<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Dear IAS expert,<br><br>Please find a <div class="gmail_default" style="display:inline"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="display:inline"></div><a href="https://qtrial2015az1.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_55b2TfLDKjO49U1" target="_blank">link</a><div class="gmail_default" style="display:inline"> </div>to a survey on the impact of invasive alien species on ecosystem services. In case the<div class="gmail_default" style="display:inline"> link </div>does not work, you can copy paste this url in your browser <font color="#000000"><a href="https://qtrial2015az1.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_55b2TfLDKjO49U1" target="_blank"><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline"></div>https://qtrial2015az1.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_55b2TfLDKjO49U1</a><div class="gmail_default" style="display:inline"></div></font><br><br>The general aim of this survey is to quantify ecosystem services impacts of a selection of invasive alien species through a multiple expert scoring exercise and to describe general patterns across taxa/regions/habitats<div class="gmail_default" style="display:inline"></div>.</font><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">This research can <div class="gmail_default" style="display:inline">inform </div>the species listing process of the new EU Regulation on the prevention and management of the introduction and spread of invasive alien species (EU regulation No 1143/2014).<div class="gmail_default" style="display:inline"> The research </div> is supervised by the laboratory for Environmental Toxicology and Aquatic Ecology of Ghent University (UGent) and the Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO).</font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Instructions to the survey can be found in the introductory pages. Filling out the survey should not take more than 30 minutes. Do not hesitate to get in touch in case of further questions. Feel free to forward this survey to your colleagues.</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font color="#000000" face="verdana, sans-serif"> </font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Thank you very much for your kind cooperation !<br></font></div></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.8000001907349px">Kind regards,</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.8000001907349px">Pieter Boets, Sander Jacobs, Jos Van Winckel and Tim Adriaens</span></font></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></span></div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><p><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"></span><span style="font-size:10pt"></span></p>
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<p><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><b><span style="color:rgb(89,89,89)">Tim Adriaens</span></b><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(89,89,89)"></span></font></p>
<p><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(89,89,89)">Onderzoeker –<i>Scientist</i></span><i><span style="color:rgb(89,89,89)"></span></i></font></p>
<p><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(89,89,89)">Faunabeheer – <i>Wildlife
Management</i></span><i><span style="color:rgb(89,89,89)"></span></i></font></p>
<p><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(89,89,89)">Instituut voor Natuur- en
Bosonderzoek - </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(89,89,89)">Research Institute for Nature and Forest</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(89,89,89)"> </span><span style="color:rgb(89,89,89)">(INBO)</span><span style="color:rgb(89,89,89)"></span></font></p>
<p><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(89,89,89)">Kliniekstraat 25, B-1070 Brussel</span><span style="color:rgb(89,89,89)"></span></font></p>
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<p><span style="color:rgb(89,89,89)"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><a href="mailto:tim.adriaens@inbo.be" target="_blank">tim.adriaens@inbo.be</a></font></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(89,89,89)"></span></p></div></div></div></div>
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