Invasive alien species are widespread in freshwater systems compared to terrestrial
ecosystems. Among crustaceans, crayfish in particular have been widely introduced and are …

Although a large number of rivers stretches in Southeast Europe (SEE) have a pristine status
compared to the rest of Europe, these ecosystems and their freshwater biodiversity are …

The noble crayfish, Astacus astacus, is an indigenous European freshwater species. Its
populations show significant declines caused by anthropogenic pressure on its habitats …

The realised ecological niches of species may change in response to dynamic abiotic and
biotic environments, particularly under fast global change. To fully understand the dynamics …

Analysis of Croatian freshwater crayfish populations, aiming to gather new distributional
data and complement previous surveys (2005–2011), was performed during 2014–2016 …

The stone crayfish Austropotamobius torrentium is globally endangered due to
anthropogenic pressure on its habitats, climate change and the invasive crayfish species …

The white‐clawed crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipes) is globally endangered due to the
impacts of habitat modification and fragmentation, water pollution, climate change, and …

Niche‐based species distribution models (SDMs) can help conservation planning by
forecasting environmental suitability for an endangered species. Here, SDMs were …

In Europe, invasive freshwater crayfish are not only changing freshwater ecosystems, but
they are also leading to local extinctions of native freshwater crayfish. This is particularly …

Indigenous crayfish species (ICS) have suffered a significant decline in recent decades due
to various threats including anthropogenic habitat degradation with resulting fragmentation …