Business trip report, Portugal, Balzani et al.

In September 2024, Paride Balzani, Ismael Soto and Filip Ložek attended the 13th International Conference on Biological Invasions (NeoBiota) in Lisbon (Portugal).

During the conference, Ismael Soto co-lead the workshop „Bridging the Lexical divide: unifying terminology for biological invasions“, Paride Balzani presented one poster („Assessing the role of non-native species and artificial water bodies on the trophic and functional niche of mediterranean freshwater fish communities“) and two oral communications („Seasonal variability in the trophic ecology of three co-occurring invasive crayfish at a thermal locality“ and „Potential distribution, observed impacts, and invasion risk of two non-native snapping turtles, Chelydra serpentina and Macrochelys temminckii“), and Filip Ložek presented one oral communication („Overlooked biodiversity losses: the fate of European crayfish ectosymbionts amidst the invasion of signal crayfish“).