A5071560709- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Plant and animal studies
- Research Data Management Practices
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Scientific Computing and Data Management
- Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Forest Insect Ecology and Management
- Animal and Plant Science Education
- Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies
- Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
- Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna
- Biological Control of Invasive Species
- Semantic Web and Ontologies
- Zoonotic diseases and public health
- Plant Ecology and Soil Science
- Plant Diversity and Evolution
- Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
- Insect and Pesticide Research
Meise Botanic Garden
2016-2025
Research Institute for Nature and Forest
2020-2024
Pensoft Publishers (Bulgaria)
2017-2024
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
2017-2024
HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland
2023
Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research
2023
SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
2023
HES-SO Genève
2023
Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin
2019-2023
Freie Universität Berlin
2019-2023
It is obvious to anyone studying plants in the landscape that man-made environmental change having profound effects on abundance, distribution and composition of plant communities. Nevertheless, quantifying these changes estimating impact different drivers extremely difficult. Botanical surveying can potentially provide insights are occurring inform decisions related conservation, agriculture forestry policy. However, much botanical conducted such a way it not comparable between dates...
Using the recently built Global Naturalized Alien Flora (GloNAF) database, containing data on distribution of naturalized alien plants in 483 mainland and 361 island regions world, we describe patterns diversity geographic invasive plant species, taxonomic, phylogenetic life-history structure global flora as well levels naturalization their determinants. The with highest numbers aliens are some Australian states (with New South Wales being richest this continent) several North American (of...
Abstract Concern about biodiversity loss has led to increased public investment in conservation. Whereas there is a widespread perception that such initiatives have been unsuccessful, are few quantitative tests of this perception. Here, we evaluate whether rates change altered recent decades three European countries (Great Britain, Netherlands and Belgium) for plants flower visiting insects. We compared four 20‐year periods, comparing periods rapid land‐use intensification natural habitat...
This dataset provides the Global Naturalized Alien Flora (GloNAF) database, version 1.2. GloNAF represents a data compendium on occurrence and identity of naturalized alien vascular plant taxa across geographic regions (e.g. countries, states, provinces, districts, islands) around globe. The includes 13,939 covers 1,029 (including 381 islands). is based 210 sources. For each taxon-by-region combination, we provide information whether taxon considered to be in specific region (i.e. has...
Substantial progress has been made in understanding how pathways underlie and mediate biological invasions. However, key features of their role invasions remain poorly understood, available knowledge is widely scattered, major frontiers research management are insufficiently characterized. We review the state art, highlight recent advances, identify pitfalls constraints, discuss challenges four broad fields pathway management: classification, application information, response, impact....
It has been hypothesized that plants contain respiratory burst oxidases which, upon activation, oxidize NADPH and generate extracellular superoxide, O 2° − . These proteins are proposed to play a central role in defence against pathogens. However, plant DNA sequences encode with similarity components of have not previously reported. This paper describes the complete cDNA genomic sequence rice rbohA (for oxidase homologue) gene. The predicted RbohA product is most similar main catalytic...
Abstract Ornamental horticulture is the primary pathway for invasive alien plant introductions. We critically appraise published evidence on effectiveness of four policy instruments that tackle invasions along supply chain: pre‐border import restrictions, post‐border bans, industry codes conduct and consumer education. Effective interventions rely rigorous risk assessment high compliance. Post‐border sales bans become progressively less effective when species widespread in a region. A lack...
Abstract According to the Convention on Biological Diversity, by 2020 invasive alien species (IAS) should be identified and their impacts assessed, so that can prioritized for implementation of appropriate control strategies measures put in place manage invasion pathways. For one quarter IAS listed as “100 world's worst” environmental are linked diseases wildlife (undomesticated plants animals). Moreover, a significant source “pathogen pollution” defined human‐mediated introduction pathogen...
