📢 New paper out! Led by Rita Bastos & Cheikh Seck, with Joana Vicente, in Global Ecology and Conservation! 🌿 ⚡ A BACI-like model reveals how hydropower development impacts raptor populations in NE Portugal. 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.ge... #EcologicalModelling #Hydropower #Biodiversity

🔥 Update! The “Forests and Fires: What Future?” Conference will also be available online, and everyone is welcome to join! 🗓️ 3 November 2025 | ⏰ 10:00–12:30 📍 Prof. Eugénio Castro Caldas Auditorium, ESA–IPVC & Online (Teams) 💻 Join here: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...

🔥 New paper out! Led by @cristinaglima.bsky.social and published in @biolinvasions.bsky.social 🌿 We explored how fire & landscape susceptibility shape Acacia dealbata invasion in Portugal using a STELLA dynamic model. 🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s105... #InvasionScience #FireEcology #AcaciaDealbata

🌿 IUCN launches a public consultation to shape its Global Strategy on Invasive Alien Species! A key step for international cooperation on biodiversity loss. 📅 Open until 1 Dec 2025 🔗 Learn more and find out how to participate: iucn.org/news/202509/... #IUCN #InvasiveSpecies #Biodiversity

👉 Meet a new #InvasiveAlienSpecies, Reynoutria japonica, the Japanese Knotweed! 🟩 It is a rapid clonal spreader, growing vigorously and outcompeting and overshadowing other vegetation 🌱Its clonal expansion via roots (rhizomes) makes it difficult to eradicate and can even damage infrastructure

😉 Follow the #SELINAWorkshop taking place this week in Italy! 👌Dedicated to #sustainable use of the #environment through evidence-based decision-making, @selinaproject.bsky.social - is a @horizoneu.bsky.social initiative that started 3 years ago. ℹ️More on our blog: blog.pensoft.net/2023/03/06/r...

🦅 Meet Pycnonotus jocosus, the Red-whiskered Bulbul! 🔵 This #InvasiveAlienSpecies may hybridise with native species, cause crop damage, and directly compete with native birds for resources 🍃 There are also concerns that it may facilitate the spread of invasive plants #UnionConcernSpecies #IAS

🔎 The big picture of OneSTOP comes alive in a newly released project video! 🎞️ The video offers a short overview of OneSTOP’s objectives and methodology, as well as the project’s planned results and activities. 👉 Watch it now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bl6E... #IAS #BioInvasions

🌾 New open dataset on Cortaderia selloana (pampas grass) in Portugal, led by João Gonçalves! 📊 47,661 plants mapped from UAV imagery at 63 sites under the LIFE STOP CORTADERIA project. 🔗 Access: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... #InvasionScience #LIFEStopCortaderia #invasivespecies #UAVmapping #cortaderia

🌎 Amidst #LivingData2025, we are introducing Obama nungara, the Obama Flatworm. 🪱 This #InvasiveAlienSpecies is a predator that kills and consumes native earthworms and land snails. 👉 Its introduction can potentially lead to drastic alterations in soil dynamics, impacting the health of ecosystems.

Our PI @jrvicente.bsky.social will speak at the “Forests and Fires: What Future?” Conference! 📅 3 Nov 2025 | ⏰ 10:00–12:30 (CET) 📍 ESA–IPVC, Prof. Eugénio Castro Caldas Auditorium Join the experts to discuss the future of forests and fires! 🌳🔥 More info 👇 #Forests #Fires #Sustainability

👀 Our next #InvasiveAlienSpecies is Neogale vison, the American Mink. 🟢 It is a direct competitor with many native EU species that share its ecological niche, such as the European mink, Pyrenean desman, and Water vole 🪱It is also known to be a carrier of pathogens #UnionConcernSpecies #IASinEurope

🪸 Meet a new #InvasiveAlienSpecies, Nanozostera japonica, the Japanese Eelgrass. 🐚 It displaces native seagrass, affecting local shellfish communities. ⚪ Its faster decomposition rate compared to native seagrasses also alters the decomposer community and productivity dynamics in the tidal zone.

