Global Naturalized Alien Floras database (GloNAF)
Investigating macroecological and macroevolutionary patterns of
plant invasions.
Official webpage
still under construction
About me
I am a macroecologist and terrestrial ecologist with a focus on global change ecology, invasion biology and biodiversity research. I am particularly interested in large-scale patterns of diversity and how environmental, socio-economic and societal drivers drivers interact from a systemic point of view. See my CV here.
Current Work
Alien Scenarios
Developing and applying scenarios and models of biological
invasions for the 21st century.
Official webpage
IPBES - Invasive Species Assessment
Assessment of current status and trends of invasive alien
species, their impacts, their drivers, their management, and
options for policy to deal with the challenges they pose.
Official
webpage
Publications
2021
Pouteau R, Biurrun I, Brunel C, Chytry M, Dawson W, Essl F, Fristoe T, Haveman R, Hobohm C, Jansen F, Kreft H, Lenoir J, Lenzner B, Meyer C, Moeslund JE, Pergl J, Pyšek P, Thuiller W, Weigelt P, Svenning J-C, Wohlgemuth T & van Kleunen M (2021) Climate and socio-economic factors explain differences between observed and expected naturalization patterns of European plants around the world. Global Change Biology, 30, 1514-1531. DOI: 10.1111/geb.13316Roura-Pascual N, Leung B, Rabitsch W, Rutting L, Vervoort J, Bacher S, Dullinger S, Erb K-H, Jeschke JM, Katsanevakis S, Kühn I, Lenzner B, Liebhold AM, Obersteiner M, Pauchard A, Peterson GD, Roy HE, Seebens H, Winter M, Burgman MA, Genovesi P, Hulme PE, Keller RP, Latombe G, McGeoch MA, Ruiz GM, Scalera R, Springborn MR, von Holle B, Essl F (2021) Alternative futures for global biological invasions. Sustainability Science. DOI: 10.1007/s11625-021-00963-6
Konic J., Essl F & Lenzner B (2021) To Care or Not to Care? Which Factors Influence the Distribution of Early-Flowering Geophytes at the Vienna Central Cemetery (Austria). Sustainability, 13, 4657.
2020
Lenzner B, Magallón S, Dawson W, Kreft H, König C, Pergl J,
Pyšek P, Weigelt P, van Kleunen M, Winter M, Dullinger S & Essl F
(2020) The role of diversification rates and evolutionary history as a
driver of plant naturalization success. New Phytologist
Lenzner B, Latombe G, Capinha C, Bellard C, Courchamp F, Diagne
C, Dullinger S, Golivets M, Irl SDH, Kühn I, Leung B, Liu C, Moser D,
Roura-Pascual N, Seebens H, Weigelt P & Essl F (2020) What will
the future bring for biological invasions on islands? An expert-based
assessment. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Jarić I, Courchamp F, Correia RA, Crowley SL, Essl F, Fischer A,
González‐Moreno P, Kalinkat G, Lambin X, Lenzner B, Meinard Y,
Mill A, Musseau C, Novoa A, Pergl J, Pyšek P, Pyšková K, Robertson P,
von Schmalensee M, Shackleton RT, Stefansson RA, Štajerová K,
Veríssimo D, Jeschke JM (2020) The role of species charisma in
biological invasions. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, DOI:
10.1002/fee.2195
Cuthbert R, Bacher S, Blackburn T, Briski E, Diagne C, Dick J, Essl F,
Genovesi P, Haubrock P, Latombe G, Lenzner B, Meinard Y, Pauchard A,
Pyšek P, Ricciardi A, Richardson D, Russell J, Simberloff D &
Courchamp F (2020) Fact and value in invasion biology: A response to
Sagoff 2019. Consercation Biology
van Kleunen M, Xu X, Yang Q, Maurel N, Zhang Z, Dawson W, Essl F,
Kreft H, Pergl J, Pyšek P, Weigelt P, Moser D, Lenzner B & Fristoe
TS (2020) Economic use of plants is key to unravelling their
naturalization success. Nature Communications
Seebens H, Bacher S, Blackburn TM, Capinha C, Dawson W, Dullinger S,
Genovesi P, Hulme PE, van Kleunen M, Kühn I, Jeschke JM, Lenzner B,
Liebhold AM, Pergl J, Pyšek P, Winter M & Essl F (2020) Projecting