Summary There is a high demand for biodiversity observation data to inform conservation and environmental policy, citizen scientists generate the vast majority of terrestrial observations. As this work voluntary, many people assume that these are openly available use in scientific research. Here, openness contributed Global Biodiversity Information Facility examined by provider. Contrary what assume, sets from volunteers among most restrictive how they can be used. Policy implications . The...
The Country Compendium of the Global Register Introduced and Invasive Species (GRIIS) is a collation data across 196 individual country checklists alien species, along with designation those species evidence impact at level. provides baseline for monitoring distribution invasion status all major taxonomic groups, can be used purpose global analyses introduced (alien, non-native, exotic) invasive (invasive species), including regional, single multi-species taxon assessments comparisons. It...
Abstract In the face of global biodiversity crisis, collecting comprehensive data and making best use existing are becoming increasingly important to understand patterns drivers environmental biological phenomena at different scales. Here we address concept secondary data, which refers additional information unintentionally captured in species records, especially multimedia‐based citizen science reports. We argue that can provide a wealth ecologically relevant information, utilisation...
The paper provides an updated checklist of the alien flora Turkey with information on its structure. comprises 340 taxa, among which there are 321 angiosperms, 17 gymnosperms and two ferns. Of total number 228 (68%) naturalized 112 (32%) casual. There 275 neophytes (172 103 casual) 61 archaeophytes (52 9 casual); four species could not be classified respect to residence time. In addition, 47 frequently planted taxa a potential escape also listed. richest families Asteraceae (38 taxa),...
Invasive alien species (IAS) are a significant and growing problem worldwide. In Europe, some aspects of IAS have been addressed through existing legal instruments, but these far from sufficient to tackle the comprehensively. The FINS II Conference considered relevance Top 20 issues (Top 10 threats opportunities) for Europe determined at 1st Freshwater Invasiveness – Networking Strategy (FINS I) conference held in Ireland 2013. Using similar format sequential group voting, FINS I (lack...
With biodiversity research activities being increasingly shifted to the web, need for a system of persistent and stable identifiers physical collection objects becomes pressing. The Consortium European Taxonomic Facilities agreed on common HTTP-URI-based which is now rolled out its member organizations. follows Linked Open Data principles implements redirection mechanisms human-readable machine-readable representations specimens facilitating seamless integration into growing semantic web....
Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBV) are fundamental variables that can be used for assessing biodiversity change over time, determining adherence to policy, monitoring progress towards sustainable development goals, and tracking responses disturbances management interventions. Data from observations or models provide measured estimated EBV values, which we refer as data products, help capture the above processes trends serve a coherent framework documenting in biodiversity. Using primary...
Biodiversity data are being collected at unprecedented rates. Such often have significant value for purposes beyond the initial reason which they were collected, particularly when combined and collated with other sources. In field of invasion ecology, however, integrating represents a major challenge due to notorious lack standardisation terminologies categorisations, application deviating concepts biological invasions. Here, we introduce SInAS workflow, short Standardising Integrating Alien...
We envisage a future research environment where digital data on species interactions are easily accessible and comprehensively cover all species, life stages habitats. To achieve this goal, we need from many sources, including the largely untapped potential of citizen science for mobilising utilising existing information interactions. Traditionally volunteers contributing occurrence have focused single‐species observations within one target taxon. make recommendations how to improve...
Evolutionary understanding is central to biology. It also an essential prerequisite and making informed decisions about societal issues such as climate change. Yet, evolution generally poorly understood by civil society many misconceptions exist. Citizen science, which has been increasing in popularity a means gather new data promote scientific literacy, one strategy through people could learn evolution. However, despite the potential for citizen science learning opportunities, very few...
Worldwide, herbaria maintain collections of reference specimens representing global plant diversity. These are a valuable resource for fundamental botanical research and applied scientific across various disciplines, play significant role in addressing major societal challenges such as biodiversity conservation. The digitisation herbarium their online dissemination is one the most important recent developments curation these collections. Digitisation significantly enhances access to...