InvasionS
@invasionscience.bsky.social
🧑🏽🔬🪻Invasion Science (InvasionS) is a multidisciplinary working group of CIBIO's researchers and students focused on biological invasions.
Group Leader: @jrvicente.bsky.social
Visit our website: https://sites.google.com/biopolis.pt/invasions
Group Leader: @jrvicente.bsky.social
Visit our website: https://sites.google.com/biopolis.pt/invasions
Thanks to everyone who joined us and contributed to this important milestone! 💪
#AlienSMART #Detection #Report #Management #InvasiveSpecies #Biodiversity #LivingLabs
#AlienSMART #Detection #Report #Management #InvasiveSpecies #Biodiversity #LivingLabs
January 29, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Thanks to everyone who joined us and contributed to this important milestone! 💪
#AlienSMART #Detection #Report #Management #InvasiveSpecies #Biodiversity #LivingLabs
#AlienSMART #Detection #Report #Management #InvasiveSpecies #Biodiversity #LivingLabs
The meeting aligned objectives and priorities, strengthening links between science, digital tools, and stakeholders 🤝
Synergies with EU initiatives, especially @onestop-project.eu , were also highlighted. 🌳
Synergies with EU initiatives, especially @onestop-project.eu , were also highlighted. 🌳
January 29, 2026 at 4:32 PM
The meeting aligned objectives and priorities, strengthening links between science, digital tools, and stakeholders 🤝
Synergies with EU initiatives, especially @onestop-project.eu , were also highlighted. 🌳
Synergies with EU initiatives, especially @onestop-project.eu , were also highlighted. 🌳
🌍 AlienSMART kicks off!
The AlienSMART project officially started with its Kick-off Meeting, bringing partners together to develop a decision-support system for invasive alien species detection, reporting, and management!🚀
The AlienSMART project officially started with its Kick-off Meeting, bringing partners together to develop a decision-support system for invasive alien species detection, reporting, and management!🚀
January 29, 2026 at 4:32 PM
🌍 AlienSMART kicks off!
The AlienSMART project officially started with its Kick-off Meeting, bringing partners together to develop a decision-support system for invasive alien species detection, reporting, and management!🚀
The AlienSMART project officially started with its Kick-off Meeting, bringing partners together to develop a decision-support system for invasive alien species detection, reporting, and management!🚀
Our team is in Almería for the @onestop-project.eu Annual Meeting! 🌍
Great to follow progress across WPs and discuss next steps 🤝
Also enjoying the excellent social programme by the EEZA-CSIC team — including a tour of Almería’s impressive de(s)sert landscapes 🌵🍰
#OneSTOP2026 #InvasiveSpecies
Great to follow progress across WPs and discuss next steps 🤝
Also enjoying the excellent social programme by the EEZA-CSIC team — including a tour of Almería’s impressive de(s)sert landscapes 🌵🍰
#OneSTOP2026 #InvasiveSpecies
January 21, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Our team is in Almería for the @onestop-project.eu Annual Meeting! 🌍
Great to follow progress across WPs and discuss next steps 🤝
Also enjoying the excellent social programme by the EEZA-CSIC team — including a tour of Almería’s impressive de(s)sert landscapes 🌵🍰
#OneSTOP2026 #InvasiveSpecies
Great to follow progress across WPs and discuss next steps 🤝
Also enjoying the excellent social programme by the EEZA-CSIC team — including a tour of Almería’s impressive de(s)sert landscapes 🌵🍰
#OneSTOP2026 #InvasiveSpecies
📢 Join us in the Casual Seminar: “Predicting biological invasions to inform policy” with Helen Roy!
🗓️27 Jan |🕒16h00 |📍CIBIO & Online
🔗 Learn more: www.cibio.up.pt/en/events/pr...
#InvasiveSpecies #ScienceForPolicy #AlienSMART
🗓️27 Jan |🕒16h00 |📍CIBIO & Online
🔗 Learn more: www.cibio.up.pt/en/events/pr...
#InvasiveSpecies #ScienceForPolicy #AlienSMART
January 20, 2026 at 2:49 PM
📢 Join us in the Casual Seminar: “Predicting biological invasions to inform policy” with Helen Roy!
🗓️27 Jan |🕒16h00 |📍CIBIO & Online
🔗 Learn more: www.cibio.up.pt/en/events/pr...
#InvasiveSpecies #ScienceForPolicy #AlienSMART
🗓️27 Jan |🕒16h00 |📍CIBIO & Online
🔗 Learn more: www.cibio.up.pt/en/events/pr...
#InvasiveSpecies #ScienceForPolicy #AlienSMART
📢 Join us in the Casual Seminar: “Why we still struggle to turn biodiversity data into policy evidence” with Quentin Groom.
