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InvasionS
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🧑🏽‍🔬🪻Invasion Science (InvasionS) is a multidisciplinary working group of CIBIO's researchers and students focused on biological invasions.

Group Leader: @jrvicente.bsky.social

Visit our website: https://sites.google.com/biopolis.pt/invasions
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📢 New paper out!

Led by Rita Bastos & Cheikh Seck, with Joana Vicente, in Global Ecology and Conservation! 🌿

⚡ A BACI-like model reveals how hydropower development impacts raptor populations in NE Portugal.

🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...

#EcologicalModelling #Hydropower #Biodiversity
November 5, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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🔥 New paper out! Led by @cristinaglima.bsky.social and published in @biolinvasions.bsky.social 🌿

We explored how fire & landscape susceptibility shape Acacia dealbata invasion in Portugal using a STELLA dynamic model.

🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s105...

#InvasionScience #FireEcology #AcaciaDealbata
October 30, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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🌿 IUCN launches a public consultation to shape its Global Strategy on Invasive Alien Species! A key step for international cooperation on biodiversity loss.

📅 Open until 1 Dec 2025
🔗 Learn more and find out how to participate: iucn.org/news/202509/...

#IUCN #InvasiveSpecies #Biodiversity
October 28, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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🌾 New open dataset on Cortaderia selloana (pampas grass) in Portugal, led by João Gonçalves!

📊 47,661 plants mapped from UAV imagery at 63 sites under the LIFE STOP CORTADERIA project.

🔗 Access: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

#InvasionScience #LIFEStopCortaderia #invasivespecies #UAVmapping #cortaderia
October 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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🌿 Our PI @jrvicente.bsky.social presented the @onestop-project.eu at Porto Business School, highlighting CamAlien, AMITrap and Air-DNA and the importance of collaboration for tackling biological invasions!

#InvasionS #Technology #Biologicalnvasions
October 3, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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📢 Do you want to find out more about Gorgias and his work?

Don’t miss his seminar on 26 Sept, 15:30 GMT (BIOPOLIS-CIBIO Auditorium & Online)!

🔗 Zoom: zoom.us/j/9402853134...
🔑 Passcode: 332211

👉 Learn more: www.cibio.up.pt/en/events/ec...

#seminar #invasionscience #ecologicalmodelling
September 24, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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🌿 This past month, we hosted PhD student Gorgias Aikpon (Univ. of Abomey-Calavi, Benin)! His PhD explores the ecology, distribution & management of two invasive plants: Jack in the Bush and Pignut.

During his stay, he developed species distribution models to predict their potential distributions. 🗺️
September 24, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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🌿 The InvasionS group has launched a new website!

Discover our story, meet the team, and explore our projects, publications, and outreach.

👉 Visit: sites.google.com/biopolis.pt/...

#InvasionS #newwebsitelaunch #researchgroup
September 19, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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📢 EU expands the Union List of Invasive Alien Species from 88 to 114 — including Neogale vison and Castor canadensis. 🐚🦫🐛🌼

For a deeper look we recommend the blog post by Riccardo Scalera: riccardoscalera.blogspot.com/2025/07/eu-s...

#invasivespecies #biodiversity #unionlist #iasmanagement
August 10, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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🛣️ CamAlien hits the road!

We’ve just delivered it to Ascendi, the first Portugal Living Lab stakeholder of @onestop-project.eu to test it in real highway conditions.

An exciting step for invasive species detection! 🌾

#CamAlien #OneSTOP #biosecurity #invasivealienspecies
August 5, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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📸 What can CamAlien do?

This high-speed camera system captures roadside images and helps detect invasive alien species — all while on the move! 🛣️🌿

🔗 Want to know more?
👉 Detection techs: onestop-project.eu/detection
👉 CamAlien: theailab.dk/camalien/
July 31, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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🚗🌿 Meet CamAlien — the first detection tech from @onestop-project.eu now being tested by our stakeholders!

Rolling into action at BIOPOLIS-CIBIO’s Portugal Living Lab 🚙✨

Developed in WP2 (led by @tokehoye.bsky.social) & piloted in WP3 Living Labs.

#OneSTOP #invasivespecies #biosecurity
July 31, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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📢 The @onestop-project.eu grant proposal is out in @riojournal.com!

Our team is contributing with:
🔹Species distribution modelling
🔹 Prioritisation tools
🔹 Creation of Living Lab in Portugal

Very happy to support better biosecurity in Europe!

#OneSTOP #Biosecurity #InvasiveSpecies #EUProjects
July 24, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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🎓 Big congratulations to Maria Marques on defending her Master’s thesis!

Her thesis explored how elite anglers perceive invasive species — a great contribution to science and management. 🌿🎣

We wish her the best in what comes next! 🌍✨

#mastersthesis #invasivespecies #recreationalfisheries
July 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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🌿 What terms do European cities use for green corridors—and why?

Survey (4 min) part of Ana Pinheira’s PhD (@UTAD), with Invasions (CIBIO-InBIO), Landscape Lab & Guimarães – European Green Capital 2026. 🌳

📝 forms.office.com/r/dLQQX9Q1dt

#survey #urbanplanning #sustainablecities
July 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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🎓 Huge congrats to Tidiane Seck on defending his Master’s thesis!

His research explored dam impacts on bird communities in northern Portugal — a key contribution to our understanding of human impacts on biodiversity!. 🦅

All the best for what’s next! 💫

#mastersthesis #ecology #ecologicalmodelling
July 15, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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🎓 Master’s Thesis Presentation
Discover how competitive anglers perceive invasive species in Maria Marques’ study "Fishing and Biological Invasions: can we rely just on the legislation?"

📅 18 July
🕑 14:00
📍 FC4 117, University of Porto

#invasivespecies #angling #environmentalpolicy #masterthesis
July 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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🎓 Discover how energy infrastructures affect biodiversity in Cheikh Tidiane Seck’s research:
"A multilevel approach to assess the ecological impacts of hydroelectric infrastructures on local avifauna"

🗓️ 15 July
🕙 10:00
📍 FC4 117, Faculty of Science, University of Porto

Don’t miss it! 🐦⚡
July 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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🔄 And we finished by building static and dynamic models to simulate ecological change!
July 4, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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📈 We looked at costs, incentives, and ecological-economic strategies....
July 4, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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🛰️ Then moved on to remote sensing, drones, and classification algorithms....
July 4, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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🧑‍💻 We started with citizen science, iEcology and AI...
July 4, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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The InvasionS Advanced Course has come to an end! 🌾💪

These photos show four days exploring how tech, models & economics can help us understand and manage biological invasions.

A week of learning, collaboration & tools to face invasive species!

📸 Take a look at some highlights from our journey!
July 4, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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🌿 Who should decide how we manage nature?

Join us for a talk on decentralized approaches to natural resource management with Dr. Nicolas Quérou.

🗓️ July 2
🕙 10:00
📍 CIBIO, Vairão & Online - Free and no registration required
🎤 In english

#environmentalgovernance #decentralizedgovernance
June 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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🌿 On June 20th @jrvicente.bsky.social joined curious young minds from Colégio João Paulo II, Braga, to tackle Tradescantia fluminensis, an invasive plant threatening local biodiversity.

🌱 Learning by doing, growing by caring — that’s how future stewards are made!

#invasivespecies #citizenscience
June 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM