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Our team at the 14th International Conference on Biological Invasions (NEOBIOTA 2026) in Brussels

Our Division attended the 14th International Conference on Biological Invasions (NEOBIOTA 2026) taking place from 7th to 11th September in Brussels. This...

14.09.2026

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Does ecosystem intactness shape migration under drought?

Jennifer Hennenfeind, a PhD student from our group, has just spent the summer at IIASA answering this question. Every summer since 1977, around 50 PhD...

04.09.2026

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New commentary in the Austrian newspaper DER STANDARD: Why a national Green Deal is needed right now!

Franz Essl wrote a commentary piece on why the extreme heat and drought wave that has hit Austria in the last months also offers opportunities for national...

31.08.2026

Publication

New publication examines novel and co-xenic associations of alien fungal and fungus-like plant pathogens

A new study led by Anna Schertler and an international team of experts on fungal and plant invasions has just been published in New Phytologist. The study...

24.08.2026

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New Publication – The Influence of Resurvey Plot Location on Observed Vegetation Change

Long-term vegetation study through resurveys is essential for quantifying how biodiversity changes over time. The accuracy of resurvey data is influenced...

17.08.2026

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Stefan M. Gergely Fellowship for biodiversity research

The Stefan M. Gergely Prizes and Fellowships of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) were awarded in 2026 to two researchers and three journalists. One of...

02.06.2026

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New publication – Shining a Light on “Dark Extinctions” – undocumented extinctions are the rule rather than the exception

Species loss is accelerating and has surpassed historic extinction rates. But how well do we actually capture extinctions and do we know how many species...

11.05.2026

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New publication – European colonialism still threatens biodiversity and languages worldwide

Biodiversity and languages are threatened worldwide. The IPBES Global Assessment estimates around 1 Mio. species at risk of extinction and the same holds...

11.05.2026

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Franz Essl has joined Academia Europaea

In April 2026, Franz Essl has been invited to join the European Academy of Sciences, Academia Europaea. Academia Europaea is an interdisciplinary scientific...

27.04.2026

Events

MOTIVATE project annual meeting in Vienna

The Vienna BioInvasions team had the pleasure of hosting this year’s annual MOTIVATE project meeting.

02.03.2026

Events

OneSTOP project annual meeting

From 19-22 January, Lisa Tedeschi attended the annual meeting of the EU Horizon project OneSTOP in Almería, Spain.

30.01.2026

E-STEEM Call Open now! 20 Female Post Doc Positions @Uni Vienna

With E-STEEM – empowering women in STEM and Economics, the University of Vienna awards at least 20 four-year and full-time (40h/week) postdoctoral...

30.01.2026

Latest Publications

Schertler A., Lenzner B., Dullinger S., Moser D., García-Rodríguez A., Krisai-Greilhuber I., et al. (2026). Are novel and co-xenic associations common in alien fungal and fungus-like plant pathogens? New Phytologist. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.71455

Naser M., Yasser A., Karpowicz M., & de Los Ríos-Escalante P. R. (2026). An annotated checklist of free-living Copepoda (Crustacea) of Iraq: diversity, distribution, and biogeographical affinities. Zookeys, 1292, 177-225. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1292.196683

Naser M., Yasser A., Lopes-Lima M., Schoelynck J., Gümüş B. A., Zieritz A., et al. (2026). Co-occurrence of temperate and tropical Sinanodonta lineages in Iraq suggests converging invasion pathways in the Middle East. Aquatic Invasions, 21(3), 203-216. https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2026.21.3.199616

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