NeoBiota
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Open-access, peer-reviewed journal for research on biological invasions.
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As 2025 draws to a close, we at Pensoft want to extend our warmest wishes to our editors, reviewers, researchers, partners, and followers. Thank you for being part of our journey this year.
Wishing you all a joyful holiday season and a bright start to the new year! 🎄✨
Wishing you all a joyful holiday season and a bright start to the new year! 🎄✨
December 23, 2025 at 9:11 AM
As 2025 draws to a close, we at Pensoft want to extend our warmest wishes to our editors, reviewers, researchers, partners, and followers. Thank you for being part of our journey this year.
Wishing you all a joyful holiday season and a bright start to the new year! 🎄✨
Wishing you all a joyful holiday season and a bright start to the new year! 🎄✨
Bridging the gap between detection and action in #biosecurity, this new study proposes a workflow that links molecular data with pest and alien plant databases to flag emerging threats and support faster, evidence-based responses.
Want to know more? See the full study here: doi.org/10.3897/neob...
Want to know more? See the full study here: doi.org/10.3897/neob...
From detection to action—a proposed workflow to ensure first reports of alien species from molecular analyses are acted upon
Gaps between detection and action often hinder timely biosecurity responses. For example, the polyphagous shot hole borer (Euwallacea fornicatus) was first recorded in South Africa in 2012 through DNA...
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December 19, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Bridging the gap between detection and action in #biosecurity, this new study proposes a workflow that links molecular data with pest and alien plant databases to flag emerging threats and support faster, evidence-based responses.
Want to know more? See the full study here: doi.org/10.3897/neob...
Want to know more? See the full study here: doi.org/10.3897/neob...
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🌱From NeoBiota: Common garden tests show invasive grasses do not consistently grow faster or reproduce more in new ranges, challenging simple trait based explanations of invasion success. (Jennifer L. Funk)
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Invasive grasses do not always exhibit superior and faster plant life-history traits in the introduced range than in the native range
Many invasive plants are larger, and produce more seeds in populations from the introduced range compared to those from their native range. Annual invasive plants might also benefit in their introduce...
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December 16, 2025 at 7:03 PM
🌱From NeoBiota: Common garden tests show invasive grasses do not consistently grow faster or reproduce more in new ranges, challenging simple trait based explanations of invasion success. (Jennifer L. Funk)
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#PlantScience
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#PlantScience
It's always a pleasure to meet our authors at conferences! Like Zhenwei Xu, who stopped by the Pensoft booth at #BES2025 yesterday.
Read his paper, 'Shift in the effects of invasive soil legacy on subsequent native and invasive trees driven by nitrogen deposition' here: doi.org/10.3897/neob...
Read his paper, 'Shift in the effects of invasive soil legacy on subsequent native and invasive trees driven by nitrogen deposition' here: doi.org/10.3897/neob...
December 16, 2025 at 11:22 AM
It's always a pleasure to meet our authors at conferences! Like Zhenwei Xu, who stopped by the Pensoft booth at #BES2025 yesterday.
Read his paper, 'Shift in the effects of invasive soil legacy on subsequent native and invasive trees driven by nitrogen deposition' here: doi.org/10.3897/neob...
Read his paper, 'Shift in the effects of invasive soil legacy on subsequent native and invasive trees driven by nitrogen deposition' here: doi.org/10.3897/neob...
Invasive species are costing New South Wales billions of dollars a year, with plants and agricultural losses dominating reported impacts and major gaps remaining in how environmental and non-market damages are counted.
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An invasive species cost review for New South Wales, Australia, highlights key drivers and limitations of economic cost estimates
Accounting for the costs incurred due to biological invasions is important for informing invasive species management policies and for understanding and mitigating future losses. InvaCost, a living rev...
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December 12, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Invasive species are costing New South Wales billions of dollars a year, with plants and agricultural losses dominating reported impacts and major gaps remaining in how environmental and non-market damages are counted.
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Interacting seed traits and whether seeds are trapped in fruits or released govern how long the invasive 𝐸𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑜𝑐𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑠 𝑙𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑡𝑎 can float, shaping both local deposition and long-distance spread along European rivers.
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December 12, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Interacting seed traits and whether seeds are trapped in fruits or released govern how long the invasive 𝐸𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑜𝑐𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑠 𝑙𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑡𝑎 can float, shaping both local deposition and long-distance spread along European rivers.
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Atlantic blue crab 𝐶𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑠𝑎𝑝𝑖𝑑𝑢𝑠 has fully established in a hypersaline Sicilian lagoon, showing remarkable ecological plasticity and raising management questions.
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Establishment of the blue crab Callinectes sapidus (Rathbun, 1896) in a Mediterranean hypersaline basin: evidence of ecological plasticity and range expansion
A central aspect of ecology is the understanding of how environmental factors influence species distribution, population structure, and dynamics, ultimately highlighting species’ capacity to adapt to ...
