Biosecurity surveillance has been highlighted as a key activity to discover non-native
species at the initial stage of invasion. It provides an opportunity for rapidly initiating …

Biological invasions are among the most challenging ecological and conservation riddles of
our times. Fortunately, citizen science projects became a valuable tool to detect non …

Simple Summary Studies of widely distributed species often are problematic as such
research usually needs to engage a lot of time, a large team of field workers, and big …

Abstract The Non-Indigenous Species (NIS) and particularly the Invasive Alien Species (IAS)
affect biodiversity at ecosystem, habitat and species level. NIS management is primarily …

The first step in monitoring and management of any taxa includes resolving taxonomic
ambiguities which complicate the identification of its management units. One of the long …

Beetles are one of the largest and most diverse groups of animals in the world. Conversion
of forewings into hardened shields is perceived as a key adaptation that has greatly …

Citizen science, ie citizens' involvement in research activities, is achieving an increasing re-
levance across disparate scientific domains. However, literature is not consistent in arguing …

Winter moth, Operophtera brumata L.(Lepidoptera: Geometridae), causes widespread
defoliation in both its native and introduced distributions. Invasive populations of winter moth …

The ability to quantify morphological variation is essential for understanding the processes
of species diversification. The geometric morphometrics approach allows reliable …

Automated species identification is a promising new method of solving the problem of
identification of insects. However, in most previous studies based on this method, the …