![Suitability of Great Lakes for invasive species](http://daphnia.ecology.uga.edu/drakelab/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Great-Lakes-niche-470x140.png)
To efficiently manage and prevent species invasions, we need accurate predictions of where these species can arrive and persist. Species distribution models make such predictions…
![Potential distribution of Grass Carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) in the North American Great Lakes](http://daphnia.ecology.uga.edu/drakelab/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Grass_Carp-470x140.jpg)
Many species of carp are invasive in North America, accumulating large biomass, damaging benthic habitat, and disrupting native food webs. By contrast, the Grass Carp…
![Invasive earthworms](http://daphnia.ecology.uga.edu/drakelab/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Lumbricus-terrestris-246x140.png)
Above An example of Lumbricus terrestris, which is invasive in the United States The presence of non-native earthworms within the United States has long been…
![Controlling outbreaks of the invasive herb garlic mustard](http://daphnia.ecology.uga.edu/drakelab/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Alliaria-248x140.png)
Garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) in an invasive understory herb in forested areas of the Eastern United States. Two features make garlic mustard interesting from a…
![Aquatic invasive species](http://daphnia.ecology.uga.edu/drakelab/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/zebra-mussel-470x140.png)
Invasive species are a leading environmental problem in aquatic ecosystems and provide a challenging set of theoretical questions for population ecology. One question of interest…
![Risk classification for weeds and invasive species](http://daphnia.ecology.uga.edu/drakelab/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/decision-tool-470x140.png)
There are many species of weeds, but how many basic kinds of weeds are there? Are weedy species more related to each other than to…
![Gypsy moth invasion](http://daphnia.ecology.uga.edu/drakelab/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/gypsy-moth_Caterpillar2-300x140.png)
Background A partial differential equation model of population growth and dispersal developed by Lewis and Karieva (1993) predicts that invading populations subject to an…
![Bythotrephes project](http://daphnia.ecology.uga.edu/drakelab/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Like many cladocera in temperate environments, the spiny water flea Bythotrephes longimanus exhibits cyclical parthenogenisis in which overwintering resting eggs are produced through sexual reproduction…