Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Franz Essl
Franz Essl
T: +43-1-4277-54378
Winter term 2025
290605 VO Climate Change and Climate Crisis - Towards the Eco-Sociological Transformation
300367 VO Naturschutzbiologie - (Bereich Naturschutzbiologie)
Summer term 2025
300424 SE+UE Übungen zur funktionellen Ökologie - Biodiversität & Landnutzung in Graslandökosystemen
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The global distribution patterns of alien vertebrate richness in mountains. / García-Rodríguez, Adrián; Lenzner, Bernd; Velasco, Julián A. et al.
In: Nature Communications, Vol. 16, No. 1, 1977, 12.2025.

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Indirect role of climatic suitability in mediating the effects of plant characteristics on naturalization success of cultivated alien plants in Southern Africa. / Peter, Sarah-Olivia; Essl, Franz; Lenzner, Bernd et al.
In: Biological Invasions, 10.2025.

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Policies slow biological invasions in Europe, but legacies still matter. / Canelles, Quim; Pérez-Granados, Cristian; Roura-Pascual, Núria et al.
In: One Earth, Vol. 8, No. 9, 101355, 19.09.2025.

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Clarifying ethical stances in conservation: a trolley problem thought experiment. / Latombe, Guillaume (Corresponding author); Arbieu, Ugo; Bacher, Sven et al.
In: BioScience, Vol. 75, No. 9, 01.09.2025, p. 722-736.

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Patterns and drivers of range filling of alien mammals in Europe. / Tedeschi, Lisa (Corresponding author); Lenzner, Bernd; Schertler, Anna et al.
In: Oikos, Vol. 2025, No. 9, e11388, 09.2025.

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Biodiversity monitoring of island ecosystems (BioMonI). / Guerrero-Ramírez, Nathaly; Ah-Peng, Claudine; Borges, Paulo et al.
In: ARPHA Conference Abstracts, Vol. 8, 8, 28.05.2025, p. e155875.

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Environmental filtering, not dispersal history, explains global patterns of phylogenetic turnover in seed plants at deep evolutionary timescales. / Cai, Lirong (Corresponding author); Kreft, Holger; Denelle, Pierre et al.
In: Nature Ecology and Evolution, Vol. 9, No. 2, 2990, 02.2025, p. 314-324.

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Ninety years of alien plant species accumulation across regional and local scales in central European fields. / Colling, Gilles; Glaser, Michael; Buholzer, Serge et al.
In: Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 08.01.2025.

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GUBIC : The global urban biological invasions compendium for plants: The global urban biological invasions compendium for plants. / Li, Daijiang; Potgieter, Luke J.; Aronson, Myla F.J. et al.
In: Ecological Solutions and Evidence, Vol. 6, No. 1, e70020, 01.01.2025.

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Management Measures and Trends of Biological Invasions in Europe: A Survey-Based Assessment of Local Managers. / Garcia-Lozano, Carla; Pueyo-Ros, Josep; Canelles, Quim et al.
In: Global Change Biology, Vol. 31, No. 1, e70028, 01.2025.

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Biological invasions: a global assessment of geographic distributions, long-term trends, and data gaps. / Seebens, Hanno (Corresponding author); Meyerson, Laura A.; Richardson, David M. et al.
In: Biological Reviews, Vol. 100, No. 6, 2025, p. 2542-2583.

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Threatened Mammals With Alien Populations: Distribution, Causes, and Conservation. / Tedeschi, Lisa (Corresponding author); Lenzner, Bernd; Schertler, Anna et al.
In: Conservation Letters, Vol. 18, No. 1, e13069, 04.12.2024, p. 1-8.

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Land-use determines the distribution of large branchiopods in climatically homogeneous northern Pannonia. / Devánová, Alžbeta (Corresponding author); Sychra, Jan; Wessely, Johannes et al.
In: Global Ecology and Conservation, Vol. 56, e03300, 12.2024.

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The neglected importance of managing biological invasions for sustainable development. / Lenzner, Bernd (Corresponding author); García‐Rodríguez, Adrián; Colling, Gilles et al.
In: People and Nature, Vol. 6, No. 5, 10.2024, p. 1804-1811.

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Venturing Into the Unknown: The Importance of Variable Selection When Modelling Alien Species Under Non‐Analogue Climatic Conditions. / Vorstenbosch, Tom (Corresponding author); Essl, Franz; Lenzner, Bernd et al.
In: Ecology and Evolution, Vol. 14, No. 10, e70490, 10.2024.

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Spatial distribution and abundance of non-native barnacles of the genus Amphibalanus Pitombo, 2004 (Cirripedia: Balanidae) in southern Iraq. / Naser, Murtada D. (Corresponding author); Yasser, Amaal Gh; De los Ríos-Escalante, Patricio R. et al.
In: Journal of Crustacean Biology, Vol. 44, No. 3, ruae048, 01.09.2024.

