New paper about dark diversity of alien plants

Recently a new study was published in Global Ecology and Biogeography about the global dark diversity of alien plants. The study was led by Bruno who recently finished his PhD in our workgroup. Predicting new invasion events is difficult, but crucial to mitigate associated threats. So, the authors used the dark diversity concept to estimate the dark diversity of alien plants for global regions, which shows how many potential new alien species could arrive in the region in the future.

Paganeli, B.,  Tordoni, E.,  H. Seebens, & Pärtel, M.  2025. Observed and dark diversity of alien plants across the world. Global Ecology and Biogeography 34: e70142.