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December 9, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Atlantic blue crab 𝐶𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑠𝑎𝑝𝑖𝑑𝑢𝑠 has fully established in a hypersaline Sicilian lagoon, showing remarkable ecological plasticity and raising management questions.
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This review of agricultural pest insects shows their environmental impacts are widely underestimated, revealing overlooked impact mechanisms and calling for management strategies that account for non-target biodiversity.
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Environmental impacts of agricultural pest insects: five case studies reveal overlooked impact mechanisms and specify knowledge gaps
Invasive species can cause environmental impacts through various mechanisms. Assessing their impact can inform management decisions and illuminate risks to non-invaded areas. Research on the environme...
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December 3, 2025 at 8:24 AM
This review of agricultural pest insects shows their environmental impacts are widely underestimated, revealing overlooked impact mechanisms and calling for management strategies that account for non-target biodiversity.
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Researchers in Malaysia have discovered an incredible new endemic ‘fairy lantern’ species with fewer than 20 individuals known to exist in the wild.
🔗 Learn all about it on the @pensoft.net blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/12/02/n...
🔗 Learn all about it on the @pensoft.net blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/12/02/n...
New critically endangered ‘fairy lantern’ discovered in Malaysia
Just 20 individuals of the unusual species are known to exist in the wild.
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December 2, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Researchers in Malaysia have discovered an incredible new endemic ‘fairy lantern’ species with fewer than 20 individuals known to exist in the wild.
🔗 Learn all about it on the @pensoft.net blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/12/02/n...
🔗 Learn all about it on the @pensoft.net blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/12/02/n...
This study shows that the invasive 'killer shrimp' 𝐷𝑖𝑘𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑎𝑚𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑢𝑠 𝑣𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑢𝑠 inherits maternal food preferences, and hybrids can become even more predatory, potentially boosting their invasion impact.
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I eat what my mother eats. Maternal effects on food preferences in invasive amphipods
Invasive alien species achieve their success through a set of traits that give them a fitness advantage over other species. Many of them are characterised by a generalist diet with an inclination to c...
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November 28, 2025 at 9:47 AM
This study shows that the invasive 'killer shrimp' 𝐷𝑖𝑘𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑎𝑚𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑢𝑠 𝑣𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑢𝑠 inherits maternal food preferences, and hybrids can become even more predatory, potentially boosting their invasion impact.
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Testing three annual grasses native to Spain and invasive in California, this study shows that invasion success is not consistently linked to bigger, faster, or more fecund plants across ranges, and highlights a possible role for polyploidy in 𝐵𝑟𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑦𝑝𝑜𝑑𝑖𝑢𝑚 instead.
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Invasive grasses do not always exhibit superior and faster plant life-history traits in the introduced range than in the native range
Many invasive plants are larger, and produce more seeds in populations from the introduced range compared to those from their native range. Annual invasive plants might also benefit in their introduce...
doi.org
November 28, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Testing three annual grasses native to Spain and invasive in California, this study shows that invasion success is not consistently linked to bigger, faster, or more fecund plants across ranges, and highlights a possible role for polyploidy in 𝐵𝑟𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑦𝑝𝑜𝑑𝑖𝑢𝑚 instead.
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Small-bodied native and non-native characoid fishes wage a ‘small war’ in Brazilian reservoirs, with trophic roles and niche overlap shifting dramatically between neighbouring systems and seasons.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Small-bodied native and non-native characoid fishes wage a ‘small war’ in Brazilian reservoirs, with trophic roles and niche overlap shifting dramatically between neighbouring systems and seasons.
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Researcher introduce WatchListR, a tool for developing watch-lists of invasive species to inform biosecurity decision-making.
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November 24, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Researcher introduce WatchListR, a tool for developing watch-lists of invasive species to inform biosecurity decision-making.
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New atlas of 96 invasive plant species shows they now occur in every mainland Portuguese municipality, with coastal, urban-adjacent areas emerging as invasion hotspots.
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November 21, 2025 at 10:58 AM
New atlas of 96 invasive plant species shows they now occur in every mainland Portuguese municipality, with coastal, urban-adjacent areas emerging as invasion hotspots.
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🏵️ This week’s #SafeguardResearch examines the distribution, impacts, and traits of the invasive ornamental Gaillardia aristata (great blanketflower).
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November 21, 2025 at 9:05 AM
🏵️ This week’s #SafeguardResearch examines the distribution, impacts, and traits of the invasive ornamental Gaillardia aristata (great blanketflower).
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@pensoft.net @neobiota.pensoft.net
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@pensoft.net @neobiota.pensoft.net
A new protocol helps cities plant trees more safely by using science-based criteria to avoid invasive species and pest-prone trees, protecting ecosystems and supporting sustainable urban greening.
