I will present my work with @hannoseebens.bsky.social and @mormoops.bsky.social on forecasting spread of non-native invasive species at this years @guardias.bsky.social online conference from 13th to 14th of November.

Starting the week in Bogotá with an exchange with Colombian and European experts on invasive alien species data management. Amazing to see what has been done in Colombia for harmonising and providing biodiversity. Next stop #LivingData2025 conference starting tomorrow.

On my way to attend the #LivingData2025 conference in Bogotá, Colombia. Very excited to get in contact to a new community, to meet friends and colleagues and to learn new stuff and advancements on biodiversity data.🙂

Buhuuuu 😭 Our proposal was rejected by biodiversa+ for the transformative change call ☹️☹️☹️ I know that this is not uncommon in science but it always sucks. We put quite some effort into this and it is such a nice one. Maybe next time.

Thanks to all contributors @annaroennfeldt.bsky.social Katrin Schifferle @jsarmentocabral.bsky.social @dylancraven.bsky.social Tiffany Knight @hannoseebens.bsky.social @patrickweigelt.bsky.social

How reliable are model-based blacklists of invasive plant species if occurrence & environmental data are limited & under different model choices? New paper by PhD researcher Valén Holle @jappliedecology.bsky.social #SDM #invasive #plants #Pacific besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Registered for @biogeography.bsky.social conference 2026 and will give a talk about our (@mormoops.bsky.social & @hannoseebens.bsky.social) new model approach to forecast invasive species spread based on traffic gravity model and landscape resistance maps derived from open data. 🥳

Raising concerns on the dangers of linking biological invasions to human migration 🌎🌐🧪 #bioinvasions www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

This week I had the pleasure of presenting our work on #biodiversity #impacts of companies at a workshop by Fauna & Flora, #IUCN and Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures #TNFD. A fantastic opportunity to exchange across sectors. Many thanks for having me! I enjoyed it very much. 🙏

What a great paper!

‼️🪶The future reference for basic and applied research on #invasivespecies. 🏝️It was an honour and a pleasure to contribute to this important global study from the perspective of the tropical #Pacific #Islands. Thank you for taking me on board! #biodiversity #conservation #globalchange

📣 A global assessment of the status, trends and gaps of #non-native (alien, partly #invasive) #species A new #publication with 65 authors from all continents (except Antarctica), 42 article pages and >500 references. doi.org/10.1111/brv.... 🌐 #ecology #globalchange

Read our latest paper on the trends and statuses of #biologicalinvasions worldwide. Led by @hannoseebens.bsky.social , L Meyerson, P Pyšek and D Richardson and ~60 other coauthors, and based on Chap2 of the #IAS #IPBES Report, it has all the basic info you need! A MUST READ! doi.org/10.1111/brv....

Very excited to share this review. Stemming from the @ipbes.net IAS Assessment, it is the most comprehensive and up-to-date synthesis of the status of invasive alien species globally. An essential reference for anyone interested in #bioinvasions 🌎🌐 🧪 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

What an honour! 😊 🤩 I realised that the famous data platform "Our World in Data" has now our data set of first records of alien species on their platform. I use this platform quite a lot and I am very happy (and proud) to find our data set there as well 🤩 lnkd.in/ePJFEgFk

Very interesting meeting of the #CBD inter-liaison group of #invasive alien #species! A small group but with representatives from very different organisations from sectors of eg trade, tourism, agriculture, biodiversity. Amazing to see how much is going on. But this needs to be coordinated!

On my way to the meeting of the #CBD inter-liaison group on #invasive alien #species in Paris. Looking forward discussing gaps and needs to meet the global biodiversity taget on #IAS

Interested in invasive species and biological invasions: Postdoc opportunity in Chile. Come work with us in the Laboratory of Biological Invasions at the University of Concepción and the Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity @iebchile.bsky.social

⭐ Registrations are OPEN for the #LivingData2025 conference! ⭐ The joint conference hosted by @tdwg.org, GBIF, @obis.org and @geobon.org at the #InstitutoHumboldt in Bogotá, #Colombia will bring together biodiversity networks from across the world. 🐸 www.livingdata2025.c...#LivingData2025#InstitutoHumboldt#Colombia#DatosVivos2025

✍ Register for the upcoming #LivingData2025 conference taking place in October 2025! 📲 Detailed information here: www.livingdata2025.com/index.html @tdwg.org @gbif.org @geobon.org @obis.org

@gbif.org provides now a new download option: downloading species occurrence as a standardised data cube. A massive milestone of the @b-cubed.eu project Check it out 👇

@hannoseebens.bsky.social presented B-Cubed’s collection of R packages to calculate biodiversity indicators from occurrence cubes Access the packages 🌐 docs.b-cubed.eu/guides/b3ver...

