Hanno Seebens
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Hanno Seebens
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Ecologist working on biodiversity, biological invasions (invasive species) using computer models and data stuff. Also science-policy, IPBES and indicators.
https://www.uni-giessen.de/en/faculties/f08/departments/tsz/wilke/people/hanno_seebens .. more

Environmental science 57%
Geography 15%

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I will present my work with @hannoseebens.bsky.social and @mormoops.bsky.social on forecasting spread of non-native invasive species at this years @guardias.bsky.social online conference from 13th to 14th of November.

Starting the week in Bogotá with an exchange with Colombian and European experts on invasive alien species data management.

Amazing to see what has been done in Colombia for harmonising and providing biodiversity.

Next stop #LivingData2025 conference starting tomorrow.

On my way to attend the #LivingData2025 conference in Bogotá, Colombia.

Very excited to get in contact to a new community, to meet friends and colleagues and to learn new stuff and advancements on biodiversity data.🙂
Welcome to Bogotá! 💛💙❤️

Ahead of #LivingData2025, the GBIF network has a packed schedule with our Global Nodes meeting and training, committee meetings and the 32nd GBIF Governing Board.

We're looking forward to connecting with new and familiar faces in #Colombia! 🌎

📷 Mélianie Raymond
GBIF @gbif.org · 26d
Welcome to Bogotá! 💛💙❤️

Ahead of #LivingData2025, the GBIF network has a packed schedule with our Global Nodes meeting and training, committee meetings and the 32nd GBIF Governing Board.

We're looking forward to connecting with new and familiar faces in #Colombia! 🌎

📷 Mélianie Raymond

Very different. We had companies from the food sector, paper production and a bank.

Buhuuuu 😭 Our proposal was rejected by biodiversa+ for the transformative change call ☹️☹️☹️

I know that this is not uncommon in science but it always sucks. We put quite some effort into this and it is such a nice one. Maybe next time.

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How reliable are model-based blacklists of invasive plant species if occurrence & environmental data are limited & under different model choices? New paper by PhD researcher Valén Holle @jappliedecology.bsky.social #SDM #invasive #plants #Pacific besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Uncertainty in blacklisting potential Pacific plant invaders using species distribution models
SDMs can provide valuable support for planning the preventive management of alien species. However, our findings show that blacklist outcomes are highly sensitive to modelling decisions. While ensemb....
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Registered for @biogeography.bsky.social conference 2026 and will give a talk about our (@mormoops.bsky.social & @hannoseebens.bsky.social) new model approach to forecast invasive species spread based on traffic gravity model and landscape resistance maps derived from open data. 🥳

There are other workshops coming all in the context of biological invasions:

30th Sep 2025
14:00-17:00 BST
Food, Agriculture, and Forestry Workshop

events.teams.microsoft.com/event/3ed563...

20th Oct 2025
14:00-17:00pm BST
Finance Workshop

events.teams.microsoft.com/event/19c5c4...
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This week I had the pleasure of presenting our work on #biodiversity #impacts of companies at a workshop by Fauna & Flora, #IUCN and Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures #TNFD.

A fantastic opportunity to exchange across sectors.

Many thanks for having me! I enjoyed it very much. 🙏

😊 it was a pleasure to collaborate with you. Thank you for valuable contributions🙏

😊🙏

This was a massive effort led by the core team consisting of Laura Meyerson, Petr Pysek, Dave Richardson and myself. Their support was incredible, and I am grateful to work with such experienced and dedicated researchers.

The whole author team was fun to work with.

The study is based on the IPBES invasive alien species assessment, chapter 2 (doi.org/10.5281/zeno...), but fully revised, restructured and updated. We put a lot of effort into coverage of microorganisms, fungi and other under-represented groups. Still, huge gaps hamper a full coverage.
IPBES Invasive Alien Species Assessment: Chapter 2. Trends and status of alien and invasive alien species
Chapter 2: Trends and status of alien and invasive alien species of the Thematic Assessment Report on Invasive Alien Species and their Control of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodi...
doi.org

Data gaps of the distribution of non-native species are huge and widespread. But quantifying gaps and their influence on results is very challenging.

