The successful colonization of new environments by alien plant species highly depends on local environmental conditions. In this recent paper by Charly Géron and colleagues, we were able to prove that climatic conditions in a species’ native range plays a major role in understanding if the species is or is …
Citizen Science databases (e.g. GBIF, iNaturalist) are full of opportunistic observations and offer a massive, cost-efficient alternative to professional surveys. However, if we want to produce reliable inference using it, we need to consider the sampling process behind this data and account for potential biases. As an initial attempt to …
Monitoring biodiversity in Europe is usually very costly and time consuming and often resources from governments are limited. A new scientific study published in April 2020 highlights the unique and important niche that hunters fill in the monitoring of biodiversity across Europe. There are mainly four aspects that makes the work and engagement of …