🗓️27 Jan |🕒15h00 |📍CIBIO & Online
🔗 Find more: www.cibio.up.pt/en/events/wh...
#Biodiversity #SciencePolicy #AlienSMART
🗓️27 Jan |🕒15h00 |📍CIBIO & Online
🔗 Find more: www.cibio.up.pt/en/events/wh...
#Biodiversity #SciencePolicy #AlienSMART
January 20, 2026 at 12:38 PM
📢 Join us in the Casual Seminar: “Why we still struggle to turn biodiversity data into policy evidence” with Quentin Groom.
🗓️27 Jan |🕒15h00 |📍CIBIO & Online
🔗 Find more: www.cibio.up.pt/en/events/wh...
#Biodiversity #SciencePolicy #AlienSMART
🗓️27 Jan |🕒15h00 |📍CIBIO & Online
🔗 Find more: www.cibio.up.pt/en/events/wh...
#Biodiversity #SciencePolicy #AlienSMART
🎄Our favourite (and potentially invasive) species - all
under strict and loving containment - wish you Happy
Holidays!🐈
According to our household models, they spread fast across sofas and laps 😼
Wishing you cat-approved holidays and a new year caring for biodiversity ✨🌍🌱
#happyholidays #InvasionS
under strict and loving containment - wish you Happy
Holidays!🐈
According to our household models, they spread fast across sofas and laps 😼
Wishing you cat-approved holidays and a new year caring for biodiversity ✨🌍🌱
#happyholidays #InvasionS
December 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🎄Our favourite (and potentially invasive) species - all
under strict and loving containment - wish you Happy
Holidays!🐈
According to our household models, they spread fast across sofas and laps 😼
Wishing you cat-approved holidays and a new year caring for biodiversity ✨🌍🌱
#happyholidays #InvasionS
under strict and loving containment - wish you Happy
Holidays!🐈
According to our household models, they spread fast across sofas and laps 😼
Wishing you cat-approved holidays and a new year caring for biodiversity ✨🌍🌱
#happyholidays #InvasionS
🚗🏛️ For the first time, CamALIEN reached governance stakeholders, visiting Vila do Conde and Porto municipalities as part of Portugal’s Living Labs! 🌾
Learn more: onestop-project.eu/news/introdu...
@onestop-project.eu
#CamALIEN #LivingLabs #BiologicalInvasions #Governance #Biodiversity
Learn more: onestop-project.eu/news/introdu...
@onestop-project.eu
#CamALIEN #LivingLabs #BiologicalInvasions #Governance #Biodiversity
December 22, 2025 at 11:34 AM
🚗🏛️ For the first time, CamALIEN reached governance stakeholders, visiting Vila do Conde and Porto municipalities as part of Portugal’s Living Labs! 🌾
Learn more: onestop-project.eu/news/introdu...
@onestop-project.eu
#CamALIEN #LivingLabs #BiologicalInvasions #Governance #Biodiversity
Learn more: onestop-project.eu/news/introdu...
@onestop-project.eu
#CamALIEN #LivingLabs #BiologicalInvasions #Governance #Biodiversity
🧠 The Role of Questionnaires in Invasive Alien Species Management and Decision-Making
Use a systematic review to understand how questionnaire-based studies contribute to invasive species management, policy development, and future research priorities.
#sciencepolicy #socialecology #systematicreview
Use a systematic review to understand how questionnaire-based studies contribute to invasive species management, policy development, and future research priorities.
#sciencepolicy #socialecology #systematicreview
December 10, 2025 at 11:26 AM
🧠 The Role of Questionnaires in Invasive Alien Species Management and Decision-Making
Use a systematic review to understand how questionnaire-based studies contribute to invasive species management, policy development, and future research priorities.
#sciencepolicy #socialecology #systematicreview
Use a systematic review to understand how questionnaire-based studies contribute to invasive species management, policy development, and future research priorities.
#sciencepolicy #socialecology #systematicreview
🌿 Are biodiversity policy indicators really SMART?
Apply the SMART framework to indicators for monitoring invasive species and protected areas in Serra da Aboboreira, involving local stakeholders.
#SMART #indicator #protectedareas #stakeholderengagement
Apply the SMART framework to indicators for monitoring invasive species and protected areas in Serra da Aboboreira, involving local stakeholders.
#SMART #indicator #protectedareas #stakeholderengagement
December 10, 2025 at 11:26 AM
🌿 Are biodiversity policy indicators really SMART?
Apply the SMART framework to indicators for monitoring invasive species and protected areas in Serra da Aboboreira, involving local stakeholders.
#SMART #indicator #protectedareas #stakeholderengagement
Apply the SMART framework to indicators for monitoring invasive species and protected areas in Serra da Aboboreira, involving local stakeholders.
