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..
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...
Long-term vegetation study through resurveys is essential for quantifying how biodiversity changes over time. The accuracy of resurvey data is influenced...
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...
Biodiversity and languages are threatened worldwide. The IPBES Global Assessment estimates around 1 Mio. species at risk of extinction and the same holds...
In April 2026, Franz Essl has been invited to join the European Academy of Sciences, Academia Europaea. Academia Europaea is an interdisciplinary scientific...
On the 18th of December, Tom Vorstenbosch defended his thesis “Modelling biological invasions in the sub-Antarctic under climate change”, supervised by...
On Wednesday 29/10, Franz Essl was a guest in “Punkt 1” on the Austrian Radio Ö1. The broadcast focused on rapidly spreading alien insects in Austria,...
The second edition of the Checklist of Austrian Neophytes, led by Michael Glaser, has just been published in Preslia. This comprehensive update documents...
Latest Publications
Ciarle R., Vaishnav T., Bosher G., & Mologni F. (2026). Integrating functional and trait-based models to explain seed size variation on islands in the New Zealand region. Evolutionary Journal Of The Linnean Society, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.1093/evolinnean/kzag007
Hagr E. A. A., Mohammed E. M. I., Gadallah N. A. H., Hassan T. T., & Omer A. (2026). Dynamics of ecosystem service values under land cover change in the Dinder semi-arid biosphere reserve, Sudan. Ecological Indicators, 185, 114821. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.ECOLIND.2026.114821
Dawson W., Blumenthal D., Čuda J., Duncan R. P., Frohlich D., Hejda M., et al. (2026). Cross-border colonists : How naturalised species reshape prairies, Pampas, and savannas. Routledge Handbook Of Grasslands, 232-248. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003394969-18