the continental accumulation of alien species until 2050. Global
Change Biology
Flantua SGA, Borregaard M, Dullinger S, Essl F, Hooghiemstra H, Irl
SDH, Kienle D, Kreft H, Lenzner B, Payne D, Rumpf SB, Spehn E,
Steinbauer K, Steinbauer MJ, Weigelt P & Field R (2020) Exploring
the analogy between mountains and islands to understand endemism:
snapshot isolation and isolation history. Global Ecology and
Biogeography
Essl F, Latombe G, Lenzner B, Pagad S, Seebens H, Smith K,
Wilson JRU, Genovesi P (2020) The Convention of Biodiversity (CBD)’s
Post-2020 target on invasive alien species — what should it include
and how should it be monitored? NeoBiota
Essl F, Lenzner B, Bacher S, Bailey S, Capinha C, Daehler CC,
Dullinger S, Genovesi P, Hui C, Hulme P, Jeschke J, Katsanevakis S,
Kühn I, Leung B, Liebhold A, Liu C, MacIsaac H, Meyerson LA, Nuñez M
Pauchard A, Pyšek P, Rabitsch W, Richardson DM, Roy H, Ruiz G, Russell
J, Sanders N, Sax D, Scalera R & Seebens H (2020) Drivers of
future alien species impacts: an expert-based assessment. Global
Change Biology
Vorstenbosch T, Essl F & Lenzner B (2020) An uphill
battle? The altitudinal distribution of alien plant species along
rivers and roads in the Austrian Alps. NeoBiota
2019
Essl F, Dullinger S, Genovesi P, Hulme PE, Jeschke JM, Katsanevakis
S, Kühn I, Lenzner B, Pauchard A, Pyšek P, Rabitsch W,
Richardson DM, Seebens H, van Kleunen M, van der Puttten WH, Vilà M,
Bacher S (2019) A conceptual framework for range-expanding species
that track human-induced environmental change. BioScience, 69,
908-919.
Essl F, Dawson W, Kreft H, Pergl J, Pysek P, van Kleunen M, Weigelt P,
Mang T, Dullinger S, Lenzner B, Moser D, Maurel M, Seebens H,
Stein A, Weber E, Chatelain C, Inderjit, Genovesi P, Kartesz J,
Morozova O, Nishino M, Nowak P, Pagad S, Shu W-S, Winter M (2019)
Drivers of the relative richness of naturalized and invasive plant
species on Earth, AoB Plants
Lenzner B, Leclèrc D, Franklin O, Seebens H, Roura-Pascual N,
Obersteiner M, Dullinger S, Essl F (2019) A framework for global 21st
century scenarios and models of biological invasions. BioScience, 69,
697-710.
Essl F, Lenzner B, Courchamp F, Dullinger S, Jeschke JM, Kühn I, Leung
B, Moser D, Roura-Pascual N, Seebens H (2019) Introducing
AlienScenarios: a project to develop scenarios and models of
biological invasions for the 21st century. NeoBiota, 45, 1-17.
Lenzner B, Essl F & Seebens H (2019) The changing role of
Europe in past and future alien species displacement. In: Rozzi R, May
R, Chapin FS, Massardo F, Gavin M, Klaver I, Pouchard A, Nunez M,
Simberloff D From Biocultural Homogenization to Biocultural
Conservation. Springer.
2018
Moser D, Lenzner B, Weigelt P, Dawson W, Kreft H, Pergl J,
Pyšek P, van Kleunen M, Winter M, Capinha C, Cassey P, Dullinger S,
Economo EP, García-Diaz P, Guénard B, Hofhansl F, Mang T, Seebens H,
Essl F (2018) Remoteness promotes biological invasions on islands
worldwide. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115,
9270-9275.
Seebens H, Blacburn TM, Dyer EE, Genovesi P, Hulme PE, Jeschke JM,
Pagad S, Pyšek P, van Kleunen M, Winter M, Ansong M, Arianoutsou M,
Bacher S, Blasius B, Brockerhoff, EG, Brundu G, Capinha C, Causton CE,
Celesti-Grapow L, Dawson W, Dullinger S, Economo EP, Fuentes N,
Guénard B, Jäger H, Kartesz J, Kenis M, Kühn I, Lenzner B,
Liebhold AM, Mosena A, Moser D, Nentwig W, Nishino M, Pearman D, Pergl
J, Rabitsch W, Rojas-Sandoval J, Roques A, Rorke S, Rossinelli S, Roy
HE, Scalera R, Schindler S, Stajerova K, Tokarska-Guzik B, Walker K,
Ward DF, Yamanaka T, Essl F (2018) Global rise in emerging alien
species from increased accessibility of new source pools. Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences, 115, 2264-2273.
