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Anna Schertler successfully defended her PhD thesis!

Last Wednesday, 30st July, Anna Schertler defended her thesis “Macroecological perspectives in invasion biology – examining drivers of fungal and plant...

04.08.2025

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New book – Kärntens Heuschrecken

Franz Essl contributed to a beautiful newly published book on Austrian (particularly Carinthian) grasshoppers, available now on the webshop of the...

04.08.2025

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New publication – Patterns and drivers of range filling of alien mammals in Europe

A new study led by Lisa Tedeschi, in collaboration with colleagues from Czech Republic, Portugal, and Italy, was recently published in Oikos. In this paper,...

02.07.2025

Press Conference and Open Letter on closing the EU Biodiversity Funding Gap

On Thursday, 26 June 2025, an online press conference organized by Scientists For Future Austria, with the participation of Franz Essl and colleagues from...

30.06.2025

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New publication – The latitudinal variation in amphibian speciation rates revisited

A study led by Adrián García-Rodríguez and involving colleagues from Mexico, Colombia, Austria and Brazil was recently published in Communications Biology....

23.06.2025

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New publication – World-wide impacts of climate change and nitrogen deposition on vegetation structure, composition, and functioning of shrublands

Recent research led by Daijun Liu, published in New Phytologist, has reported how structure and functional changes of global shrubland ecosystems in response...

10.06.2025

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Warum wir Biodiversität erhalten & fördern müssen: Franz Essl in the Krone

Recently, Franz Essl along with other colleagues have highlighted the importance of Biodiversity in Austria's largest free daily tabloid newspaper.

03.06.2025

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New publication – The global distribution patterns of alien vertebrate richness in mountains

A new study led by Adrián García-Rodríguez and involving several BioInvasions team members was recently published in Nature Communications. The research...

02.03.2025

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“Warum Biodiversität jetzt wichtig ist”: Franz Essl on “Die Furche”

Franz Essl has recently written an invited commentary on the importance of biodiversity policy in the well-known Austrian weekly magazine "Die Furche". You...

23.02.2025

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Introducing our new colleague: Ruiling Liu

We are pleased to welcome Ruiling Liu to our team in Vienna. Ruiling recently joined us as a visiting PhD student and will be conducting research using our...

05.02.2025

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New publication – Threatened Mammals With Alien Populations: Distribution, Causes, and Conservation

In the new article "Threatened Mammals With Alien Populations: Distribution, Causes, and Conservation", we explore the paradoxical topic of threatened mammals...

05.12.2024

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Franz Essl in conversation with Philipp Blom

The renowned historian Philipp Blom has invited Franz Essl to his BlomCast Podcast series. The conversation focused on the role of tipping points in science...

20.11.2024

Latest Publications

Seebens H., Meyerson L. A., Richardson D. M., Lenzner B., Tricarico E., Courchamp F., et al. (2025). Biological invasions: a global assessment of geographic distributions, long‐term trends, and data gaps. Biological Reviews, 49. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.70058

Mologni F., & Pither J. (2025). Transparency and reproducibility in invasion science. Neobiota, 100, 23-43. https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.100.143736

Groom Q., Adriaens T., August T., Capinha C., Cardoso A., Dehnen-Schmutz K., et al. (2025). OneSTOP: OneBiosecurity systems and technology for people, places and pathways. Research Ideas And Outcomes, 11. https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.11.e165316

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