#SMART #indicator #protectedareas #stakeholderengagement
🔍 Evaluation of existing policy-relevant Biological Invasion Indicators
Assess the feasibility of operationalizing policy-relevant biological invasion indicators in Portugal through a SWOT analysis of data, institutions, and interoperability.
#conservation #governance #monitoring #indicators
Assess the feasibility of operationalizing policy-relevant biological invasion indicators in Portugal through a SWOT analysis of data, institutions, and interoperability.
#conservation #governance #monitoring #indicators
December 10, 2025 at 11:26 AM
🔍 Evaluation of existing policy-relevant Biological Invasion Indicators
Assess the feasibility of operationalizing policy-relevant biological invasion indicators in Portugal through a SWOT analysis of data, institutions, and interoperability.
#conservation #governance #monitoring #indicators
Assess the feasibility of operationalizing policy-relevant biological invasion indicators in Portugal through a SWOT analysis of data, institutions, and interoperability.
#conservation #governance #monitoring #indicators
📢 We are opening several opportunities for MSc thesis focused on the social and policy dimensions of biological invasions and biodiversity conservation!!
Learn more: sites.google.com/biopolis.pt/...
#biologicalinvasion #invasivespecies #ecology #biodiversity #researchopportunities #MSc
Learn more: sites.google.com/biopolis.pt/...
#biologicalinvasion #invasivespecies #ecology #biodiversity #researchopportunities #MSc
December 10, 2025 at 11:26 AM
📢 We are opening several opportunities for MSc thesis focused on the social and policy dimensions of biological invasions and biodiversity conservation!!
Learn more: sites.google.com/biopolis.pt/...
#biologicalinvasion #invasivespecies #ecology #biodiversity #researchopportunities #MSc
Learn more: sites.google.com/biopolis.pt/...
#biologicalinvasion #invasivespecies #ecology #biodiversity #researchopportunities #MSc
🌍Assessing Risk
Combine pathway-related variables and species distribution predictions to map propagule-driver pressure and identify the European regions at highest risk of new introductions. In alignment with the @onestop-project.eu.
#introductionpathways #invasionrisk #Europe #riskmapping
Combine pathway-related variables and species distribution predictions to map propagule-driver pressure and identify the European regions at highest risk of new introductions. In alignment with the @onestop-project.eu.
#introductionpathways #invasionrisk #Europe #riskmapping
December 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
🌍Assessing Risk
Combine pathway-related variables and species distribution predictions to map propagule-driver pressure and identify the European regions at highest risk of new introductions. In alignment with the @onestop-project.eu.
#introductionpathways #invasionrisk #Europe #riskmapping
Combine pathway-related variables and species distribution predictions to map propagule-driver pressure and identify the European regions at highest risk of new introductions. In alignment with the @onestop-project.eu.
#introductionpathways #invasionrisk #Europe #riskmapping
🔥 How fire and land-use changes shape the future distribution of Acacia melanoxylon
Model current and future distribution of Acacia melanoxylon under fire, land-use, and climate scenarios in the Gerês–Xurés Biosphere Reserve.
#fireecology #landuse #climate #GeresXures #speciesdistribution
Model current and future distribution of Acacia melanoxylon under fire, land-use, and climate scenarios in the Gerês–Xurés Biosphere Reserve.
#fireecology #landuse #climate #GeresXures #speciesdistribution
December 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
🔥 How fire and land-use changes shape the future distribution of Acacia melanoxylon
Model current and future distribution of Acacia melanoxylon under fire, land-use, and climate scenarios in the Gerês–Xurés Biosphere Reserve.
#fireecology #landuse #climate #GeresXures #speciesdistribution
Model current and future distribution of Acacia melanoxylon under fire, land-use, and climate scenarios in the Gerês–Xurés Biosphere Reserve.
#fireecology #landuse #climate #GeresXures #speciesdistribution
🛒 E-commerce invasion
Apply deep learning methods and computer vision to online trade platforms to automatically detect invasive alien plants and support monitoring and prevention.
#AI #deeplearning #computervision #ecommerce #detection #invasiveplants
Apply deep learning methods and computer vision to online trade platforms to automatically detect invasive alien plants and support monitoring and prevention.
#AI #deeplearning #computervision #ecommerce #detection #invasiveplants
December 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
🛒 E-commerce invasion
Apply deep learning methods and computer vision to online trade platforms to automatically detect invasive alien plants and support monitoring and prevention.
#AI #deeplearning #computervision #ecommerce #detection #invasiveplants
Apply deep learning methods and computer vision to online trade platforms to automatically detect invasive alien plants and support monitoring and prevention.
#AI #deeplearning #computervision #ecommerce #detection #invasiveplants
📈 Modelling the Rate of Spread of Invasive Alien Species Using GBIF Data
Rethink how invasive alien species spread over space and time using GBIF data, estimating the rate of spread and its implications for early-warning indicators.
