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
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CollaborationsWe are committed to a inter-disciplinary, open-minded research culture complemented by active international exchange..
Last Wednesday, 30st July, Anna Schertler defended her thesis “Macroecological perspectives in invasion biology – examining drivers of fungal and plant...
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,...
On Thursday, 26 June 2025, an online press conference organized by Scientists For Future Austria, with the participation of Franz Essl and colleagues from...
A study led by Adrián García-Rodríguez and involving colleagues from Mexico, Colombia, Austria and Brazil was recently published in Communications Biology....
Recent research led by Daijun Liu, published in New Phytologist, has reported how structure and functional changes of global shrubland ecosystems in response...
A new study led by Adrián García-Rodríguez and involving several BioInvasions team members was recently published in Nature Communications. The research...
Franz Essl has recently written an invited commentary on the importance of biodiversity policy in the well-known Austrian weekly magazine "Die Furche". You...
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...
In the new article "Threatened Mammals With Alien Populations: Distribution, Causes, and Conservation", we explore the paradoxical topic of threatened mammals...
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...
Latest Publications
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
Latombe G., Arbieu U., Bacher S., Canessa S., Courchamp F., Dullinger S., et al. (2025). Clarifying ethical stances in conservation: a trolley problem thought experiment. Bioscience, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaf052
Canelles Q., Pérez-Granados C., Roura-Pascual N., Biancolini D., Blackburn T. M., Capinha C., et al. (2025). Policies slow biological invasions in Europe, but legacies still matter. One Earth, 101355. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2025.101355