The MIREN global network of elevational transects has clearly shown declines in species richness of non-native plants with increasing...

In 2016, MIREN published the results from a much-needed experiment. We had sown seeds in two extreme environments: the north of...

Kashmir Himalaya. A region famous for its breathtaking heights and steep mountain regions. From 1994 to 2013, the Indian government here...

The Crozet archipelago. A few tiny specks in a vast ocean, ‘on the road’ from South Africa to Antarctica. A tough climate, inhabitants...

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To Drive the South African Contribution to an EU Horizon 2020 BiodivERsA Project Mountain Invasion Research Network (MIREN) –...

We are very pleased to announce that next year MIREN will be heavily involved in two large international projects that have been...

Daniel Chichinsky, Kara Hettinger, and Tim Seipel Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences - Montana State University...

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New regional MIREN-paper out in New Phytologist, by PhD candidate Jan Clavel from the University of Antwerp, Belgium! We disentangle the...

Last chance to participate in MIRENs survey on the perception of invasive species in mountains, as we are closing the survey on September...

“DArwin's Naturalization Conundrum rEvisited (DANCE) – Darwin meets omics” The project is about analyzing the role of plant species...

The global pandemic is still restricting lots of MIRENs fieldwork, but that makes us extra happy with those plans that still can be...

The sweetbriar rose isn't as sweet as its name suggests. In the Argentinean Andes, it creates impenetrable thickets of torns and...

Recently, our German MIREN team published a new paper called 'the contrasting patterns of intra-specific trait variability in native and...

Big achievement this week: one of our master students defended his thesis, and will thus be able to put an endmark behind their...

From April to May, tourists as well as researchers can appreciate the invasive California poppy (Eschscholzia californica) coloring of...

New regional MIREN-paper out, tackling intra-species trait variability along elevation gradients in Tenerife! Great job from Paul Kühn...