👉 Our next #InvasiveAlienSpecies is Misgurnus bipartitus, the Northern Weatherfish 🌊 It directly competes with the native protected species M. fossilis in the EU, potentially leading to its extinction and disrupting the ecosystem 🪱 It's a carrier of pathogens and may hybridise with native fish

🔎 Today we are focusing on Mulinia lateralis, the Dwarf Surfclam. 🐚 This #InvasiveAlienSpecies, with high fecundity, has the potential to alter benthic communities and influence the food web. #IASinEurope #BioInvasions #UnionConcernSpecies

📢@bmd-project.eu will host a workshop developing and discussing questions about biodiversity data and how addressing these might enable or enhance natural site management practices and decision-making. 🔗 Learn more and register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

🚀Last month, along with #TrIAS and @b-cubed.eu, we published a policy brief on how Belgium has leveraged @gbif.org to support sustainable development, conservation and innovation for effective #biodiversity governance. 🔎 Read more: lnkd.in/d8xX9UAJ

🌱 The 17th International Conference on the Ecology and Management of Alien Plant Invasions 2025 took place from 2 to 5 September in Christchurch, New Zealand, and was co-hosted by OneSTOP’s partner, Lincoln University (NZ). 🔗 Read more on: onestop-project.eu/news/onestop...

🎉The Living Data 2025 Conference is less than a month away! 🔗Learn about the sessions OneSTOP will be part of: onestop-project.eu/news/onestop... 👉Register for the Living Data until 10 October: www.livingdata2025.com/registration...

🌿 Our PI @jrvicente.bsky.social presented the @onestop-project.eu at Porto Business School, highlighting CamAlien, AMITrap and Air-DNA and the importance of collaboration for tackling biological invasions! #InvasionS #Technology #Biologicalnvasions

📢 Introducing Misgurnus anguillicaudatus, the Oriental Weatherfish. 💥 This #InvasiveAlienSpecies has the unusual ability to reproduce clonally. 🐠 It can also reduce aquatic insect biodiversity and compete with native fish for food and spawning areas, impacting local ecosystems. #BioInvasions

🐌 Today's #InvasiveAlienSpecies is Marisa cornuarietis, the Giant Ramshorn Snail. 🔴 It is an aggressive scavenger capable of consuming most vegetation indiscriminately in areas where it is abundant. 🟤 It can also reproduce rapidly, contributing to its significant impact. #IASinEurope

🦀 Our next #InvasiveAlienSpecies is Faxonius immunis, the Calico Crayfish 🌊 It may impact aquatic invertebrate communities and outcompete native species where introduced. 🔴It is also a carrier of pathogens, and its burrowing activity has the potential to damage infrastructure #SpeciesofUnionConcern

📣 Don't forget we have seminar tomorrow! 🕞 15.30h GMT | 📍BIOPOLIS-CIBIO Auditorium and Online. Come learn more about Gorgias and his amazing project 🌿

💬 Already responded the survey? Share it with your network! 🌾 🔗 forms.office.com/pages/respon... #survey #urbanplanning #sustainablecities

MAJOR UPDATE: Seven of nine planetary boundaries now breached – ocean acidification also in the danger zone. Read the new Planetary Healthcheck 2025 report here: www.planetaryhealthcheck.org

Spotlight: The American Bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) 🐸 It can leap nearly six feet in a single bound—almost 10x its body length—and preys on everything from native frogs to birds and even bats. #GuardIAS is using advanced eDNA to track its spread. See our work: guardias.eu #InvasiveSpecies

🌿 This past month, we hosted PhD student Gorgias Aikpon (Univ. of Abomey-Calavi, Benin)! His PhD explores the ecology, distribution & management of two invasive plants: Jack in the Bush and Pignut. During his stay, he developed species distribution models to predict their potential distributions. 🗺️

🌿 Our next #InvasiveAlienSpecies is Crassula helmsii, the New Zealand Pygmyweed. It can rapidly overgrow ponds through asexual reproduction and does not die back in winter. 🌱Due to its persistent growth, it outcompetes other plants for light and resources, potentially lowering water oxygenation.

🌿 The InvasionS group has launched a new website! Discover our story, meet the team, and explore our projects, publications, and outreach. 👉 Visit: sites.google.com/biopolis.pt/... #InvasionS #newwebsitelaunch #researchgroup

🐌 Today's #InvasiveAlienSpecies is Cipangopaludina chinensis, the Chinese Mystery Snail. 🟢 It can outcompete many native snails, alter water quality and algae diversity, and act as a potential parasite host. ⚪ There are also concerns about it clogging water pipes and attacking fish eggs.

👉 Meet Cherax destructor, the Common Yabby. 🐚 This #InvasiveAlienSpecies is a generalist, adaptive, and opportunistic omnivore that can quickly invade new areas and outcompete other crayfish. 🟤 It's a prolific breeder, and its burrowing activities can cause damage to riverbanks and infrastructure.

🔎 The #InvasiveAlienSpecies we focus on today is Cervus nippon, the Sika Deer. 🦌 Overgrazing by these deer can lead to substantial environmental and economic damage, particularly to crops. 🔴 They are quite aggressive, directly competing and sometimes even hybridising with native red deer.