The comprehensiveness of our assessment allows to provide a good overview of knowledge and lack of knowledge.

Main findings:

Non-native species are everywhere, even in remote places (islands, deep sea, Antarctica, high mountains).

Trends are increasing and will increase in the future.

Data gaps are huge. No inventory is complete. Particularly for invertebrates, aquatic species and invertebrates.
📣 A global assessment of the status, trends and gaps of #non-native (alien, partly #invasive) #species

A new #publication with 65 authors from all continents (except Antarctica), 42 article pages and >500 references.

doi.org/10.1111/brv....

🌐 #ecology #globalchange
Biological invasions: a global assessment of geographic distributions, long‐term trends, and data gaps
Biological invasions are one of the major drivers of biodiversity decline and have been shown to have far-reaching consequences for society and the economy. Preventing the introduction and spread of ....
doi.org
Read our latest paper on the trends and statuses of #biologicalinvasions worldwide.
Led by @hannoseebens.bsky.social , L Meyerson, P Pyšek and D Richardson and ~60 other coauthors, and based on Chap2 of the #IAS #IPBES Report, it has all the basic info you need!
A MUST READ!
doi.org/10.1111/brv....
Biological invasions: a global assessment of geographic distributions, long‐term trends, and data gaps
Biological invasions are one of the major drivers of biodiversity decline and have been shown to have far-reaching consequences for society and the economy. Preventing the introduction and spread of ...
doi.org
Very excited to share this review. Stemming from the @ipbes.net IAS Assessment, it is the most comprehensive and up-to-date synthesis of the status of invasive alien species globally. An essential reference for anyone interested in #bioinvasions 🌎🌐 🧪 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The original data is here: lnkd.in/eDtp5Xx5

And the recent publication putting this data into context here: lnkd.in/eGr4w6kh
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What an honour! 😊 🤩

I realised that the famous data platform "Our World in Data" has now our data set of first records of alien species on their platform.

I use this platform quite a lot and I am very happy (and proud) to find our data set there as well 🤩

lnkd.in/ePJFEgFk
Our World in Data
Research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems
ourworldindata.org

Very interesting meeting of the #CBD inter-liaison group of #invasive alien #species!

A small group but with representatives from very different organisations from sectors of eg trade, tourism, agriculture, biodiversity. Amazing to see how much is going on. But this needs to be coordinated!

On my way to the meeting of the #CBD inter-liaison group on #invasive alien #species in Paris.

Looking forward discussing gaps and needs to meet the global biodiversity taget on #IAS

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Interested in invasive species and biological invasions: Postdoc opportunity in Chile.
Come work with us in the Laboratory of Biological Invasions at the University of Concepción and the Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity @iebchile.bsky.social

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GBIF @gbif.org · Mar 31
⭐ Registrations are OPEN for the #LivingData2025 conference! ⭐

The joint conference hosted by @tdwg.org, GBIF, @obis.org and @geobon.org at the #InstitutoHumboldt in Bogotá, #Colombia will bring together biodiversity networks from across the world. 🐸

www.livingdata2025.c...

#DatosVivos2025

@gbif.org provides now a new download option: downloading species occurrence as a standardised data cube.

A massive milestone of the @b-cubed.eu project

Check it out 👇
🆕 @gbif.org service enables easy creation of customised species occurrence data cubes, aiding biodiversity analysis, developed as part of their work in the B-Cubed Project with
@inbo.be 🌐

📌 Full details: www.gbif.org/news/5PapgYC...

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@hannoseebens.bsky.social presented B-Cubed’s collection of R packages to calculate biodiversity indicators from occurrence cubes

Access the packages 🌐 docs.b-cubed.eu/guides/b3ver...
🆕 @gbif.org service enables easy creation of customised species occurrence data cubes, aiding biodiversity analysis, developed as part of their work in the B-Cubed Project with
@inbo.be 🌐

📌 Full details: www.gbif.org/news/5PapgYC...