Our global-level case study presented by @hannoseebens.bsky.social will test B-Cubed indicators & workflows, focusing on 📊 Applying indicators to species or regions of interest in environmental agreements 📊 Indicators to support reporting for international agreements #BCubed2025

Second day our our @b-cubed.eu annual meeting. Discussing - use of @gbif.org data cubes for modelling and indicators - indicators of biodiversity change (incl. #bioinvasion indicators) - stakeholder engagement - uncertainty and robustness of results Fascinating and challenging 🤓 🌐

First day of our @b-cubed.eu project meeting is over. Quite a lot of new software products developed based on species occurrence cubes by @gbif.org. The cubes are used eg for SDMs, invasibility cubes and to calculate a set of indicators of biodiversity change. Soon all online and as #R packages.

📦 B-Cubed developed a collection of R packages to calculate biodiversity indicators from occurrence cubes Access the b3verse 🌐 docs.b-cubed.eu/guides/b3ver... #BCubed2025

On my way to our annual project meeting of @b-cubed.eu in Leipzig. Looking forward to discuss species occurrence cubes, indicators and case studies with a great Team of people. But for now, I have to for the delayed train…

Since last year, I am head of a research group, which I enjoy very much. Great people and great collaboration. It is quite a hybrid collaboration, which works quite well. But it took around ten months that we manage to meet all in person. A historic moment! Let’s when this will happen again 😅

📢Our new paper on alien vertebrates in the world's mountains is now out @naturecomms.bsky.social. Using data on 700+ spp across ~3,000 mountains we explore their distribution patterns,flows across realms, presence in protected areas, and the factors driving these trends. 🐟🐸🦎🦜🦝⛰️ 👉 rdcu.be/ebidu

Sie fragen, der Postillon antwortet: "Wie kommt das 'Rasen betreten verboten'-Schild eigentlich auf den Rasen?"

We are seeking a highly motivated #Postdoc Researcher -background in #Ecology, #Biology or #Biodiversity -experience in #BiologicalInvasions - to contribute to the #HorizonEurope #GuardIAS project. Info and applications (by 12/3): euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/317579 #bioinvasions #InvasiveSpecies

Very interesting read about the costs of competitive funding in academia. Too little research on research: "Despite the expansion and increased efforts, we can think of no other industry that spends so little on evidence-based quality control and process improvement." www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Good advice ⬇️

Noch unentschlossen? Der Wahl-O-Mat des Postillon ist da! #PostillOMat

It’s unbelievable and worrying what’s currently going in the US… Basic funding, research, scientific infrastructure etc all at risk 🌐 Revised and Extended: What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/blog...

Extremely worrying dynamics are unfolding in the US: What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/blog...

Last week I was teaching "modelling of population dynamics". It was fun to talk about #theoretical #ecology, logistic growth and the old graphical tools like cob-webbing to visualise stability, oscillations and chaos. Fascinating stuff 🤓 First time since more than 12 years since my last course...

A survey of 1928 managers across Europe, revealed #InvasiveAlienSpecies (IAS) management trends. While monitoring efforts rise, #IAS impacts continue to grow. 📢: Europe’s strategies need a revamp to meet biodiversity targets by 2030! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #BioInvasions 🧪🌍🌐

With more and more invasion ecologists in the bluesky, it might be worth to share again our feed :) bsky.app/profile/did:...

New preprint! Using long-term data and novel Bayesian models, we show that alien trees outside of the demographic space of the native community are able to invade subtropical forests #bioinvasions 🌎 🧪 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

If you're interested in Ecology at larger scales, here's the second volume of the Global Ecology starter pack! go.bsky.app/L37W5uH

Great Global Ecology starter pack🌐: bsky.app/starter-pack... You can still DM @global-ecology.bsky.social to join.

Our new IAS Toolkit produced to support parties in achieving Target 6 on IAS of the GBF is now available! There are also useful training and awareness materials. A combined effort by many amazing experts! @acmill.bsky.social @adriaenstim.bsky.social

A new #toolkit to support developing and implementing indicators of #biological #invasions to meet target 6 of the #CBD Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. #IAStoolkit #invasivespecies #KMGBF t.co/Nyj6o29WXZ

#LivingData2025 - Theme 1 📊Open Data This theme highlights advances in data standards, principles and infrastructures that support inclusive access to biodiversity and geological data 🐊 📍Due 12 Feb: 🔗 www.livingdata2025.com/calls.html TDWG, OBIS, @gbif.org, Instituto Humboldt

#DYK nearly 75% of major marine fish stocks have been depleted/overexploited & 50% of live coral cover on reefs destroyed? - @ipbes.bsky.social #GlobalAssessment Let’s restore our ocean's vitality & ensure a more sustainable future. 🪸🌍🧪🦈

Our new perspective and short analysis in Marine Policy: "The commitment of the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 is unfeasible for marine threatened species affected by invasive alien species" authors.elsevier.com/c/1kNN7,714M...

Looking back at 2024: This year was my first "official" year as a group leader. And my first year at Justus Liebig University Giessen. Still, this was the most relaxed year since 2019. 👇

New paper out! We analysed the phylogentic relationship of freshwater snails and reconstructed their likely historic spread. My part was the SDM development 🤓 My first paper collaboration at my new university @jlugiessen. 😊 dx.doi.org/10.1111/ddi....