URL: http://i3n.iabin.net/index.html
Host/Originating
Country: National
Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII), USA.
Language: English
Description: A regional network of invasive
species knowledge bases, providing direct access to national knowledge bases
throughout the Americas. Includes a data search capability
across all contributing countries, list of country catalogs, value-added
products, fact sheets, and presentations.
i. I3N-Argentina
URL: Database - http://www.inbiar.org.ar/
and http://i3n.iabin.net/participants/argentina.html
Host/Originating Country: Universidad Nacional del Sur / Argentina.
Language: Spanish
ii. I3N-Bahamas
URL: http://i3n.iabin.net/participants/bahamas.html
Description: Includes invasive species lists for all species, plants
and animals, and a Pest List of Ministry.
iii. I3N-Brazil
URL: Database - http://i3n.institutohorus.org.br/
and http://i3n.iabin.net/participants/brazil.html
Host/Originating Country: Instituto Horus / Brazil.
Language: Portuguese
iv. I3N-Chile
URL: http://i3n.iabin.net/participants/chile.html
v. I3N-Colombia
URL: Database - http://ef.humboldt.org.co/
and http://i3n.iabin.net/participants/colombia.html
Host/Originating Country: Instituto Alexander von Humboldt / Colombia.
Language: Spanish
vi. I3N-Costa Rica
URL: Database
- http://invasoras.acebio.org/
and http://i3n.iabin.net/participants/costarica.html
Host/Originating Country: Asociación para la
Conservación y el Estudio de la Biodiversidad, ACEBIO / Costa Rica
Language: Spanish
vii. I3N-Dominican Republic
URL: Database - http://www.medioambiente.gov.do/inbidom/main/spanish/base_datos/index.html
and http://i3n.iabin.net/participants/dominicanrep.html
Host/Originating Country: Secretaría de Estado de
Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales / Dominican Republic
viii. I3N-Ecuador
URL: Database - http://www.invasorasecuador.org/
and http://i3n.iabin.net/participants/ecuador.html
Host/Originating Country: Ministerio del Ambiente
y CDC-Ecuador / Ecuador
ix. I3N-El Salvador
URL: http://i3n.iabin.net/participants/elsalvador.html
x. I3N-Guatemala
URL: Database - http://www.geocities.com/otecbio_especies/
and http://i3n.iabin.net/participants/guatemala.html
Host/Originating Country: Oficina Tecnica de Biodiversidad /
Guatemala.
Language: Spanish
Description: Lists of invasive species, experts, projects, databases, a
photographic gallery, information on Verticillata hydrilla. I3N catalogs include the I3N-Guatemala catalog of
information on invasive species research and activities in Guatemala.
xi. I3N-Jamaica
URL: Database -
http://jamaica.paradigma.com.ar/ and
http://i3n.iabin.net/participants/jamaica.html
Host/Originating Country: Institute of Jamaica - Natural History
Division / Jamaica
Language: English
xii. I3N-Mexico
URL: Database - http://www.conabio.gob.mx/invasoras/index.php/Especies
and http://i3n.iabin.net/participants/mexico.html
Host/Originating Country: CONABIO / Mexico
Language: Spanish
Description: Describes invasive species information
system developments in Mexico, including the Biotica database # in this list, and the National
System of Information on Biodiversidad (SNIB) as containing IAS information.
I3N catalogs include species information, experts, projects and data sets.
Xiii. I3N-Paraguay
URL: Database -
http://www.i3n.org.py/
and http://i3n.iabin.net/participants/paraguay.html
Host/Originating Country: Asociación
Guyra Paraguay / Paraguay
Language: Spanish
xiv. I3N-Peru
URL: http://i3n.iabin.net/participants/peru.html
xv. I3N-Uruguay
URL: Database - http://uruguayi3n.iabin.net/
and http://i3n.iabin.net/participants/uruguay.html
Host/Originating Country: Facultad de
Ciencias - Universidad de la República / Uruguay
Language: Spanish
xvi. I3N-USA
URL: http://i3n.iabin.net/participants/usa.html
Description: List of invasive species of concern of
the NBII Invasive Species Information Node (clicking on the species name brings
up a page, created from the XML, with the actual content of all the links): http://pick1.pick.uga.edu/cgi-bin/20q?act=x_checklist&path=INVASIVES
and a Partial Species List with ITIS links.
URL: http://www.natureserve.org/infonatura/
Host/Originating Country:
Language: English
Description: Information on bird, mammal and
amphibian species of Latin
America, including
invasive species. Includes amphibian data for Mexico and Central
America, bird and
mammal range maps, photos, global conservation status, habitat description,
distribution, population status, references, and maps.
URL:
http://www.zin.ru/rbic/
Host/Originating
Country: Zoological
Institute RAS / Russia
Language: English
Description:
Web portal
providing access to the global, regional and national internet resources on
biological invasions. RBIC Information System is serving as a Regional
Clearinghouse on invasive alien species and information hub of the Global
Invasive Species Informational Network. Databases included in the RBIC are:
i.
Aquatic Invasive
Species of Europe - http://www.zin.ru/projects/invasions/gaas/AA_IDB.HTM
ii.
GIS
Invader - http://www.zin.ru/rbic/projects/invader/default.asp
iii.
Alien Species of
the Baltic Sea (#13 in this document)
iv.
European
Research Network on Aquatic Invasive Species (ERNAIS) - http://www.zin.ru/rbic/projects/ernais/default.asp
v.
Alien Species of
North-West Russia information system (under
development)
URL: http://www.nobanis.org/Search.asp
Host/Originating
Country: Danish Forest and Nature Agency / Denmark.