Spotlight: The Red Swamp Crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) 🦞 This crayfish is a major threat, known for damaging infrastructure with its burrows & carrying crayfish plague. The #GuardIAS project is tracking its spread. Learn more: guardias.eu #InvasiveSpecies

📣OneSTOP's first newsletter it out! 🐿️Meet the project and its Living Labs, and explore key topics on #IAS management. 🔗Read it here: preview.mailerlite.io/preview/1281...

Read our 📑 Grant Proposal now on RIO: riojournal.com/article/1653...

🚨 Our PI @jrvicente.bsky.social @coop4cbd.eu training session is today! Don’t miss it at 14:00 CET! 🌿

🦫 The next #InvasiveAlienSpecies of Union concern is the Castor canadensis, or the American Beaver. 🌿 It directly competes with the native European beaver, occupying the same ecological niche. 🟤 With its higher reproduction rate, it increases the risk of extinction for the native beaver species.

📢 A week of CO-OP4CBD online SBSTTA-27 trainings kicks off today at 11 am CET with our first session, all about the work programme of @ipbes.net! 👉 Meeting link: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi... 👀 Full agenda for the week: coop4cbd.eu/news/co-op4c... #Biodiversity #ForNature #ForOurPlanet

🏵️ Today's #InvasiveAlienSpecies is Broussonetia papyrifera, the Paper Mulberry. 🌲 This plant is a swift coloniser of disturbed areas, including forests. 🍂 It can form extensive, dense stands through spreading root systems, and its pollen is highly allergenic. #SpeciesofUnionConcern #IASinEurope

Spotlight: The Marbled Crayfish (Procambarus virginalis) 🦞 This species is an army of female clones. No males have ever been found! Just one crayfish can start an entire invasion & it carries the deadly crayfish plague. The #GuardIAS project is tracking its spread. guardias.eu #InvasiveSpecies

Something is baking…👀 📢 OneSTOP’s first newsletter will be out in no time! 📬 Subscribe to receive it directly in your inbox and learn about all the ways we support #IAS management in Europe: dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/128157... #InvasiveAlienSpecies #Bioinvasions

📢 On Sept 4th (14:00–15:00 CET), our PI @jrvicente.bsky.social joins Roseli Pellens (MNHN) for a CO-OP4CBD online training session on invasive alien species, ahead of SBSTTA-27. 🌿 🔗 Find out more and register: events.pensoft.net/events/co-op... #COOP4CBD #SBSTTA27 #invasivespecies #CBD

We’re excited to invite you to the inaugural GuardIAS Virtual Conference, part of a series hosted by the GuardIAS Project & INVASIVESNET, funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme. Registration is free – sign up today 👇 guardias.eu/welcome-to-t...

🐜 Introducing Brachyponera chinensis, the Asian Needle Ant. 🟢 This #InvasiveAlienSpecies is highly adaptive and competitive. 🟤 Its introduction can lead to it outcompeting local native ant species, which may result in reduced biodiversity and a decline in crucial ecosystem services.

🔎Our next #InvasiveAlienSpecies from the Union List is Bipalium kewense, the Shovel-headed Garden Worm. 🪱This species preys on earthworms, which are vital for healthy soil ecosystems. 🦠 It can also carry parasitic nematodes and may cause irritation to domestic animals if ingested. #IASinEurope

⭐ Meet Asterias amurensis, the North Pacific Sea Star. This #InvasiveAlienSpecies can rapidly multiply and significantly impact juvenile bivalve populations, affecting both mariculture and native biodiversity. 🐠 Its presence in Europe has been linked to the decline of the spotted handfish.

🐦‍⬛ Today’s #InvasiveAlienSpecies is Acridotheres cristatellus, the Crested Myna. 🌱 This bird has the potential to cause significant crop damage, making it an unwelcome guest in many areas. 🪹 It competes with many native species for food resources and nesting sites. #IASinEurope

🪴 Meet Acacia mearnsii, also known as Black Wattle. This species is: 🔥Quite fire-resistant and can resprout after a blaze 🌱 Outcompetes other plants with its dense, shading stands formed by its large crown and numerous seeds. 👀 Keep an eye out for this #InvasiveAlienSpecies!

🎉 Congrats to our PI, @jrvicente.bsky.social, named among the world’s top researchers 2025 in the field of Ecology and Evolution! 🌍✨ Learn more: 🔗 noticias.up.pt/2025/07/28/u... 🔗 research.com/rankings 🔗 research.com/u/joana-r-vi...