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Anthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · Jul 31

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...

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Anthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · Jul 21

Coming soon!
#bioinvasions #invasivespecies

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Tammy Robinson @tbrresearch.bsky.social · Jun 23

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:
www.reabic.net/journals/mbi...

#bioinvasions #kelp

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Biological Invasions @biolinvasions.bsky.social · Jun 20

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

Biological Invasions @biolinvasions.bsky.social · Jun 20

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

Find the paper here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Find the newsletter here: viewer.joomag.com/invasions-ne...

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Biological Invasions @biolinvasions.bsky.social · Jun 20

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

Find the paper here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Find the newsletter here: viewer.joomag.com/invasions-ne...

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Anthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · Jun 9

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...

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Ana Novoa @ananovoaperez.bsky.social · May 14

📣📣 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:
joom.ag/mIjd

Invasions Newsletter

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

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GBIF Morpho 🦋 @gbifmorpho.bsky.social · May 1

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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Maureen Barr @barrlab.bsky.social · Apr 2

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.

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Alt: a woman (Oprah Winfrey) in a red dress holds a microphone and says you get one and you get one we all get one

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GBIF Morpho 🦋 @gbifmorpho.bsky.social · Apr 1

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

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 ...

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Biological Invasions @biolinvasions.bsky.social · Mar 26

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

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Biological Invasions @biolinvasions.bsky.social · Mar 19

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...

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Biological Invasions @biolinvasions.bsky.social · Mar 18

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/...

Management Innovations and Insights in Invasion Science

The Management Innovations and Insights in Invasion Science collection aims to advance the science and practice of invasive species management worldwide. ...

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Alison Copeland @bda-biodiversity.bsky.social · Mar 17

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 🌺

The introduced and invasive flora of Bermuda

rdcu.be

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Biological Invasions @biolinvasions.bsky.social · Feb 27

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.

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GBIF Morpho 🦋 @gbifmorpho.bsky.social · Feb 25

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

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...

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Biological Invasions @biolinvasions.bsky.social · Feb 25

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).

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Dr. Deah Lieurance @drdeahlieurance.bsky.social · Feb 22

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-...

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.

naisma.org

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Steven J Cooke @sjcfishy.bsky.social · Feb 20

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.
www.bridgemi.com/michigan-env...

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...

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Biological Invasions @biolinvasions.bsky.social · Feb 21

"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

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Ale Bortolus @alebortolus.bsky.social · Feb 18

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

esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/....

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...

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Biological Invasions @biolinvasions.bsky.social · Feb 18

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

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Biological Invasions @biolinvasions.bsky.social · Feb 18

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

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GBIF Morpho 🦋 @gbifmorpho.bsky.social · Feb 13

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

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

#CiteTheDOI: ✅

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

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Biological Invasions @biolinvasions.bsky.social · Feb 7

Great to have you there!

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