Call for papers - Biological invasions

Guest Editors

Gary Bucciarelli, Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology, UC Davis, US
Victoria Dominguez Almela, PhD, School of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Southampton, UK
Josie South, PhD, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, United Kingdom

Submission Status: Open | Submission Deadline: 8 August 2024

BMC Ecology and Evolution is calling for submissions to our Collection on Biological invasions. Invasive species have widespread and detrimental effects on ecosystems, leading to biodiversity loss, competition with native organisms, and negative impacts on ecosystem services. This Collection seeks research that examines the impact of invasive species on ecosystems, and aims to compile insights into the patterns, processes, and consequences of biological invasions on native species.

New Content Item This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 13: Climate Action, 14: Life Below Water, and 15: Life on Land.

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Meet the Guest Editors

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Gary Bucciarelli, Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology, UC Davis, US

Gary Bucciarelli is an ecologist and evolutionary biologist whose work is focused on invasions in freshwater systems of Mediterranean ecosystems. He is most interested in understanding how amphibian populations and benthic macroinvertebrate communities are responding to invasive predators, and whether these dynamics are contributing to ecosystem transitions.

Victoria Dominguez Almela, PhD, School of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Southampton, UK

Dr Victoria Dominguez Almela is an ECR, having completed her PhD in early 2022, working as a Teaching Fellow at the University of Southampton. Her research focuses on predictive ecology using modeling and empirical approaches to better understand alien species traits, predict biotic/abiotic interactions that influence invasion outcomes and simulate management strategies. Her recent ESRC funded work has branched out into social-ecology, where she has applied social methods to quantify impact of alien species on poverty alleviation in West Africa and citizen science driven monitoring of alien coastal species in the Caribbean, West Africa and UK. Beyond her research, she has been an active advocate for knowledge exchange, with engagement with a wide range of stakeholders (research institutes, government agencies, NGOs, schools) through diverse collaborative projects.

Josie South, PhD, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, United Kingdom

Dr Josie South is an aquatic ecologist at the University of Leeds, UK. Her work focuses on predicting the impact of invasive species to create better biosecurity legislation and conserve freshwater biodiversity. She currently works on biological invasions in the UK, southern Africa, and Indonesia.

About the Collection

BMC Ecology and Evolution is calling for submissions to our Collection on Biological invasions. Invasive species have a significant impact on ecosystems worldwide. Such species drive biodiversity loss, compete with native organisms, alter habitats, and overwhelmingly negatively impact ecosystem services. They also may incur positive effects simultaneously, causing stakeholder conflicts in management.

With the increased movement of people and goods worldwide, researchers have estimated that the number of established alien species will increase by 36% between 2005 and 2050. In support of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), 13: Climate Action, 14: Life Below Water and 15: Life on Land, and the recent IPBES report on biological invasion BMC Ecology and Evolution calls for research which unravels the impact of invasive species on ecosystems. This article Collection aims to bring together research on the patterns, processes and consequences of biological invasions and their impact on native species and ecosystem services.

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Submission Guidelines

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This Collection welcomes submission of original Research Articles. Should you wish to submit a different article type, please read our submission guidelines to confirm that type is accepted by the journal. Articles for this Collection should be submitted via our submission system, Snapp. During the submission process you will be asked whether you are submitting to a Collection, please select "Biological invasions" from the dropdown menu.

Articles will undergo the journal’s standard peer-review process and are subject to all of the journal’s standard policies. Articles will be added to the Collection as they are published.

The Editors have no competing interests with the submissions which they handle through the peer review process. The peer review of any submissions for which the Editors have competing interests is handled by another Editorial Board Member who has no competing interests.