Research Interests

I am a plant and invasion ecologist with a background in ecology, forestry, and horticulture and a strong focus on quantitative data synthesis. My main research interests include plant competition, multispecies invasions in forest ecosystems, scale-dependence in the drivers of plant invasions, and trait–environment relationships.

Current Projects 

OneSTOP: OneBiosecurity Systems and Technology for People, Places and Pathways

BioDT: A Digital Twin to help protect and restore biodiversity

Past Projects 

AlienScenarios: Developing and applying scenarios of biological invasions for the 21st century

Publications

2025

• Pérez-Granados, C., Benítez-López, A., Díaz, M., Gameiro, J., Lenzner, B., Roura-Pascual, N., ..., Golivets, M., ... & Marques, A. T. (2025). Key conservation actions for European steppes in the context of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. Sustainability Science. DOI
• Garcia‐Lozano, C., Pueyo‐Ros, J., Canelles, Q., Latombe, G., Adriaens, T., Bacher, S., ..., Golivets, M., ... & Roura‐Pascual, N. (2025). Management Measures and Trends of Biological Invasions in Europe: A Survey‐Based Assessment of Local Managers. Global Change Biology, 31(1), e70028. DOI
  

2024

• Amano, T., Ramírez-Castañeda, V., Berdejo-Espinola, V., Borokini, I., Chowdhury, S., Golivets, M., ... & Veríssimo, D. (2024). Language, economic, and gender disparities widen the scientific productivity gap. EcoEvoRxiv. DOI
• Golivets, M., Knapp, S., Essl, F., Lenzner, B., Latombe, G., Leung, B., & Kühn, I. (2024). Future changes in key plant traits across Central Europe vary with biogeographical status, woodiness, and habitat type. Science of The Total Environment, 907, 167954. DOI
• Pernat, N., Canavan, S., Golivets, M., Hillaert, J., Itescu, Y., Jarić, I., ... & Groom, Q. (2024). Overcoming biodiversity blindness: Secondary data in primary citizen science observations. Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 5(1), e12295. DOI
• Pérez-Granados, C.¹, Lenzner, B.¹, Golivets, M.¹, Saul, W.-C.¹, Jeschke, J. M., Essl, F., ... & Roura‐Pascual, N. (2024). European scenarios for future biological invasions. People and Nature, 6(1), 245-259. (¹contributed equally) DOI
• Lecarpentier, D., Biro, T., Endresen, D., Golivets, M., Grimm, V., Islam, S., ... & Harrison, J. (2024). Developing Prototype Digital Twins for biodiversity conservation and management: achievements, challenges and perspectives. Research Ideas and Outcomes, 10, e133474. DOI
  
• Roura‐Pascual, N., Saul, W. C., Pérez‐Granados, C., Rutting, L., Peterson, G. D., Latombe, G., Essl, F., Adriaens, T., Aldridge, D.C., Bacher, S., Bernardo-Madrid, R., Brotons, L., Diaz, B., Gallardo, B., Genovesi, P., Golivets, M., ... & Jeschke, J. M. (2024). A scenario‐guided strategy for the future management of biological invasions. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 22(4), e2725. DOI
• Khan, T., El-Gabbas, A., Golivets, M., Souza, A., Gordillo, J., Kierans, D., & Kühn, I. (2024). Prototype Biodiversity Digital Twin: Invasive Alien Species. Research Ideas and Outcomes, 10, e124579. DOI
• Roura-Pascual, N., Saul, W. C., Pérez-Granados, C., Rutting, L., Peterson, G. D., Latombe, G., ... Golivets, M., ... & Jeschke, J. M. (2024). The future management of biological invasions in Europe. AlienScenarios and InvasiBES policy brief. DOI
  

2023

• Amano, T., Berdejo-Espinola, V., Akasaka, M., de Andrade Jr., M. A., Blaise, N., Checco, J., Çilingir, F. G., Citegetse, G., Corella Tor, M., Drobniak, S. M., Giakoumi, S., Golivets, M., ... & Zamora-Gutierrez, V. (2023). The role of non-English-language science in informing national biodiversity assessments. Nature Sustainability. DOI
• Amano, T., Ramírez-Castañeda, V., Berdejo-Espinola, V., Borokini, I., Chowdhury, S., Golivets, M., ... & Veríssimo, D. (2023). The manifold costs of being a non-native English speaker in science. PLOS Biology 21(7): e3002184. DOI
• Latombe, G., Seebens, H., Lenzner, B., Courchamp, F., Dullinger, S., Golivets, M., ... & Essl, F. (2023). Capacity of countries to reduce biological invasions. Sustainability Science, 18(2), 771-789. DOI
  

2022

• Pérez-Granados, C., Lenzner, B., Golivets, M., Saul, W.-C., . . . & Roura-Pascual, N. (2022). European scenarios for future biological invasions. bioRxiv. DOI
• Saul, W.-C., Pérez-Granados, C., Rutting, L., Peterson, G. D., Latombe, G., Essl, F., Adriaens, T., Aldridge, D. C., Bacher, S., Bernardo-Madrid, R., Brotons, L., Diaz, F., Gallardo, B., Genovesi, P., Golivets, M., . . . & Jeschke, J. M. (2022). A scenario-guided strategy for the future management of biological invasions. bioRxiv. DOI
• Golivets, M., Knapp, S., Essl, F., Lenzner, B., Latombe, G., Leung, B., & Kühn, I. (2022). Projecting the futures of plant traits across habitats in Central Europe. bioRxiv. DOI
  

