate Science Center

  49 shared

• Jenica M. Allen

  University of Massachusetts Amherst

  36 shared

• Evelyn M. Beaury

  Princeton University

  36 shared

• Emily J. Fusco

  Northeast Climate Science Center

  32 shared

• Jennifer K. Balch

  Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences

  30 shared

• Montserrat Vilà

  29 shared

• John F. Mustard

  Brown University

  28 shared

• Cascade J. B. Sorte

  25 shared

Education

• Ph.D.

  Brown University

  2006

• Other

  Princeton University

  2009

• Other

  Amherst College

  2010

Awards & honors

• Copeland Fellow, Amherst College (2009-2010)

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