Ali Omer
As a plant ecologist, I am mainly interested in understanding how climate change and anthropogenic activities drive patterns of biological invasion.
Moving from a Forestry science background, I joined the Ecology Lab at University of Konstanz where I mainly studied the characteristics that promote plant naturalization in Africa.
Currently, I am particularly curious about the distribution patterns of the alien plants under climate change
Publications
Omer A, Essl F, Dullinger S, Lenzner B, García-Rodríguez A, Moser D, Fristoe T, Dawson W, Weigelt P, Kreft H, Pergl J, Pyšek Petr, van Kleunen M & Wessely J (2024) Invasion risk of the currently cultivated alien flora in Southern Africa is predicted to decline under climate change. Ecography early view. (DOI: 10.1111/ecog.07010)
Omer A & van Kleunen M (2022) Invasion stages help resolve Darwin's naturalization conundrum. Nature Plants 8:873-874 (DOI:10.1038/s41477-022-01215-w)
Omer A, Fristoe T, Yang Q, Razanajatovo M, Weigelt P, Kreft H, Dawson W, Dullinger S, Essl F, Pergl J, Pyšek P & van Kleunen M (2022) The role of phylogenetic relatedness on alien plant success depends on the stage of invasion. Nature Plants 8:906-914 (DOI:10.1038/s41477-022-01216-9)
Omer A, Fristoe T, Yang Q, Maurel N, Weigelt P, Kreft H, Bleilevens J, Dawson W, Essl F, Pergl J, Pyšek P & van Kleunen M (2021) Characteristics of the naturalized flora of Southern Africa largely reflect the non-random introduction of alien species for cultivation. Ecography 44:1812-1825. (DOI:10.1111/ecog.05669)
Omer A, Kordofani M, Gibreel HH, Pyšek P & van Kleunen M (2021) The alien flora of Sudan and South Sudan: taxonomic and biogeographical composition. Biological Invasions 23:2033-2045. (DOI: 10.1007/s10530-021-02495-7)
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(Update: 20.10.2022 )