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#NewPaper out: Twenty-five years of Neobiota: building a community for invasion science in Europe and beyond by Ingo Kowarik and many great colleagues @TheresaHenke
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Tonight our teenage daughter asked if we could rewatch the old Cane Toad documentary, An Unnatural History. We’d played it for her when she was much younger and it had stuck with her. It’s still a cracker documentary, in equal measures informative and alarming and hilarious. One of the best. Also, it ends with a theme song written and sung by Tim Finn of Split Enz and Crowded House fame.
Worth a watch if you’ve not seen it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZgm9yiGzEE
#CaneToads #NatureDocumentary #Australia #BiologicalInvasions
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The American ragwort aphid is now up in the Christchurch Port Hills where it's feeding on native senecio plants. 😔
The species arrived in the city in autumn of 2019 and has been spreading since then. I found it last week on the top of Sugarloaf, which is the first record of the species in the hills beyond the city.
Things are going to get complicated when the aphid arrives at NZ's at-risk populations of threatened endemic senecios.
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Watch out: the weather is warming and the American ragwort aphids are *multiplying*.
American ragwort aphids specialise on Senecio plants, of which NZ has many species, including some threatened endemic species.
The aphid arrived in NZ (somehow) in 2023, and has since got to work munching on our plants. The American aphids are also now being tended and protected by exotic Australian ants.
In the South Island these aphids are still restricted to Christchurch city (at least based on observations on #iNaturalist and #GBIF).
It would be great if you could keep a look out for them in other places. They're the only big black aphid in NZ (black bodies and legs).
Here are three of my observations of them from this month.
#aphids #PlantInsectInteractions #herbivory #BiologicalInvasions #NZ #Christchurch #iNaturalistNZ #insects #entomology
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Watch out: the weather is warming and the American ragwort aphids are *multiplying*.
American ragwort aphids specialise on Senecio plants, of which NZ has many species, including some threatened endemic species.
The aphid arrived in NZ (somehow) in 2023, and has since got to work munching on our plants. The American aphids are also now being tended and protected by exotic Australian ants.
In the South Island these aphids are still restricted to Christchurch city (at least based on observations on #iNaturalist and #GBIF).
It would be great if you could keep a look out for them in other places. They're the only big black aphid in NZ (black bodies and legs).
Here are three of my observations of them from this month.
#aphids #PlantInsectInteractions #herbivory #BiologicalInvasions #NZ #Christchurch #iNaturalistNZ #insects #entomology
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Watch out: the weather is warming and the American ragwort aphids are *multiplying*.
American ragwort aphids specialise on Senecio plants, of which NZ has many species, including some threatened endemic species.
The aphid arrived in NZ (somehow) in 2023, and has since got to work munching on our plants. The American aphids are also now being tended and protected by exotic Australian ants.
In the South Island these aphids are still restricted to Christchurch city (at least based on observations on #iNaturalist and #GBIF).
It would be great if you could keep a look out for them in other places. They're the only big black aphid in NZ (black bodies and legs).
Here are three of my observations of them from this month.
#aphids #PlantInsectInteractions #herbivory #BiologicalInvasions #NZ #Christchurch #iNaturalistNZ #insects #entomology
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Watch out: the weather is warming and the American ragwort aphids are *multiplying*.
American ragwort aphids specialise on Senecio plants, of which NZ has many species, including some threatened endemic species.
The aphid arrived in NZ (somehow) in 2023, and has since got to work munching on our plants. The American aphids are also now being tended and protected by exotic Australian ants.
In the South Island these aphids are still restricted to Christchurch city (at least based on observations on #iNaturalist and #GBIF).
It would be great if you could keep a look out for them in other places. They're the only big black aphid in NZ (black bodies and legs).
Here are three of my observations of them from this month.
#aphids #PlantInsectInteractions #herbivory #BiologicalInvasions #NZ #Christchurch #iNaturalistNZ #insects #entomology
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Watch out: the weather is warming and the American ragwort aphids are *multiplying*.
American ragwort aphids specialise on Senecio plants, of which NZ has many species, including some threatened endemic species.
The aphid arrived in NZ (somehow) in 2023, and has since got to work munching on our plants. The American aphids are also now being tended and protected by exotic Australian ants.
In the South Island these aphids are still restricted to Christchurch city (at least based on observations on #iNaturalist and #GBIF).
It would be great if you could keep a look out for them in other places. They're the only big black aphid in NZ (black bodies and legs).
Here are three of my observations of them from this month.
#aphids #PlantInsectInteractions #herbivory #BiologicalInvasions #NZ #Christchurch #iNaturalistNZ #insects #entomology
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Zhikun Ren et al. predicted the current and future global #PotentialGeographicalDistribution of Bidens pilosa by integrating climatic, human-induced and biodiversity factors.
#BiologicalInvasions | #ClimateChange | #EnvironmentalFactors | #HabitatSuitability | #NicheOverlap
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@dubh When it's done right, people can make a huge difference to NZ's environment by spotting emergent weeds as they're beginning to establish.
My favourite recent example is Dave Holland's discovery in 2020 of wild black swallow-wort on the edge of the Timaru Botanic Gardens. That was the first wild record of the species anywhere in NZ, and it's a wetland weed overseas. Timaru Council and Environment Canterbury staff stepped in with control, over several years, and now it's gone.
