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  1. The use of invasive red swamp crayfish for animal feed is nutritionally sound but economically flawed

    Article • Scientific Reports, August 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Francisco Javier Oficialdegui

  2. Soil Microbial Diversity and Network Organization Respond to Land Use and Agricultural Inputs Worldwide

    Article • Global Change Biology, July 2026, Wiley

    Esteban Salmerón Sánchez, Francisco Javier Oficialdegui

  3. Isotopic niches of native and invasive large decapods along a steep estuarine gradient

    Article • Biological Invasions, April 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Francisco Javier Oficialdegui

  4. Demystifying invasivorism as a management strategy

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, April 2026, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Francisco Javier Oficialdegui

  5. Global economic costs of invasions related to aquaculture: Addressing knowledge gaps and underestimated expenses

    Article • Aquaculture, January 2026, Elsevier

    Francisco Javier Oficialdegui

  6. Life History Responses of Four Invasive Crayfish Species Under Prolonged Suboptimal Temperatures

    Article • Integrative and Comparative Biology, January 2026, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Francisco Javier Oficialdegui

  7. Economic costs of aquarium trade invaders: a global perspective on ecological and management gaps

    Article • Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, December 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Francisco Javier Oficialdegui

  8. A Systems Perspective: How Social–Ecological Networks Can Improve Our Understanding and Management of Biological Invasions

    Article • BioScience, December 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Francisco Javier Oficialdegui

  9. Soil microbial diversity and network organization respond to land use and agricultural inputs worldwide

    Article • December 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Francisco Javier Oficialdegui, Esteban Salmerón Sánchez

  10. Outcomes of the LIFE INVASAQUA project: An integrated approach for the prevention and awareness of aquatic invasive species in the Iberian Peninsula

    Article • NeoBiota, October 2025, Pensoft Publishers

    Francisco Javier Oficialdegui

  11. Claw loss and the prey preferences of an invasive crayfish

    Article • NeoBiota, August 2025, Pensoft Publishers

    Francisco Javier Oficialdegui

  12. Over 1200 Non‐Native Species Are Established in the Iberian Peninsula

    Article • Diversity and Distributions, August 2025, Wiley

    Francisco Javier Oficialdegui

  13. Oportunidades y errores en el uso de la genética para conocer el origen de una especie: el cangrejo italiano en la península ibérica

    Article • Ecosistemas, June 2025, Asociacion Española de Ecologia Terrestre (AEET)

    Francisco Javier Oficialdegui

  14. Non‐Native Species in Aquaculture: Burgeoning Production and Environmental Sustainability Risks

    Article • Reviews in Aquaculture, June 2025, Wiley

    KOUSHIK ROY, Francisco Javier Oficialdegui

  15. Contrasting Patterns of Genetic Variability in Pet‐Traded Red Swamp Crayfish Procambarus clarkii and Its Feral Populations

    Article • Freshwater Biology, February 2025, Wiley

    Francisco Javier Oficialdegui

  16. Some Like It Cold: Long‐Term Assessment of a Near‐Global Invader

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, December 2024, Wiley

    Francisco Javier Oficialdegui

  17. World of Crayfish™: a web platform towards real-time global mapping of freshwater crayfish and their pathogens

    Article • PeerJ, October 2024, PeerJ

    Francisco Javier Oficialdegui

  18. Why do Eurasian otters eat so few invasive blue crabs?

    Article • European Journal of Wildlife Research, September 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Francisco Javier Oficialdegui

  19. Crayfish invasions at a long-term ecological research site formerly occupied by the noble crayfish Astacus astacus

    Article • Biological Invasions, September 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Francisco Javier Oficialdegui

  20. Ecological importance of crayfish claws in consumption of mobile benthic prey

    Article • Aquatic Sciences, August 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Francisco Javier Oficialdegui

  21. Burgeoning non-native species production hinders sustainable aquaculture

    Article • July 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Francisco Javier Oficialdegui, KOUSHIK ROY

  22. Nativeness is a binary concept —Invasiveness and its management are not

    Article • Biological Conservation, June 2024, Elsevier

    Francisco Javier Oficialdegui

  23. Procambarus virginalis Lyko, 2017: A new threat to Iberian inland waters

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, May 2024, Wiley

    Francisco Javier Oficialdegui

  24. Far‐reaching blues: Long‐distance migration of the invasive Atlantic blue crab

    Article • Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, March 2024, Wiley

    Francisco Javier Oficialdegui

  25. Taming the terminological tempest in invasion science

    Article • Biological Reviews, March 2024, Wiley

    Francisco Javier Oficialdegui, Mr Baran Yoğurtçuoğlu, Dr Stefano Mammola, Professor Corey J. A. Bradshaw

  26. The wild cost of invasive feral animals worldwide

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, February 2024, Elsevier

    Francisco Javier Oficialdegui

  27. First populations of invasive red swamp crayfish flourish in Slovakia

    Article • BioInvasions Records, January 2024, Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre Oy (REABIC)

