On April 18, the "GBIF conference 2023" of the National Biodiversity Information Node took place in the Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid. GBIF (Global Biodiversity International Facility) is an open data scientific infrastructure which aims to make available information on biodiversity to generate new knowledge and respond to the needs of politicians, managers, educators or scientists

The red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii), native to the southern United States and north-eastern Mexico, is currently the most widely distributed crayfish globally, as well as one of the invasive species with most devastating impacts on freshwater ecosystems. Reconstructing the introduction routes of invasive species and identifying the motivations that have led to those movements is necessary to accurately reduce the likelihood of further introductions. In this study, the temporal...