Group Leader: @jrvicente.bsky.social
Visit our website: https://sites.google.com/biopolis.pt/invasions
📅 Open until 1 Dec 2025
🔗 Learn more and find out how to participate: iucn.org/news/202509/...
#IUCN #InvasiveSpecies #Biodiversity
We delivered CamALIEN to our next Living Lab partner, ESA–IPVC, and joined the “Week of Life and Earth Sciences” to present @onestop-project.eu, the Living Lab approach, and our detection tech. 👩🏫
#CamALIEN #LivingLabs #Portugal #especiesinvasoras
We delivered CamALIEN to our next Living Lab partner, ESA–IPVC, and joined the “Week of Life and Earth Sciences” to present @onestop-project.eu, the Living Lab approach, and our detection tech. 👩🏫
#CamALIEN #LivingLabs #Portugal #especiesinvasoras
Our new master’s student has been working on biodiversity, conservation, and invasive species management for several years, and he's currently studying the ecological impact and genetic patterns of benthic invasive species along the coast of Angola!
Our new master’s student has been working on biodiversity, conservation, and invasive species management for several years, and he's currently studying the ecological impact and genetic patterns of benthic invasive species along the coast of Angola!
🍃 This #InvasiveAlienSpecies can grow vigorously, covering shrubs and trees, impeding the germination and growth of native seeds.
🔴 It is toxic to animals and fish.
#IASinEurope #UnionConcernSpecies
🍃 This #InvasiveAlienSpecies can grow vigorously, covering shrubs and trees, impeding the germination and growth of native seeds.
🔴 It is toxic to animals and fish.
#IASinEurope #UnionConcernSpecies
📍 They have proposed new workflows and indicators for better management of #InvasiveAlienSpecies
👀 Read more: b-cubed.eu/news/new-b-c...
📍 It is a versatile and adaptive predator that has few natural limiting factors.
👉 It feeds on a variety of invertebrates and land snails, potentially altering the soil food web.
#IASinEurope #UnionConcernSpecies
📍 It is a versatile and adaptive predator that has few natural limiting factors.
👉 It feeds on a variety of invertebrates and land snails, potentially altering the soil food web.
#IASinEurope #UnionConcernSpecies
🌿 This #InvasiveAlienSpecies is a hybrid between the Japanese and Giant knotweed, inheriting their most problematic traits.
👉 Its aggressive spread outcompetes native species, and possesses the ability to damage infrastructure
#IASinEurope
🌿 This #InvasiveAlienSpecies is a hybrid between the Japanese and Giant knotweed, inheriting their most problematic traits.
👉 Its aggressive spread outcompetes native species, and possesses the ability to damage infrastructure
#IASinEurope
🍃 R. sachalinensis's leaves are larger, and it also spreads via rhizomes.
👉 It outcompetes and overshadows other species, and can cause damage to infrastructure.
#IASinEurope
🍃 R. sachalinensis's leaves are larger, and it also spreads via rhizomes.
👉 It outcompetes and overshadows other species, and can cause damage to infrastructure.
#IASinEurope
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
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
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...
📅 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
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...
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
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
📅 Open until 1 Dec 2025
🔗 Learn more and find out how to participate: iucn.org/news/202509/...
#IUCN #InvasiveSpecies #Biodiversity
📅 Open until 1 Dec 2025
🔗 Learn more and find out how to participate: iucn.org/news/202509/...
#IUCN #InvasiveSpecies #Biodiversity
🟩 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
🟩 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
👌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...
👌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...
🔵 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
🔵 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 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
🎞️ 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
📊 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
📊 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
🪱 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.
🪱 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.
📅 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
📅 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
🟢 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
🟢 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
🐚 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.
🐚 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.
🌊 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
🌊 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
🐚 This #InvasiveAlienSpecies, with high fecundity, has the potential to alter benthic communities and influence the food web.
#IASinEurope #BioInvasions #UnionConcernSpecies
🐚 This #InvasiveAlienSpecies, with high fecundity, has the potential to alter benthic communities and influence the food web.
#IASinEurope #BioInvasions #UnionConcernSpecies
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...
✍️ Sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
🔎 Explore the upcoming BMD co-design opportunities: bmd-project.eu/news/upcomin...
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...
🔎 Read more: lnkd.in/d8xX9UAJ
🔎 Read more: lnkd.in/d8xX9UAJ
🔗 Read more on: onestop-project.eu/news/onestop...
🔗 Read more on: onestop-project.eu/news/onestop...