    Francisco Javier Oficialdegui

  28. Transnational cooperation in EU: opportunities for addressing invasive alien species

    Article • Management of Biological Invasions, January 2024, Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre Oy (REABIC)

    Francisco Javier Oficialdegui

  29. Insights from the past: Invasion trajectory and niche trends of a global freshwater invader

    Article • Global Change Biology, November 2023, Wiley

    Francisco Javier Oficialdegui

  30. Springing up like mushrooms: established populations of invasive red swamp crayfish in Slovakia

    Article • October 2023, Research Square

    Francisco Javier Oficialdegui

  31. Niche dynamics along two centuries of multiple crayfish invasions

    Article • Journal of Animal Ecology, September 2023, Wiley

    Francisco Javier Oficialdegui

  32. The challenge of managing threatened invasive species at a continental scale

    Article • Conservation Biology, August 2023, Wiley

    Francisco Javier Oficialdegui

  33. Recent advances in availability and synthesis of the economic costs of biological invasions

    Article • BioScience, August 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Francisco Javier Oficialdegui, Professor Corey J. A. Bradshaw

  34. Variability of a consistent trait: The size of the white wing patch in European Stonechats (Saxicola rubicola rubicola)

    Article • Ibis, July 2023, Wiley

    Francisco Javier Oficialdegui

  35. Unveiling the hidden economic toll of biological invasions in the European Union

    Article • Environmental Sciences Europe, June 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Francisco Javier Oficialdegui, Professor Corey J. A. Bradshaw

  36. Corrigendum to ‘A horizon scan exercise for aquatic invasive alien species in Iberian inland waters’ Sci. Total Environ.869 (2023) 161798

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, June 2023, Elsevier

    Francisco Javier Oficialdegui

  37. Impacts of diffuse urban stressors on stream benthic communities and ecosystem functioning: A review

    Article • Limnetica, May 2023, Asociacion Iberica de Limnologia

    Francisco Javier Oficialdegui

  38. Cherax quadricarinatus (redclaw crayfish)

    Article • April 2023, CABI Publishing

    Francisco Javier Oficialdegui

  39. A horizon scan exercise for aquatic invasive alien species in Iberian inland waters

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, April 2023, Elsevier

    Francisco Javier Oficialdegui

  40. Long-term trends in crayfish invasions across European rivers

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, April 2023, Elsevier

    Francisco Javier Oficialdegui

  41. The economic costs, management and regulation of biological invasions in the Nordic countries

    Article • Journal of Environmental Management, December 2022, Elsevier

    Francisco Javier Oficialdegui

  42. Identifying economic costs and knowledge gaps of invasive aquatic crustaceans

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, March 2022, Elsevier

    Francisco Javier Oficialdegui

  43. To ban or not to ban, is it the only option to regulate biological invasions?

    Article • Ecosistemas, December 2021, Asociacion Española de Ecologia Terrestre (AEET)

    Francisco Javier Oficialdegui

  44. Survival, Growth, and Reproduction: Comparison of Marbled Crayfish with Four Prominent Crayfish Invaders

    Article • Biology, May 2021, MDPI AG

    Francisco Javier Oficialdegui, Dr Hamid Niksirat

  45. SI on economic costs of invasions - Feeling the pinch: global economic costs of crayfish invasions and comparison with other aquatic crustaceans

    Article • April 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Francisco Javier Oficialdegui

  46. The redclaw crayfish: A prominent aquaculture species with invasive potential in tropical and subtropical biodiversity hotspots

    Article • Reviews in Aquaculture, January 2021, Wiley

    Francisco Javier Oficialdegui

  47. Tackling biological invasions in Natura 2000 network in the light of the new EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030

    Article • Management of Biological Invasions, January 2021, Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre Oy (REABIC)

    Francisco Javier Oficialdegui

  48. Historical, human, and environmental drivers of genetic diversity in the red swamp crayfish ( Procambarus clarkii ) invading the Iberian Peninsula

    Article • Freshwater Biology, April 2020, Wiley

    Francisco Javier Oficialdegui

  49. Conquering the World: The Invasion of the Red Swamp Crayfish

    Article • Frontiers for Young Minds, March 2020, Frontiers

    Francisco Javier Oficialdegui

  50. Rigid laws and invasive species management

    Article • Conservation Biology, February 2020, Wiley

    Francisco Javier Oficialdegui

  51. One century away from home: how the red swamp crayfish took over the world

    Article • Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Francisco Javier Oficialdegui

  52. Brought more than twice: the complex introduction history of the red swamp crayfish into Europe

    Article • Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, December 2019, EDP Sciences

    Francisco Javier Oficialdegui

  53. The invasive red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) increases infection of the amphibian chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis)

    Article • Biological Invasions, July 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Francisco Javier Oficialdegui

  54. Unravelling the global invasion routes of a worldwide invader, the red swamp crayfish ( Procambarus clarkii )

    Article • Freshwater Biology, May 2019, Wiley

    Francisco Javier Oficialdegui