In spring 2026, MIREN hosted the first edition of what should become a recurring online update event, in which we present all the science that is and will happen in the network. Missed the event? You can download the recording here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1W4myVhO1WteNgU4IISwyxkzIPNdv2o7p/view?usp=drive_link.

This 2025, we celebrate two decades of scientific collaboration in mountain regions around the world. Below you can find the special ...

Find here below our latest newsletter for February 2024! It includes details on our new MIREN rock face survey that we are launching, as...

Join the new MIREN rock face survey With long-term monitoring campaigns focussing on mountain roads and trails, and divergences to...

A published protocol! A global paper in Nature Ecology & Evolution! And a surge of surveys and resurveys of the MIREN road protocol...

"Our results suggest plant invasions into mountain ecosystems are increasing as a result of both a growing number of new non-native...

Last 'new fact' of the year: we compared patterns of non-native plant invasions along roads and trails worldwide. The main patterns are...

End of November 2022, the MIREN Steering Committee - and some lucky invitees - gathered in Malalcahuello, Chile, for a week full of...

On the 20th of November 2022, you are all kindly invited to a 2-hour virtual meeting on our MIREN network and get an update on our...

Curious to know the latest on what MIREN has been up to? You can find all the details in our newsletter!

Are you interested in plant ecology, community ecology, mountains, global change research, biodiversity patterns, microclimate effects on...

All over the world, MIRENers are resurveying their roads for our 2021-2022, 15 years after the very first surveys were done. This is a...

A MIREN milestone paper just got published, open access in Ecology and Evolution: the MIREN road survey protocol! The paper:...

--- Upcoming study --- Invasive species are a major driver of change in global biodiversity and ecosystems. However, knowledge on the...

New regional MIREN paper, with MIREN members Jonas Lembrechts and Ivan Nijs! It was at a lunchtime seminar of our research group that...

Dear MIREN friends and colleagues, Albeit being late, we would like to wish you all a happy, healthy, and prosperous 2022. The last few...

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...