Rein Brys shows usefulness of e-DNA and metabarcoding for detection and identification of #InvasiveAlienSpecies in freshwaters, used in Belgium on American bullfrog, Misgurnus anguillicaudatus and Black Bull head, works in progress on Coypu and Muskrat @neobiota2024.

Our message to European policymakers: a reliable reference collection is crucial for the identification of species and biodiversity monitoring. We have several recommendations for improved reference collections🦋 Read our Policy Brief here 👉tettris.eu/2024/09/06/our… #taxonomy

Jiri Skuhrovec on Citizen-#CommunityScience in Czech Republic using the platform NajDI.IE. Several applications including on walnut huskfly, Rhagoletis completa, Neobiota 2024 Lisbona, day#3.

Why quantifying the magnitud of biological invasion using total biomass? Frank Courchamp explaines us: to support research, management and communication-outreach. Neobiota 2024 Lisbona day #3.

Becoming a #CitizenScience volunteer while going to Neobiota 2024 social dinner 😊: reporting 📲 the #InvasiveAlienSpecies #AilanthusAltissima through the EASIN smartphone App‼️

Gregory Ruiz keynote speech on role of ships in spreading marine #AlienSpecies in the USA, through BW and hull fouling, with figures on volumes. Decline of introductions in recent years & of accumulation curve, result of policy implementation, sentinel sites used. Neobiota 2024.

Brilliant speech by Prof. P. Hulme Neobiota 2024 on biological risks associated to tourism. An analysis in New Zealand on current pre-covid arrivals & travel network shows 3 clusters of National parks. Inspiring to other countries to apply biosecurity measures vs invasive species

F. Banha analysis of #InvasiveAlienSpecies fish distribution in Spain links responsibility for some introductions and spreading to anglers, stressing the need for awareness raising, information campaigns, and their active involvement in control activities. Neobiota 2024 Lisbon.

New project PredictiveAliens to identify #InvasiveAlienSpecies of possibile arrival, integrating open data such as openstreetmaps, addressing some current limitations of modeld, presented by Hanno Seebens Neobiota 2024.

A big thank and congratulations to all speakers, poster presenters, organizers, participants and most of all to boys and girls of MARE, who kindly assisted and supported us all way through Neobiota 2024 . Ciao Lisbon, muito obrigado!!! Looking forward to Neobiota 2026!!!

Closing ceremony of the #Neobiota2024 conference! A perfectly organized meeting with 450 scientists attending. Already take a note in your calendar: the next Neobiota conferene will be in Belgium in 09/2026!

Ecological niche models using only #invasivespecies distribution data can effectively forecast the expansion of species like the common #waxbill, but require several decades of data for accurate predictions: 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/neobio…

Happy 25th anniversary EU One Health DG SANTE‼️Thanks for the important work you have done on food safety, human, animal and plant health, protecting EU consumers. Proud having been member of your auditing Plant Healt staff in Grange, Ireland. To know more 👉 europa.eu/!qRNqq9

Standard protocols for plant health scientific assessments - - 2024 - EFSA Journal - Wiley Online Library efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.29… Plants EFSA

First record of the sailfin catfish Pterygoplichthys in the United Kingdom. The species will likely become a successful invader, with economic benefits but serious ecological effects. Open access 👇 buff.ly/4gfYLbh #INVASIVESNET #BIR

⚠ Addition to the EPPO Alert List – Hakea salicifolia This plant originates from Australia and has been introduced into the EPPO region for ornamental purposes. It has escaped cultivation in parts of the Mediterranean region and shows invasive behaviour eppo.int/ACTIVITIES/pla…

Global invasion and biosecurity risk from the online trade in ornamental crayfish - just out in Conservation Biology. We conducted the first global assessment of the online trade in and associated invasion risk of freshwater crayfishes. doi.org/10.1111/cobi.1… OA UW SAFS UW College of the Environment

New free dataset available on EU_ScienceHub soil data centre🗣️ 💊Antibiotic resistance and biosynthesis genes in >600 🇪🇺 soils🤎 Download➡️esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu/content/dna-me… Full article➡️ sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

New preprint🚨 Using a Bayesian hierarchical spatial model, we identify regions at higher risk of pest introductions in the EU & UK. 🌍🌱 Southern Europe & the Netherlands are in the spotlight! 🌱Check it out: shorturl.at/PjQNX #PlantHealth #SpatialAnalysis #Research #Pests

Pollinators 🦋🐝 are crucial #ForOurPlanet & for our food security As we start going #BackToSchool, let's learn more about #EUPollinators, and why we need to protect them Visit #PollinatorPark for an eye-opening experience of a 🌍 without pollinators 👉 pollinatorpark.eu