Biological Invasions

Ecology, Evolution, and North American Invasion of One of the World's Most Successful Plant Species Phragmites australis is one of the most widely distributed macrophytes in the world and a compelling model system for biological invasions, as both native and introduced lineages grow sympatrically ac...

Ecology, Evolution, and North American Invasion of One of the World's Most Successful Plant Species - www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

Schematic figure indicating scientific support for the assumptions underlying the relationship between diversification rate and current naturalisation potential.

New paper @biolinvasions.bsky.social led by Sarah-Sophie Weil.

Can macroevolution inform contemporary invasion potential?

We outline the assumptions of this approach, assess support, then test if dispersal ability can proxy for naturalisation success in several tetrapod groups.

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Co-occurrence patterns of introduced terrestrial flatworms in metropolitan France revealed by citizen science - Biological Invasions Terrestrial flatworms are a group of successful carnivorous invaders that have been introduced to many regions outside their native range. In France, six different species have been recorded in signif...

In @biolinvasions.bsky.social 27(10)
"Co-occurrence patterns of introduced terrestrial flatworms in metropolitan France revealed by citizen science"
Fourcade,Y., @jean-lou-justine.bsky.social @isyeb.mnhn.fr
et al.
#Platyhelminthes
#Citizen_science
#Invasion
#Soil_ecosystems
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I just got an Ai generated invite from @springernature.com to submit an Elton Review, the most prestigious paper category in Biological Invasions. These papers are invitation only…by a human. Inviting submissions based on algorithms is gonna make so much more work for those of us editorial board.

1/ Invasional meltdown is a popular but nebulous concept in invasion ecology. It involves multiple direct & indirect mechanisms, yet it is rarely studied beyond simple pairwise facilitations.

In a new paper, we expand the concept & offer testable hypotheses: redpath-staff.mcgill.ca/ricciardi/Ri...

Coming soon!
#bioinvasions #invasivespecies

Kelp forests are biodiversity hotspots along the South African coast and economically important. Anticipating invasions, especially in a changing climate, can help to make monitoring more effective and cost-efficient.

New paper:
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#bioinvasions #kelp

Oops! It is the Invasions Newsletter! This new newsletter builds on the formerly published Aliens newsletter. Sorry that I got the name wrong everyone!

Read all about it! The Aliens Newsletter is out led by @ananovoaperez.bsky.social and @scanavan.bsky.social

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A recent article in Biol Reviews by Ahmed et al (2025) warns against 'deleterious' comparisons between human migrations & biological invasions, yet makes a series of scientifically dubious comparisons, described as "potentially fruitful to explore". See our critique: academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...

Invasions Newsletter safeguarding island havens. new research. management stories. policy updates.

📣📣 We would like to introduce the bi-annual #InvasionsNewsletter, an open-access digital magazine and a collaborative effort of individuals, networks, and organizations from around the world! You can access it here:
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New paper in @biolinvasions.bsky.social using @gbif.org mediated data:

Alien flora of the Himalayan highlands: naturalised and invasive plants in the Trans-Himalayan region of Ladakh, India 🇮🇳

#CiteTheDOI: ❌

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-025-03562-z

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I am a Biology Section leader for @aaas.org. I have one-year, complimentary student memberships to AAAS for undergrads, grads, and postdocs. If interested, please DM me.

AAAS has 100,000+ members and is a major advocacy group for science, which is critical now. AAAS publishes the journal Science.

Predicting the invasiveness of alpine newts in the UK - Biological Invasions Predicting invasion risk to novel environments is essential for risk management and conservation decision making but the evolutionary lineage at which to make these predictions is often unclear. Here ...

New paper in @biolinvasions.bsky.social using @gbif.org mediated data:

Predicting the invasiveness of alpine newts in the UK 🇬🇧

#CiteTheDOI: ✅

#OpenAccess: ⭐️

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-025-03543-2

Woo Hoo! This year's Simberloff Awards: Sarah Romy (best poster) & Miranda Melen (best oral presentation) on invasion science @ ESA annual meeting. The Simberloff Award is named in honor of former BINV EiC Dan Simberloff. Stay tuned for the BINV write up by @drdeahlieurance.bsky.social

Did you know that Biological Invasions publishes book reviews relevant to our field? Check out this latest OA review by Dan Simberloff: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Great news! We have a new section focused on management! The Management Innovations and Insights in Invasion Science collection aims to advance the science & practice of invasive species management worldwide. Dr. Jasmin Packer, will lead this section. Details: link.springer.com/collections/...

