Our researchIs centred at the crossroads of Invasion Science, Macroecology, Biogeography and Conservation Biology, with a strong focus on human-environment interactions.
Invasive Reynoutria japonica in Austria
Our division
CollaborationsWe are committed to a inter-disciplinary, open-minded research culture complemented by active international exchange..
We welcome Anna Walentowitz, who is doing her post-doc at University of Bayreuth in Germany. In her research she focuses on island biogeography and invasion...
Between 24. and 25.9.2024 our annual division retreat took place. Like last year, we were once again in Weissenkirchen in the Wachau, where we discussed our...
At the end of May 2024, Lisa Tedeschi successfully defended her joint PhD thesis at Sapienza University of Rome. The thesis is titled "The ecology of alien...
At the beginning of September, many researchers from our Division attended the 13th International Conference on Biological Invasions (NEOBIOTA) in Lisbon....
In this recent perspective piece in the journal People and Nature, we discuss the role of biological invasions for sustainable development. We highlight...
The latest research paper led by Daijun Liu has been published in Global Change Biology. Here, we combined global databases documenting the occurrence and...
We are happy to welcome Fabio Mologni to our team in Vienna. Fabio recently started as a post doctoral researcher in our new BiodivERsA+ Project BioMonI...
In June 2024, Bologna (Italy) hosted the 7th ECCB, with more than 1000 participants and 10 parallel sessions! The conference featured Lisa Tedeschi as a...
Recently the synthesis publication of the recent IPBES Assessment Report on Invasive Alien Species and their Control has been published in Nature Ecology and...
We welcome David, who will be doing a two-month internship in our Division. He will be collaborating with Adrián Garcia-Rodriguez to develop a database of...
The latest research paper of Ali Omer and colleagues, "Invasion risk of the currently cultivated alien flora in Southern Africa is predicted to decline under...
There are often decades between the introduction of new species and their massive spread. This makes it difficult to assess the risk and protect native...
Latest Publications
Vincent C., Cristiano A., Cuadros-Casanova I., Pacifici M., Soria C. D., Tedeschi L., et al. (2024). The war in Ukraine is changing plausible future socioeconomic scenarios leading to an unexplored outlook for biodiversity. Conservation Science And Practice. https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.13056
Lenzner B., García-Rodríguez A., Colling G., Dullinger S., Fugger J., Glaser M., et al. (2024). The neglected importance of managing biological invasions for sustainable development. People And Nature. https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10712
Schertler A., Tedeschi L., & Essl F. (2024). Reeves’ muntjac Muntiacus reveesi (Ogilby, 1839) in Austria. Bioinvasions Records, 13(3), 685-695. https://doi.org/10.3391/bir.2024.13.3.10