2021

• Novoa, A., Moodley, D., Catford, J. A., Golivets, M., Bufford, J., Essl, F., Lenzner, B., Pattison, Z., & Pyšek, P. 2021. Global costs of plant invasions must not be underestimated. NeoBiota 69: 75-78. DOI
• Amano, T., Berdejo Espinola, V., Christie, A. P., Willott, K., Akasaka, M., Báldi, A., Berthinussen, A., Bertolino, S., Bladon, A. J., Chen, M., Choi, C.-Y., Bou Dagher Kharrat, M., Oliveira, L. G., Farhat, P., Golivets, M., ... & Sutherland, W. J. (2021). Tapping into non-English-language science for the conservation of global biodiversity. PLoS Biology 19: e3001296. DOI
• Haubrock, P. J., Turbelin, A. J., Cuthbert, R. N., Novoa, A., Taylor, N. G., Angulo, E., Ballesteros-Mejia, L., Bodey, T. W., Capinha, C., Diagne, C., Essl, F., Golivets, M., ... & Courchamp, F. (2021). Economic costs of invasive alien species across Europe. In: Zenni R. D., McDermott S., García-Berthou E., Essl F. (Eds) The economic costs of biological invasions around the world. NeoBiota 67: 153-190. DOI
• Haubrock, P. J., Cuthbert, R. N., Sundermann, A., Diagne, C., Golivets, M., & Courchamp, F. (2021) Economic costs of invasive species in Germany. In: Zenni R. D., McDermott S., García-Berthou E., Essl F. (Eds) The economic costs of biological invasions around the world. NeoBiota 67: 225-246. DOI
  
• Angulo, E., Diagne, C., Ballesteros-Mejia, L., Akulov, E. N., Dia, C. A. K. M., Adamjy, T., Banerjee, A.-K., Capinha, C., Duboscq, V. G., Dobigny, G., Golivets, M., ... & Courchamp, F. (2021). Non-English languages enrich scientific knowledge: the example of economic costs of biological invasions. Science of the Total Environment, 775: 144441. DOI

2020

• Lenzner, B., Latombe, G., Capinha, C., Bellard, C., Courchamp, F., Diagne, C., Dullinger, S., Golivets, M., ... & Essl, F. (2020). What will the future bring for biological invasions on islands? An expert- based assessment. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 8: 280. DOI

2019

• Golivets, M., Woodall, C. W., & Wallin, K. F. (2019). Functional form and interactions of the drivers of understory non-native plant invasions in northern US forests. Journal of Applied Ecology 56(12): 2596–2608. DOI
• Thom, D., Golivets, M., Edling, L., Meigs, G. W., Gourevitch, J. D., Sonter, L. J., Galford, G. L., & Keeton, W. S. (2019). The climate sensitivity of carbon, timber, and species richness covaries with forest age in boreal–temperate North America. Global Change Biology 25(7): 2446–2458. DOI

2018

• Golivets, M., & Wallin, K. F. (2018). Neighbor tolerance, not suppression, provides competitive advantage to non-native plants. Ecology Letters, 21(5): 745–759. DOI

2016

• Golivets, M., & Bihun, Y. (2016). Patterns of plant species diversity in deciduous woodlands of Kyiv, Ukraine. Urban Ecosystems, 19(1): 489–503.

2015

• Burda, R., Golivets, M., & Petrovych, O. (2015). Alien species in the flora of the nature reserve fund of the flatland part of Ukraine. Russian Journal of Biological Invasions, 6(1): 6–20.

2014

• Golivets, M. (2014). Adaptive strategy of Impatiens parviflora DC. (Balsaminaceae) in the secondary range. II. Vitality structure of populations and ontogenetic strategy of the species. Ukrainian Botanical Journal, 71(3): 317–323. (in Ukrainian with English summary)
• Golivets, M. (2014). Adaptive strategy of Impatiens parviflora DC. (Balsaminaceae) in the secondary range. I. Patterns of population organization along the environmental gradient. Ukrainian Botanical Journal, 71(2): 161–172. (in Ukrainian with English summary)
• Golivets, M. (2014). Variation in quantitative seed traits of Echinocystis lobata (Minchx.) Torr. et A. Gray (Cucurbitaceae). Modern Phytomorphology, 6: 43–44.
• Golivets, M. (2014). Ecological and biological determination of invasion success of nonnative plant species in urban woodlands with special regard to short-lived monocarps. Urban Ecosystems, 17(1): 291–303.
• Pashkevych, N., Burda, R., Golivets, M., & Petrovych, O. (2014). Assessment of the distribution of alien plant species across the habitats of the Ukrainian Forest Steppe. Biodiversity: Research and Conservation, Suppl. 1: 75.