#GBIF #speciesdistribution #modelling #biodiversity #BigData
Rethink how invasive alien species spread over space and time using GBIF data, estimating the rate of spread and its implications for early-warning indicators.
#GBIF #speciesdistribution #modelling #biodiversity #BigData
December 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
📈 Modelling the Rate of Spread of Invasive Alien Species Using GBIF Data
Rethink how invasive alien species spread over space and time using GBIF data, estimating the rate of spread and its implications for early-warning indicators.
#GBIF #speciesdistribution #modelling #biodiversity #BigData
Rethink how invasive alien species spread over space and time using GBIF data, estimating the rate of spread and its implications for early-warning indicators.
#GBIF #speciesdistribution #modelling #biodiversity #BigData
📢 We are opening several MSc thesis opportunities focused on digital and spatial tools to understand, detect, and anticipate biological invasions!
Learn more here: sites.google.com/biopolis.pt/...
#biologicalinvasions #invasivespecies #ecology #biodiversity #researchopportunities
Learn more here: sites.google.com/biopolis.pt/...
#biologicalinvasions #invasivespecies #ecology #biodiversity #researchopportunities
December 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
📢 We are opening several MSc thesis opportunities focused on digital and spatial tools to understand, detect, and anticipate biological invasions!
Learn more here: sites.google.com/biopolis.pt/...
#biologicalinvasions #invasivespecies #ecology #biodiversity #researchopportunities
Learn more here: sites.google.com/biopolis.pt/...
#biologicalinvasions #invasivespecies #ecology #biodiversity #researchopportunities
In the photos from the route, we’ve numbered the invasive plants spotted by the camera.
🧩 Can you identify the invasive alien species behind 1, 2, 3…? Reply with your guesses!
🧩 Can you identify the invasive alien species behind 1, 2, 3…? Reply with your guesses!
December 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
In the photos from the route, we’ve numbered the invasive plants spotted by the camera.
🧩 Can you identify the invasive alien species behind 1, 2, 3…? Reply with your guesses!
🧩 Can you identify the invasive alien species behind 1, 2, 3…? Reply with your guesses!
🚗🌿 CamALIEN went on a ride with our stakeholder, Centro do Clima de Póvoa de Varzim, as part of the @onestop-project.eu Portugal Living Lab.
#CamALIEN #InvasionS #OneSTOPproject #invasivealienspecies #biodiversity #PovoaDeVarzim
#CamALIEN #InvasionS #OneSTOPproject #invasivealienspecies #biodiversity #PovoaDeVarzim
December 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
🚗🌿 CamALIEN went on a ride with our stakeholder, Centro do Clima de Póvoa de Varzim, as part of the @onestop-project.eu Portugal Living Lab.
#CamALIEN #InvasionS #OneSTOPproject #invasivealienspecies #biodiversity #PovoaDeVarzim
#CamALIEN #InvasionS #OneSTOPproject #invasivealienspecies #biodiversity #PovoaDeVarzim
Welcome to InvasionS Miguel! 💚
Our new master’s student in Land and Environmental Engineering is going to work with us in modelling the distribution and impacts of invasive species in mainland Portugal under climate and land-use change scenarios. 🌿📊
#ecologicalmodelling #climatechange #landuse
Our new master’s student in Land and Environmental Engineering is going to work with us in modelling the distribution and impacts of invasive species in mainland Portugal under climate and land-use change scenarios. 🌿📊
#ecologicalmodelling #climatechange #landuse
November 28, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Welcome to InvasionS Miguel! 💚
Our new master’s student in Land and Environmental Engineering is going to work with us in modelling the distribution and impacts of invasive species in mainland Portugal under climate and land-use change scenarios. 🌿📊
#ecologicalmodelling #climatechange #landuse
Our new master’s student in Land and Environmental Engineering is going to work with us in modelling the distribution and impacts of invasive species in mainland Portugal under climate and land-use change scenarios. 🌿📊
#ecologicalmodelling #climatechange #landuse
🚗 CamALIEN is on the road again!
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
November 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🚗 CamALIEN is on the road again!
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
🐚 Welcome to InvasionS Belmiro Pascoal!
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!
November 19, 2025 at 11:58 AM
🐚 Welcome to InvasionS Belmiro Pascoal!
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!
📢 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
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
November 5, 2025 at 6:51 PM
📢 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
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
🔥 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
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
October 30, 2025 at 12:32 PM
🔥 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
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
📅 Open until 1 Dec 2025
🔗 Learn more and find out how to participate: iucn.org/news/202509/...
#IUCN #InvasiveSpecies #Biodiversity
October 28, 2025 at 12:08 PM
🌿 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
📅 Open until 1 Dec 2025
🔗 Learn more and find out how to participate: iucn.org/news/202509/...
#IUCN #InvasiveSpecies #Biodiversity