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Assessments of alien species impacts are reliable to prioritize resources

The Doñana Biological Station – CSIC has shown the reliability of assessments of alien species impacts, which help prioritize resources against one of the current and future challenges of...

Gulls can disperse seeds from native and alien plants between urban urban green areas

A study leaded by researchers from the Doñana Biological Station (EBD-CSIC) and the Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC) estimated the seeds dispersed and beyond Barcelona based on the movement...

The alien boatman T verticalis is able to breed successfully in freshwaters

The corixid Trichocorixa verticalis originates from North America and is the only
aquatic hemipteran alien to Europe. It is spreading in south-west Iberia where it is
the dominant corixid...

Shorebirds disperse a wide variety of plants along the Atlantic flyway

Almost no empirical work has been done before on the plants dispersed by migratory shorebirds (Charadriiformes). By sampling faeces and regurgitated pellets in Doñana (Spain), England, Ireland and...

The role of different factors in the invasion success of current avian introductions

Understanding factors driving successful invasions is one of the cornerstones of invasion biology. Bird invasions have been frequently used as study models, and the foundation of current knowledge...