That's one environmental weed nipped in the bud before it could get started.
https://inaturalist.nz/observations/65849739
#weeds #BiologicalInvasions #InvasivePlants #eradication #ParticipatoryScience #WeedSurveillance
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Our new paper just out in @TrendsEcolEvo
Typology of the ecological impacts of biological invasions 🌏🧪https://www.cell.com/trends/ecology-evolution/abstract/S0169-5347(25)00073-4
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NeoBiota https://neobiota.pensoft.net/ the journal which I have the pleasure and honour of being chief editor for the past 14 years, increased its Scopus CiteScore for the third consecutive year to now 8.1 (the journal's all-time high). This means we are in Q1 of #AnimalScience and #Zoology; #InsectScience; #AquaticScience; Ecology, #Evolution, Behavior and #Systematics; #PlantScience; #Ecology; and #EcologicalModelling.
#AcademicChatter #AcademicPublishing #BiologicalInvasions #AlienSpecies
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A book chapter just published:
Joana Vicente et al. 2023. Modelling Invasion by Australian Acacia Species: Progress, Challenges and Opportunities. Wattles. CABI Books 496–513. https://doi.org/10.1079/9781800622197.0030
Please look at the full book "Wattles. Australian Acacia Species Around the World" by David M. Richardson, Johannes J. Le Roux, Elizabete Marchante:
https://doi.org/10.1079/9781800622197.0030#ecology #biologicalInvasions #alienSpecies #newPublication
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Had a great time sharing some of my #PhD research at #ESA2023 last week!
#Ecology #Conservation #Research #InvasiveSpecies #BiologicalInvasions #PricklyPearProjectKenya
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Had a great time sharing some of my #PhD research at #ESA2023 last week!
#Ecology #Conservation #Research #InvasiveSpecies #BiologicalInvasions #PricklyPearProjectKenya
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Had a great time sharing some of my #PhD research at #ESA2023 last week!
#Ecology #Conservation #Research #InvasiveSpecies #BiologicalInvasions #PricklyPearProjectKenya
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A new study (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2530064423000214) found that the global economic impact of biological invasions is equivalent in magnitude to that of natural disasters such as earthquakes, fires, floods and storms.
The costs of biological invasions have increased more rapidly than those of natural disasters over the past 4 decades.
Societies need to build a culture of safety & resilience against the threat of #BiologicalInvasions - just as we have done for natural hazards.
#InvasiveSpecies #AlienSpecies -
Really excited to see this research featured on the cover of @JEcology! 🥳
A pleasure to play a small part in this research and work with this team of excellent people.
Article link (#OpenAccess): https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1365-2745.14010
#NewPaper #Ecology #Conservation #Research #InvasiveSpecies #BiologicalInvasions #Wildlife #Nature #Elephant #PricklyPearCactus
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I spent part of today showing Environment Canterbury staff the only known spot in the South Island with long-flowered Veldt grass, Ehrharta longiflora. It's a potential new weed, and it's so far only known from one location in Ōtautahi-Christchurch (at the base of Hackthorne Road). Please keep an eye out for it, and upload a photo to #iNaturalist if you think you've found it.
https://inaturalist.nz/observations/139094019
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Got to spend 2 weeks on a short-term scientific mission through the #AlienCSI Cost Action at ATU Sligo in Ireland. This #STSM allowed me to learn more about #stakeholderengagement especially around #BiologicalInvasions
The STSM ended on Friday whith a chance to attend a kick-off event for #communityled project on the control of #invasive Rhododendron in 🇮🇪
Incredibly grateful for all the people who allowed me to learn from their experiences. Excited to bring back many new ideas to 🇮🇸
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Dear #InvasionEcologists, #AlienSpecies, #ExoticSpecies, #BiologicalInvasions researchers,
I created a group @alienspecies
Follow @alienspecies to join that group and get all news posted to that group
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Dear #InvasionEcologists, #AlienSpecies, #ExoticSpecies, #BiologicalInvasions researchers,
I created a group @alienspecies
Follow @alienspecies to join that group and get all news posted to that group
Mention @alienspecies to share a post with everyone in the group
Visit @alienspecies group profile to see the group history -
Dear #InvasionEcologists, #AlienSpecies, #ExoticSpecies, #BiologicalInvasions researchers,
I created a group @alienspecies
Follow @alienspecies to join that group and get all news posted to that group
Mention @alienspecies to share a post with everyone in the group
Visit @alienspecies group profile to see the group history -
Dear #InvasionEcologists, #AlienSpecies, #ExoticSpecies, #BiologicalInvasions researchers,
I created a group @alienspecies
Follow @alienspecies to join that group and get all news posted to that group
Mention @alienspecies to share a post with everyone in the group
Visit @alienspecies group profile to see the group history -
Dear #InvasionEcologists, #AlienSpecies, #ExoticSpecies, #BiologicalInvasions researchers,
I created a group @alienspecies
Follow @alienspecies to join that group and get all news posted to that group
Mention @alienspecies to share a post with everyone in the group
Visit @alienspecies group profile to see the group history -
It would be nice to assemble a list of people on Mastodon who are involved in the science & management of #NonnativeSpecies #AlienSpecies #InvasiveSpecies #BiologicalInvasions. Maybe by replying to this post?