Guo W-Y, van Kleunen M, Winter M, Weigelt P, Stein A, Pierce S, Pergl
J, Moser D, Maurel N, Lenzner B, Kreft H, Essl F, Dawson W,
Pyšek P (2018) The role of adaptive strategies in plant
naturalization. Ecology Letters, 21, 1380-1389.
2017
Mayer K, Maeuser E, Dawson W, Essl F, Kreft H, Pergl J, Pyšek P,
Weilgelt P, Winter M, Lenzner B, van Kleunen M (2017)
Naturalization of ornamental plant species in public green spaces and
private gardens. Biological Invasions, 19, 3613-3627.
Capinha C, Seebens H, Cassey P, García-Díaz P, Lenzner B, Mang
T, Moser D, Pyšek P, Scalera R, Rödder D, Winter M, Dullinger S, Essl
F (2017) Diversity, biogeography and the global flows of alien
amphibians and reptiles. Diversity and Distributions, 23, 1313-1322.
Pyšek P, Pergl J, Essl F, Lenzner B, Dawson W, Kreft H,
Weigelt P, Winter M, Kartesz J, Nishino M, Antonova LA, Baptiste MP,
Barcelona JF, Cabezas FJ, Cárdenas D, Cárdenas-Toro J, CastañoN,
Chacón E, Chatelain C, Dullinger S, Ebel AL, Figueiredo E, Fuentes N,
Genovesi P, Groom QJ, Henderson L, Inderjit, Kupriyanov A, Masciadri
S, Maurel N, Meerman J, Morozova O, Moser D, Nickrent D, Nowak PM,
Pagad S, Patzelt A, Pelser PB, Poopath M, Seebens H, Shu W-S, Thomas
J, Velayos M, Weber E, Wieringa JJ & van Kleunen M (2017)
Naturalized and alien flora of the world: species diversity, taxonomic
and phylogenetic patterns, geographic distribution and global hotspots
of alien invasion. Preslia, 89, 203-274.
Dawson W, Moser D, Van Kleunen M, Kreft H, Pergl J, Pysek P, Weigelt
P, Winter M, Lenzner B, Blackburn T M, Dyer EE, Cassey P,
Scrivens SL, Economo EP, Guénard B, Capinha C, Seebens H, García-Díaz
P, Nentwig W, García-Berthou E, Casal C, Mandrak N E, Fuller P, Meyer
C & Essl F (2017) Global hotspots and correlates of alien species
richness across taxonomic groups. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 1,
0186.
Seebens H, Blackburn TM, Dyer EE, Genovesi P, Hulme PE, Jeschke JM,
Pagad S, Pyšek P, Winter M, Arianoutsou M, Bacher S, Blasius B, Brundu
G, Capinha C, Celesti-Grapow L, Dawson W, Dullinger S, Fuentes N,
Jäger H, Kartesz J, Kenis M, Kreft H, Kühn I, Lenzner B,
Mosena A, Moser D, Nishino M, Pergl J, Rabitsch W, Rojas-Sandoval J,
Roques A, Rorke S, Rossinelli S, Roy HE, Scalera R, Schindler S,
Štajerová K, Tokarska-Guzik B, van Kleunen M, Weigelt P, Essl F
(2017): No saturation of the accumulation of alien species worldwide,
Nature Communications, 8, 14435
2016
Lenzner B, Beierkuhnlein C, Weigelt P, Kreft H, Steinauer MJ
(2016): The general dynamic model of island biogeography revisited on
the level of major plant families Journal of Biogeography, doi:
101111/jbi12906
Triantis KAT, Rigal F, Parent CE, Cameron RAD, Lenzner B,
Parmakelis A, Yeung NW, Ibáñez M, Alonso MR, de Frias Martins AM,
Teixera DNF, Hayes KA, Griffiths OL, Preece RC, Cowie RH (2016):
Discordance between morphological and taxonomic diversity: land snails
of oceanic islands Journal of Biogeography, 43, 2050-2061