Eddy covariance has revolutionized our understanding of ecosystem-atmosphere interactions. Multiple studies have characterized the climate space occupied by flux tower networks, but none to our knowledge have characterized if eddy covariance sites represent the global distribution of soil characteristics that are critical for determining ecosystem function or studied the distances between towers to apply ‘paired’ tower studies...

This study examines the invasion history of alien fish species based on exhaustive national data sets on fish invasions of two contiguous central European countries (Germany and Austria). Fifteen alien fish species are currently established in both countries, constituting 14 and 17% of the total freshwater fish fauna of Germany and Austria, respectively. In both countries, six alien species are present, but not established. Th...