Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Franz Essl
Franz Essl
T: +43-1-4277-54378
Winter term 2025
300120 SE Biodiversity and Conservation Science - Seminar for Masterstudents - Pflichtseminar im MNB6 / altenatives Masterseminar MEC-9
300367 VO Naturschutzbiologie - (Bereich Naturschutzbiologie)
Summer term 2025
300424 SE+UE Übungen zur funktionellen Ökologie - Biodiversität & Landnutzung in Graslandökosystemen
101 - 120 out of 378
Characteristics of the naturalized flora of Southern Africa largely reflect the non-random introduction of alien species for cultivation. / Omer, Ali; Fristoe, Trevor; Yang, Qiang et al.
In: Ecography, Vol. 44, No. 12, 12.2021, p. 1812-1825.

Publications: Contribution to journalArticlePeer Reviewed


Mycorrhizal types influence island biogeography of plants. / Delavaux, Camille S.; Weigelt, Patrick; Dawson, Wayne et al.
In: Communications Biology, Vol. 4, No. 1, 1128, 12.2021.

Publications: Contribution to journalArticlePeer Reviewed


Phylogenetic structure of alien plant species pools from European donor habitats. / Kalusová, Veronika; Padullés Cubino, Josep; Fristoe, Trevor S. et al.
In: Global Ecology and Biogeography, Vol. 30, No. 12, 12.2021, p. 2354-2367.

Publications: Contribution to journalArticlePeer Reviewed


The global loss of floristic uniqueness. / Yang, Qiang; Weigelt, Patrick; Fristoe, Trevor S. et al.
In: Nature Communications, Vol. 12, No. 1, 7290, 12.2021.

Publications: Contribution to journalArticlePeer Reviewed


Potential alien ranges of European plants will shrink in the future, but less so for already naturalized than for not yet naturalized species. / Pouteau, Robin (Corresponding author); Biurrun, Idoia; Brunel, Caroline et al.
In: Diversity and Distributions, Vol. 27, No. 11, 11.2021, p. 2063-2076.

Publications: Contribution to journalArticlePeer Reviewed


Global costs of plant invasions must not be underestimated. / Novoa, Ana; Moodley, Desika; Catford, Jane A. et al.
In: NeoBiota, Vol. 69, 13.10.2021, p. 75-78.

Publications: Contribution to journalShort communicationPeer Reviewed


Comparing environmental impacts of alien plants, insects and pathogens in protected riparian forests. / Lapin, Katharina; Bacher, Sven; Cech, Thomas et al.
In: NeoBiota, Vol. 69, 07.10.2021, p. 1-28.

Publications: Contribution to journalArticlePeer Reviewed



Future Representation of Species’ Climatic Niches in Protected Areas: A Case Study With Austrian Endemics. / Semenchuk, Philipp (Corresponding author); Moser, Dietmar; Essl, Franz et al.
In: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Vol. 9, 685753, 29.09.2021.

Publications: Contribution to journalArticlePeer Reviewed


Neonatives and translocated species: different terms are needed for different species categories in conservation policies. / Essl, Franz (Corresponding author); Pyšek, Petr; Richardson, David M.
In: NeoBiota, Vol. 68, 21.09.2021, p. 101-104.

Publications: Contribution to journalShort communicationPeer Reviewed


Alternative futures for global biological invasions. / Roura-Pascual, Núria (Corresponding author); Leung, Brian; Rabitsch, Wolfgang et al.
In: Sustainability Science, Vol. 16, No. 5, 09.2021, p. 1637-1650.

Publications: Contribution to journalArticlePeer Reviewed


bRacatus: A method to estimate the accuracy and biogeographical status of georeferenced biological data. / Arlé, Eduardo; Zizka, Alexander; Keil, Petr et al.
In: Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Vol. 12, No. 9, 09.2021, p. 1609-1619.

Publications: Contribution to journalArticlePeer Reviewed


Policy-relevant indicators for invasive alien species assessment and reporting. / McGeoch, Melodie A.; Arlé, Eduardo; Belmaker, Jonathan et al.
bioRxiv, 2021.

Publications: Working paperPreprint


Around the world in 500 years: Inter-regional spread of alien species over recent centuries. / Seebens, Hanno; Blackburn, Tim M.; Hulme, Philip E. et al.
In: Global Ecology and Biogeography, Vol. 30, No. 8, 08.2021, p. 1621-1632.

Publications: Contribution to journalArticlePeer Reviewed


Persistent soil seed banks promote naturalisation and invasiveness in flowering plants. / Gioria, Margherita (Corresponding author); Carta, Angelino; Baskin, Carol C. et al.
In: Ecology Letters, Vol. 24, No. 8, 08.2021, p. 1655-1667.

Publications: Contribution to journalArticlePeer Reviewed


To graze or to mow? The influence of grassland management on grasshoppers (Orthoptera) on a flood protection embankment in the Donau-Auen National Park (Austria). / Almásy, Johanna; Essl, Franz; Berger, Ambros et al.
In: Journal of Insect Conservation, Vol. 25, No. 4, 08.2021, p. 707-717.

Publications: Contribution to journalArticlePeer Reviewed


Economic costs of invasive alien species across europe. / Haubrock, Phillip J.; Turbelin, Anna J.; Cuthbert, Ross N. et al.
In: NeoBiota, Vol. 67, 29.07.2021, p. 153-190.

Publications: Contribution to journalArticlePeer Reviewed


The economic costs of biological invasions around the world. / Zenni, Rafael Dudeque; Essl, Franz; García-Berthou, Emili et al.
In: NeoBiota, Vol. 67, 29.07.2021, p. 1-9.

Publications: Contribution to journalEditorialPeer Reviewed


Data Descriptor: Pacific Introduced Flora (PaciFLora). / Wohlwend, Michael Rudolf; Craven, Dylan; Weigelt, Patrick et al.
In: Biodiversity Data Journal, Vol. 9, 67318, 20.07.2021, p. 1-15.

Publications: Contribution to journalArticlePeer Reviewed


Benchmarking plant diversity of Palaearctic grasslands and other open habitats. / Grassplot Consortium.
In: Journal of Vegetation Science, Vol. 32, No. 4, e13050, 01.07.2021.

Publications: Contribution to journalArticlePeer Reviewed


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A synthesis on alien mammals threatened in their native range

Lisa Tedeschi (Speaker), Bernd Lenzner (Contributor), Anna Schertler (Contributor), Dino Biancolini (Contributor), Carlo Rondinini (Contributor) & Franz Essl (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

Andreas Gattringer (Speaker), Franz Essl (Contributor), Konrad Fiedler (Contributor), Johannes Hausharter (Contributor), Karl Hülber (Contributor), Ingolf Kühn (Contributor), Dietmar Moser (Contributor), Sonia Rashid (Contributor), Johannes Wessely (Contributor) & Stefan Dullinger (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”

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 Sept 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