🔍🗺️Multi-omics insights into environmental adaptation and invasion potential of the ascidian Molgula manhattensis

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#BiologicalInvasion #Climate #Mal #Adaptation #EnvironmentalHeterogeneity #EpigeneticVariation #GeneticVariation #MultiOmics

Latitudinal variation in clonal trait covariances underlies local adaptation of the invasive Spartina alterniflora at low latitudes in China By examining Spartina alterniflora across latitudinal gradients in China, this study reveals that a genetically based negative covariance between clonal em

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Latitudinal variation in clonal #TraitCovariances underlies local adaptation of the invasive Spartina alterniflora at low latitudes in China

#BiologicalInvasion | #ClonalGrowth | #CommonGarden | #LatitudinalGradient

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Project SALTFISH - Emili García-Berthou Conservation biology of cyprinodontiform fishes: effects of salinity and hypoxia (SALTFISH) Project “Conservation biology of cyprinodontiform fishes: effects of salinity and hypoxia (SALTFISH)”  is a coordinated project funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation, and Universities for the years 2024-2027 and formed by two subprojects: 1) “Conservation ecology of cyprinodontiform fishes: effects of salinity […]

some mosquitofishes seem to be an exception and have higher movement rates, partly explaining their invasiveness. #InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions #IAS #BiologicalInvasion #InvasionEcology

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Jinan Lu et al. explored #Silicon mediates geographic variation of herbivory-related traits in a widespread plant invader.

#BiologicalInvasion | #Herbivory | #LatitudinalVariation | #PlantDefenses | #InvasionEcology | #SpeciesInteraction

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The potential effects of silicon treatments on plant traits and generalist herbivore performance in Spartina alterniflora populations from different sources.

⭐ #Silicon ➡️ Plant defensive/nutritional traits and #Herbivory

Samples
Spartina alterniflora
Mythimna separata & Locusta migratoria

#BiologicalInvasion | #LatitudinalVariation | #PlantDefenses | #InvasionEcology | #SpeciesInteraction

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📢 We are opening several opportunities for MSc thesis focused on the social and policy dimensions of biological invasions and biodiversity conservation!!

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Zhilong Zhao et al. explored how intraspecific differentiation and phenotypic plasticity promote the process of #InvasivePlant (Xanthium italicum) invasion of habitats.

#BiologicalInvasion | #CommonGarden | #NitrogenAddition | #PlasticityResponse

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The interplay of soil stress, growth and functional traits of the native Cakile maritima determine the alien plant invasion success in coastal dunes Abstract. Human activities are strongly affecting ecosystems worldwide, altering abiotic factors and often triggering massive habitat invasions, as in the

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The interplay of soil stress, growth and #FunctionalTraits of the native #CakileMaritima determine the alien plant invasion success in #CoastalDunes

#BiologicalInvasion | #Plant-plantInteractions | #SoilProperties

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📸🌊 Photography, science, and creativity in one challenge! - NEW SUBMISSION DATE!

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#PhotographyContest #BiologicalInvasion #ScienceAtSea #BlueEconomy #Sustainability #OceanLiteracy

Differences in six vegetative growth traits of invasive Xanthium italicum and native X. sibiricum grown in soil supplemented with different levels of nitrogen (n = 100). (a) Relative chlorophyll content; (b) biomass; (c) root length; (d) shoot length; (e) crown breadth and (f) base diameter.

❓Effects: Different #NitrogenAddition ➡️ invasion of #XanthiumItalicum

Results:
Nitrogen addition ➡️ Intraspecific differentiation and phenotypic plasticity ➡️ The invasive success

#BiologicalInvasion | #CommonGarden | #PopulationDifferentiation | #PlasticityResponse

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#Silicon mediates geographic variation of #Herbivory-related traits in a widespread plant invader

#BiologicalInvasion | #LatitudinalVariation | #PlantDefenses | #InvasionEcology | #SpeciesInteraction

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Intraspecific differentiation and phenotypic plasticity help the invasive success of Xanthium italicum Abstract. Xanthium italicum is an invasive weed with a widespread global distribution causing serious damage to local agricultural production and the ecolo

【🎉Latest accepted article】
Intraspecific differentiation and phenotypic plasticity help the #Invasive success of Xanthium italicum

#BiologicalInvasion | #CommonGarden | #NitrogenAddition | #PopulationDifferentiation | #PlasticityResponse

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Conceptual framework explaining mechanisms underlying the temperature (T) and nitrogen (N) effects on the plant.

【💡High Cited 2020-2022 】
Interactive effect of #ClimateWarming and #NitrogenDeposition may shift the dynamics of native and invasive species

Control species:
#SolidagoCanadensis L. & Artemisia argyi Levl. et Van

#BiologicalInvasion | #RelativeChange

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Design of the mesocosm experiment.

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Responses of morphological and physiological traits to herbivory by snails of three invasive and native submerged plants

#AquaticPlant | #BiologicalInvasion | #CabombaCaroliniana | #EnemyReleaseHypothesis | #LakeTaihuBasin | #Plant–herbivoreInteractions

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Relationship between invasiveness and impacts of 32 invasive plant species on the Tibetan Plateau.

The relative contributions of plant traits to invasiveness and impact through R, A and E of 32 plant species in grasslands on the Tibetan Plateau based on a structural equation model.

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#Invasiveness and impact of invasive species on the #TibetanPlateau are inconsistent

#BiologicalInvasion | #Biogeography | #EcologicalImpact | #ManagingInvasions | #PerCapitaEffect

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Frontiers | Fire's Role in Mediterranean Biodiversity Dynamics Fire plays a key role in shaping biodiversity dynamics within Mediterranean climate areas, through its effects on species composition, community structure, a...

New Special Issue: Fire's Role in Mediterranean Biodiversity Dynamics | Deadline: 13.10.2025

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#fire #mediterranean #ecosystem #biodiversity #dynamics #processes #globalchange #climatechange #fauna #flora #landscape #modeling #biologicalinvasion #landusechanges

Natural range expansion promotes stress resistance as a component of dispersal syndromes in non-native insects

https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.10797

#BiologicalInvasion #InvasionFront #ResidenceTime #Starvation #Desiccation #Temperature

Contamination of Mars

After our BioScience article on planetary biosecurity was published, I was intrigued to find that as far back as 1968 Carl Sagan & colleagues warned about risks of contamination of Mars by organisms hitching rides on spacecraft from Earth! #biologicalinvasion
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Invasion Science and the Global Spread of SARS-CoV-2 Emerging infectious diseases, such as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), are driven by ecological and socioeconomic factors, and their rapid spread and devastating impacts mirror those of invasive s...

SARS-CoV2 (& variants) has traits typical of #invasivespecies: sudden emergence, rapid proliferation & spread, adaptation to new environments (or hosts), large-scale geographic dispersal via human transportation networks, and disruptive impacts. #biologicalinvasion www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...

🧬🦞 Glad to share our new study on abilities and limits to infer local invasion pathways using neutral genetic variation at a management relevant-scale ! #BiologicalInvasion #invasivecrayfish
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#asianhornet (#vespavelutina) vs native hornet species in France see here #inra new article #biologicalinvasion

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