Assoz. Prof. Mag. Dr. Franz Essl
Franz Essl
T: +43-1-4277-54378
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Curbing the major and growing threats from invasive alien species is urgent and achievable. / Roy, Helen E. (Corresponding author); Pauchard, Aníbal; Stoett, Peter J. et al.

In: Nature Ecology and Evolution, Vol. 8, No. 7, 07.2024, p. 1216-1223.

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A climate-induced tree species bottleneck for forest management in Europe. / Wessely, Johannes (Corresponding author); Essl, Franz; Fiedler, Konrad et al.

In: Nature Ecology and Evolution, Vol. 8, No. 6, 29.04.2024, p. 1109-1117.

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Biogeography and global flows of 100 major alien fungal and fungus-like oomycete pathogens. / Schertler, Anna; Lenzner, Bernd; Dullinger, Stefan et al.

In: Journal of Biogeography, Vol. 51, No. 4, 04.2024, p. 599-617.

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A scenario-guided strategy for the future management of biological invasions. / Roura-Pascual, Núria (Corresponding author); Saul, Wolf Christian; Pérez-Granados, Cristian et al.

In: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, Vol. 22, No. 4, e2725, 11.03.2024, p. 1-7.

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ReSurveyEurope : A database of resurveyed vegetation plots in Europe. / Knollová, Ilona; Chytrý, Milan; Bruelheide, Helge et al.

In: Journal of Vegetation Science, Vol. 35, No. 2, e13235, 01.03.2024.

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Naturalizations have led to homogenization of the Malesian flora in the Anthropocene. / Holmes, Rachael; Pelser, Pieter; Barcelona, Julie et al.

In: Journal of Biogeography, Vol. 51, No. 3, 03.2024, p. 394-408.

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Plant invasion and naturalization are influenced by genome size, ecology and economic use globally. / Guo, Kun; Pyšek, Petr; van Kleunen, Mark et al.

In: Nature Communications, Vol. 15, 1330 (2024), 13.02.2024, p. 1-10.

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Austrian farmers perception of new weeds. / Glaser, Michael (Corresponding author); Essl, Franz; Follak, Swen.

In: Plant-Environment Interactions, Vol. 5, No. 1, e10129, 02.2024, p. 1-11.

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European scenarios for future biological invasions. / Pérez-Granados, Cristian; Lenzner, Bernd (Corresponding author); Golivets, Marina et al.

In: People and Nature, Vol. 6, No. 1, 02.2024, p. 245-259.

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Options for reducing a city's global biodiversity footprint – The case of food consumption in Vienna. / Matej, Sarah (Corresponding author); Kaufmann, Lisa; Semenchuk, Philipp et al.

In: Journal of cleaner production, Vol. 437, 140712, 15.01.2024, p. 1-12.

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Future changes in key plant traits across Central Europe vary with biogeographical status, woodiness, and habitat type. / Golivets, Marina (Corresponding author); Knapp, Sonja; Essl, Franz et al.

In: Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 907, 167954, 10.01.2024.

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Ecological attributes promoting intra-continental range-expansion of a native annual forb triggered by intensified land-use. / Ruprecht, Eszter; Essl, Franz; Moț, C. Augustin et al.

In: Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants, Vol. 310, 152416, 01.2024.

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Potential sources of time lags in calibrating species distribution models. / Essl, Franz; García-Rodríguez, Adrián; Lenzner, Bernd et al.

In: Journal of Biogeography, Vol. 51, No. 1, 01.2024, p. 89-102.

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Alien flora of Mongolia : species richness, introduction dynamics and spatial patterns. / Vanjil, Gundegmaa; Kortz, Alessandra; Lenzner, Bernd et al.

In: Biological Invasions, 2024.

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Regional invasion history and land use shape the prevalence of non‐native species in local assemblages. / Liu, Daijun; Essl, Franz; Lenzner, Bernd et al.

In: Global Change Biology, Vol. 30, No. 7, 2024, p. 1-16.

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A latitudinal gradient in Darwin’s naturalization conundrum at the global scale for flowering plants. / Fan, Shu ya; Yang, Qiang; Li, Shao peng et al.

In: Nature Communications, Vol. 14, No. 1, 6244, 12.2023.

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Aeonium haworthii Webb & Berthel. and Crassula ovata (Mill.) Druce (Crassulaceae) : New records for the Algerian alien flora. / Sakhraoui, Nora; Boudries, Amel; Hadef, Azzedine et al.

In: BioInvasions Records, Vol. 12, No. 4, 12.2023, p. 919-930.

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The impact of land use on non-native species incidence and number in local assemblages worldwide. / Liu, Daijun (Corresponding author); Semenchuk, Philipp; Essl, Franz et al.

In: Nature Communications, Vol. 14, No. 1, 2090, 12.2023.

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Filling the range: how propagule pressure shaped alien mammal’s distribution in Europe”

Lisa Tedeschi (Speaker), Franz Essl (Contributor), Bernd Lenzner (Contributor), Anna Schertler (Contributor) & Johannes Wessely (Contributor)

24 Jul 2023

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Habitat-based conservation strategies cannot compensate for climate-change-induced range loss.

Karl Hülber (Speaker), Johannes Wessely (Contributor), Andreas Gattringer (Contributor), Dietmar Moser (Contributor), Stefan Dullinger (Contributor) & Franz Essl (Contributor)

20 Mar 201824 Mar 2018

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


The big picture: insight into vascular plant invasions worldwide

Franz Essl (Speaker)

4 Nov 2014 → …

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Österreichs Pflanzenwelt im globalen Treibhaus

Franz Essl (Keynote speaker)

24 Sep 2014

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Ausbreitung der Ambrosie - Zukunftsszenarien

Franz Essl (Invited speaker)

10 Dec 2013

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Evaluating the impact of climate change, management effort and allocation on the future spread and allergy costs of ragweed

Franz Essl (Invited speaker)

3 Nov 2013

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


The role of space and time in shaping patterns in biological invasions – and beyond

Franz Essl (Invited speaker)

19 Jun 2013

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Die überforderte Natur Auswirkungen des Klimawandels auf die Biodiversität

Franz Essl (Invited speaker)

18 Apr 2013

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Aktuelle Verbreitung, Einwanderungsgeschichte und Szenarien des weiteren Ausbreitungsverlaufs in Österreich

Franz Essl (Speaker)

25 Nov 2011

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther



MOTIVATE: Monitoring of Terrestrial habitats by Integrating Vegetation Archive Time series in Europe

Essl, F., Jimenez-Alfaro, B., Sabatini, F. M., Carboni, M., Chytrý, M. & Norum, R.

Project: Research funding


BioMonI: BioMonI: Biodiversity monitoring of island ecosystems

Lenzner, B., Vieira Borges, P. A., de Nascimento Reyes, L., Ah-Peng, C., Patiño, J., Zemp, D. C. & Essl, F.

1/04/2431/03/27

Project: Research funding


Population genetics and landscape ecology large Branchiopoda

Schwentner, M., Essl, F. & Schernhammer, T.

11/10/2210/10/25

Project: Research funding


Weave: externer Lead

Essl, F.

27/04/2226/04/25

Project: Research funding




Globale Datenbank zu nichtheimi

Essl, F.

16/12/1416/12/17

Project: Research funding


Klimawandel+Zierpflanzen

Dullinger, S. & Essl, F.

28/10/1331/10/17

Project: Research funding


Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research

Rennweg 14
1030 Wien
Room: 106a

T: +43-1-4277-54378

franz.essl@univie.ac.at