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November 21, 2025 at 6:58 AM
A new protocol helps cities plant trees more safely by using science-based criteria to avoid invasive species and pest-prone trees, protecting ecosystems and supporting sustainable urban greening.
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The spread of invasive sand dropseed in Hungarian sand steppes is already shrinking habitat for specialist Balkan wall lizards while woody encroachment simultaneously boosts generalist Eastern green lizard.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The spread of invasive sand dropseed in Hungarian sand steppes is already shrinking habitat for specialist Balkan wall lizards while woody encroachment simultaneously boosts generalist Eastern green lizard.
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Annette Taugbøl compares sampling protocols and results to better detect the amphibian fungal parasite 𝐵𝑎𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑐ℎ𝑦𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑢𝑚 𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑑𝑖𝑠 in the wild: doi.org/10.3897/neob...
Comparing sampling protocols and results to better detect the amphibian fungal parasite Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in the wild
The pathogenic fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) causes chytridiomycosis in amphibians across the world, increasing the risk of population declines and species extinctions. Using a traditiona...
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November 20, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Annette Taugbøl compares sampling protocols and results to better detect the amphibian fungal parasite 𝐵𝑎𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑐ℎ𝑦𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑢𝑚 𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑑𝑖𝑠 in the wild: doi.org/10.3897/neob...
Human-modified dumpsite soil temporarily boosts non-native plant growth in subarctic ecosystems, increasing invasion risks from soil movement under climate change.
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Anthropogenically-modified soil increases the performance of non-native plants in a subarctic ecosystem
Waste dumps contain human-modified soils that differ substantially from soils in natural areas. Such soils can create a suitable environment for weedy non-native species, so that waste dumps can act a...
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November 19, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Human-modified dumpsite soil temporarily boosts non-native plant growth in subarctic ecosystems, increasing invasion risks from soil movement under climate change.
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A new workflow using @inaturalist.bsky.social data enables up-to-date, curated inventories of non-native plants in South African cities, demonstrating community science's potential to guide biodiversity monitoring and invasion management.
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Deriving inventories of non-native plant species from iNaturalist: Insights from urban centres of the Western Cape, South Africa
Accurate, up-to-date inventories of non-native species are important to document and improve our understanding of biological invasions globally and inform management decisions. Traditional methods for...
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November 14, 2025 at 10:14 AM
A new workflow using @inaturalist.bsky.social data enables up-to-date, curated inventories of non-native plants in South African cities, demonstrating community science's potential to guide biodiversity monitoring and invasion management.
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We're at #EntSoc25 in Portland, Oregon, where NeoBiota author Dr Claire Rutledge stopped by our booth (715) to say hello!
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November 11, 2025 at 7:16 AM
We're at #EntSoc25 in Portland, Oregon, where NeoBiota author Dr Claire Rutledge stopped by our booth (715) to say hello!
@entsocamerica.bsky.social
@entsocamerica.bsky.social
Climate niche analysis predicts 2,554 potential new alien vascular plant species could invade the Arctic, emphasising urgent need for biosecurity and monitoring under climate change.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Climate niche analysis predicts 2,554 potential new alien vascular plant species could invade the Arctic, emphasising urgent need for biosecurity and monitoring under climate change.
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@liverpooluni.bsky.social
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A survey in Brazil's Federal District shows that education and age boost awareness of the invasive giant African snail, but knowledge alone doesn't spark action.
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Perceptions and awareness of invasive species in the Brazilian Federal District: implications for controlling the giant African snail (Lissachatina fulica)
The giant African snail (Lissachatina fulica) is among the world’s most damaging invasive species, threatening biodiversity, agriculture, and public health. Effective management requires understanding...
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November 7, 2025 at 7:29 AM
A survey in Brazil's Federal District shows that education and age boost awareness of the invasive giant African snail, but knowledge alone doesn't spark action.
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Come to the Pensoft stand at the Kliments' Days 2025 in Sofia, Bulgaria! Our Marketing and Sales manager @maria-kolesnikova.bsky.social is there to welcome you and tell you all about our open-access journals in biodiversity sciences!
November 6, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Come to the Pensoft stand at the Kliments' Days 2025 in Sofia, Bulgaria! Our Marketing and Sales manager @maria-kolesnikova.bsky.social is there to welcome you and tell you all about our open-access journals in biodiversity sciences!
Global species distribution models and dispersal simulations predict the invasive spotted lanternfly’s expanding range, highlighting urgent management needs to protect viticulture and agriculture, especially in Europe and North America.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Global species distribution models and dispersal simulations predict the invasive spotted lanternfly’s expanding range, highlighting urgent management needs to protect viticulture and agriculture, especially in Europe and North America.
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