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Crops gone wild – weedy Helianthus annuus L. in Austria. / Follak, Swen; Glaser, Michael; Griesbacher, Antonia et al.
In: BioInvasions Records, Vol. 13, No. 3, 09.2024, p. 565-576.

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Reeves’ muntjac Muntiacus reveesi (Ogilby, 1839) in Austria. / Schertler, Anna (Corresponding author); Tedeschi, Lisa; Essl, Franz.
In: BioInvasions Records, Vol. 13, No. 3, 09.2024, p. 685-695.

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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, Vol. 26, No. 8, 08.2024, p. 2407-2419.

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Stakeholders' views on the global guidelines for the sustainable use of non-native trees. / Novoa, Ana (Corresponding author); Vimercati, Giovanni; Brundu, Giuseppe et al.
In: People and Nature, Vol. 6, No. 4, 08.2024, p. 1640-1654.

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Language endangerment and biodiversity threat both correlate with duration of European colonial occupation

Baumann, A. (Speaker), Fellner, H. (Speaker), Lenzner, B. (Speaker), Essl, F. (Speaker) & Norder, S. (Speaker)

17 Sept 2025

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Meeting International Biodiversity Targets on Islands: Current Status and Challenges

Mologni, F. (Speaker), Essl, F. (Contributor) & Lenzner, B. (Contributor)

Sept 2025

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


A synthesis on alien mammals threatened in their native range

Tedeschi, L. (Speaker), Lenzner, B. (Contributor), Schertler, A. (Contributor), Biancolini, D. (Contributor), Rondinini, C. (Contributor) & Essl, F. (Contributor)

Sept 2024

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Predicting range dynamics of butterfly species and their host plants with CATS during the 21st century: species interactions matter

Gattringer, A. (Speaker), Essl, F. (Contributor), Fiedler, K. (Contributor), Hausharter, J. (Contributor), Hülber, K. (Contributor), Kühn, I. (Contributor), Moser, D. (Contributor), Rashid, S. (Contributor), Wessely, J. (Contributor) & Dullinger, S. (Contributor)

10 Jan 2024

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


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

Tedeschi, L. (Speaker), Essl, F. (Contributor), Lenzner, B. (Contributor), Schertler, A. (Contributor) & Wessely, J. (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.

Hülber, K. (Speaker), Wessely, J. (Contributor), Gattringer, A. (Contributor), Moser, D. (Contributor), Dullinger, S. (Contributor) & Essl, F. (Contributor)

20 Mar 201824 Mar 2018

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


The big picture: insight into vascular plant invasions worldwide

Essl, F. (Speaker)

4 Nov 2014 → …

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Österreichs Pflanzenwelt im globalen Treibhaus

Essl, F. (Keynote speaker)

24 Sept 2014

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Ausbreitung der Ambrosie - Zukunftsszenarien

Essl, F. (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

Essl, F. (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

Essl, F. (Invited speaker)

19 Jun 2013

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Die überforderte Natur Auswirkungen des Klimawandels auf die Biodiversität

Essl, F. (Invited speaker)

18 Apr 2013

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Aktuelle Verbreitung, Einwanderungsgeschichte und Szenarien des weiteren Ausbreitungsverlaufs in Österreich

Essl, F. (Speaker)

25 Nov 2011

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


GRAssland Communities Experiment

Essl, F. (Project Lead)

Project: Research funding


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

Essl, F. (Project Lead), Jimenez-Alfaro, B. (Co-Lead), Sabatini, F. M. (Co-Lead), Carboni, M. (Co-Lead), Chytrý, M. (Co-Lead) & Norum, R. (Co-Lead)

Project: Research funding


Plant Naturalization Risk Under Global Environmental Change

Omer, A. H. A. (Project Lead) & Essl, F. (Co-Lead)

1/01/2531/12/27

Project: Research funding


BioMonI: BioMonI: Biodiversity monitoring of island ecosystems

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

1/04/2431/03/27

Project: Research funding


Population genetics and landscape ecology large Branchiopoda

Schwentner, M. (Project Coordinator), Essl, F. (Project Lead) & Schernhammer, T. (Co-Lead)

11/10/2210/10/25

Project: Research funding


Weave: externer Lead

Essl, F. (Project Lead)

27/04/2226/04/25

Project: Research funding


The biogeography and ecology of alien pathogenic fungi world

Essl, F. (Project Lead)

8/10/217/04/25

Project: Research funding


Developing and applying scenarios of biological invasions

Essl, F. (Project Lead), Dullinger, S. (Co-Lead), Lenzner, B. (Co-Lead) & Moser, D. (Co-Lead)

20/02/1919/02/22

Project: Research funding


Globale Datenbank zu nichtheimi

Essl, F. (Project Lead)

16/12/1416/12/17

Project: Research funding


Klimawandel+Zierpflanzen

Dullinger, S. (Project Lead) & Essl, F. (Co-Lead)

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