Our ( @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social ) inventory of Bermuda's flora has been published by
@biolinvasions.bsky.social . Spoiler alert - less than 10% of the list are native plants. Read it here: rdcu.be/edCZ7 🌺

Meet Dr. Giulia Ceccherelli, BINV Editor & Professor & Head of Natural Science School @ Univ of Sassari. She studies Mediterranean subtidal communities, esp. seagrasses & coralligenous reefs. She conducts manipulative field experiments supplemented by long-term surveys & spatial analysis techniques.

Using the long-term genetic monitoring network ARMS-MBON to detect marine non-indigenous species along the European coasts - Biological Invasions The increasing prevalence of non-indigenous species (NIS) in marine ecosystems poses significant challenges for biodiversity conservation and ecosystem management. Advances in molecular techniques ena...

New paper in @biolinvasions.bsky.social using @gbif.org mediated data:

Using the long-term genetic monitoring network ARMS-MBON to detect marine non-indigenous species along the European coasts

#CiteTheDOI: ❌

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-024-03503-2

Meet Dr. Ronaldo Sousa, Editor at Biological Invasions and researcher. He has broad interests in freshwater ecology and conservation. He is especially interested on the impacts of biological invasion at different ecological levels (from individuals to ecosystems).

NISAW Webinar: The role of primary and secondary introduction pathway management in effective biosecurity - NAISMA Effective biosecurity is crucial for safeguarding the United States' ecosystems, economy, and public health from the growing threat of invasive species.

Next week is National Invasive Species Awareness Week (NISAW).

I will be presenting this Monday at 1 EST about primary and secondary introduction pathway management as a component of prevention and biosecurity efforts.

You can register through the link below

naisma.org/event/nisaw-...

Trump firings hit Great Lakes sea lamprey program, Michigan forestry workers | Bridge Michigan Fish and wildlife officials tasked with holding back a species that would otherwise decimate the Great Lakes fishery were among those caught up in a mass purge of federal workers. Dozens, if not hundr...

It is tough to do sea lamprey control in the US waters of the Great Lakes when front line control agents are fired. Just one of the consequences associated with random terminations of environmental professionals in the US.
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"While individual stressors have taxon-specific and sometimes positive impacts, eutrophication and species invasions have collectively decimated the native mollusc community over the past century" Karatayev et al. 2025. doi.org/10.1007/s10530-025-03540-5

Supporting Spartina: Interdisciplinary perspective shows Spartina as a distinct solid genus In 2014, a DNA-based phylogenetic study confirming the paraphyly of the grass subtribe Sporobolinae proposed the creation of a large monophyletic genus Sporobolus, including (among others) species pr...

If you love the saltmarsh (wherever you are) you might have to take a look at this brief article.
#Spatrtina4Ever #Spartina

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Dr. Hsiao-Hsuan 'Rose' Wang, BINV Editor, develops techniques to characterize patterns over spatial and temporal scales to identify critical pattern-forming processes. Recent research applies these techniques to management of endangered species, invasive species & vectors of emerging diseases

Meet Dr. Elena Tricarico, BINV Editor & zoology research fellow @Univ of Florence. She studies freshwater conservation & invasion biology, from research on impacts & behavior to management & citizen science. She is particularly passionate about crustaceans & loves traveling the world

New paper in @biolinvasions.bsky.social using @gbif.org mediated data:

Impact of Urochloa subquadripara #invasion on #hydroelectricity generation: a risk analysis 🇧🇷

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https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-025-03529-0

Great to have you there!

CDC Posts, Then Deletes, Data on Bird Flu Transmission Between Cats and People The data, which appeared fleetingly online on Wednesday, confirmed transmission in two households. Scientists called on the agency to release the full report.

Cats that became infected with bird flu might have spread the virus to humans in the same household and vice versa, according to data that briefly appeared online in a report from the CDC but then abruptly vanished.