Language: English
Description: The NOBANIS is a gateway to
databases on invasive species in the Nordic and Baltic region and houses the
NOBANIS database, which provides access to invasive species information for the
region. Each species profile contains distribution maps, common names,
scientific names and synonyms, habitat information, and indications of
biostatus or invasiveness.
URL:
http://eelis.ic.envir.ee/voorliigid/
Host/Originating
Country: Estonia.
Language: Estonian, English.
Description:
Provides access to
PDF lists of aquatic invaders, introduced mammals, birds, terrestrial
invertebrates and plants.
URL: http://www.sea.ee/Sektorid/merebioloogia/eesti/Marine_Alien_Species_of_Estonia.htm
Host/Originating
Country: Estonian
Marine Institute, University of Tartu Tallinn / Estonia.
Language: Estonian, English
Description: Provides information on invasive
alien species of plankton, benthic invertebrates and fishes. Each species
profile includes scientific names, common names, digital images,
identification/descriptive information, natural distribution, first Estonian
introduction record, invasion history in the baltic sea, distribution and
population dynamics in Estonian waters, distribution maps, ecological and
economical impact, contacts for more information, and references.
URL: http://www.skovognatur.dk/Emne/Naturbeskyttelse/invasivearter/
Host/Originating
Country: Danish Forest and Nature Agency / Denmark
Language: Danish, English
Description: Includes lists of invasive plant
and animal species in Denmark and related information. Each
species profile includes digital images and descriptive information.
URL:
http://www.corpi.ku.lt/nemo/mainnemo.html
Host/Originating
Country: Coastal
Research and Planning Institute, Klaipeda University, Lithuania.
Language: English
Description: Interactive tool, including
DATABASE SEARCH, BALTIC SUB-REGIONS and SPECIES DIRECTORY. The information
comprised in the Database comes from: a) members of the Baltic Marine
Biologists Working Group on Non-indigenous Estuarine and Marine Organisms and
other researchers involved in invasive biology studies; b) published papers,
environmental reports, “grey literature”, Internet sites; c) a Database
Questionnaire (under construction).
URL:
http://www.iop.krakow.pl/ias/
Host/Originating
Country: Instytut
Ochrony Przyrody (IOP) PAN / Poland
Language: Polish, English
Description: A database of 403 alien species of
plants, animals and fungi, describing pathways, place and time of introduction
to Poland, current distribution, population
trends and impact upon native species, habitats and ecosystems. For some
species, there are also suggested methods of control.
URL:
http://www.iop.krakow.pl/gatunkiobce/default.asp
Host/Originating
Country: Instytut
Ochrony Przyrody (IOP) PAN / Poland
Language: Polish, (English coming soon)
Description: A database of over 100 alien
animal species in Poland. The searchable database provides
species listed alphabetically or taxonomically by scientific name. Each
scientific name is linked to a species profile that includes distribution maps,
photographs, morphological and ecological descriptive information, introduction
information, and bibliographic references.
URL: http://www.ymparisto.fi/default.asp?node=8344&lan=en
Host/Originating
Country: Finnish
Environment Institute (SYKE) / Finland.
Language: Finnish, Swedish, English
Description: Biodiversity clearing-house
mechanism of the CBD. Currently links to Baltic Sea Alien Species database,
Nordic Network on Introduced Species (NNIS), Regional Biological Invasions
Center (RBIC) and contains an RTF article by Petri Nummi on Alien Species in Finland.
URL: http://www.svenskamiljonatet.se/miljonat/english/katalog/
Host/Originating
Country: Swedish
EnviroNet Environment Catalog – Environmental Threats / Sweden.
Language: Swedish, English
Description: Catalog of environmental
information (literature, research) and data for Sweden, including a section on introduction and spread of alien
organisms under the ‘Environmental Threats’ category.
URL: http://www.frammandearter.se/
Host/Originating
Country: / Sweden.
Language: Swedish, English
Description: A compilation of current knowledge
on alien species in Swedish seas and archipelago areas, including the
Skagerrak/Kattegat and the Baltic Sea. Includes
lists of phytoplankton and microalgae, seaweeds, vascular plants, molluscs,
crabs, crustaceans, worms and other invertebrates, fish, and mammals. Some
species names in the list are linked to PDF fact sheets that contain digital
images, common names (including in other languages, scientific name, size and
appearance description, similar species or lookalikes, geographical origin,
first observation in Swedish waters, occurrence in Swedish seas and coastal
areas, occurrence in other sea areas, probable means of introduction, habitats,
ecological and other effects, additional information and references.
URL: http://www.ufz.de/biolflor/index.jsp
Host/Originating Country: Centre for Environmental Research
(UFZ), The German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BFN) / Germany.
Language: German, English
Description: information system on vascular
plants of Germany, including biological and
ecological traits of alien plant species.
URL: http://www.neophyten.de/
Host/Originating
Country: The German
Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BFN) / Germany.
Language: German
Description: Fact sheets on invasive alien plant
species in Germany, including legal framework,
ecology, impacts and control measures.
URL: www.floraweb.de
Host/Originating
Country: German
Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) / Germany.
Language: German
Description: National information system on
biology, distribution, and threat of all wild growing vascular plants of Germany, including alien plant species.
URL: http://ias.biodiversity.be/ias/
Host/Originating
Country: Belgian
Biodiversity Platform, Belgian Clearing-House Mechanism / Belgium
Language: English, French, Dutch, German
Description: List of IAS that live in Belgium and that are known to have a
detrimental impact on the environment. Includes species of terrestrial plants,
molluscs, crustraceans, insects, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and
mammals. Species names link users to fact sheets/profiles containing taxonomic
information (including common name in English, French, Dutch and German),
photographic images, a description of origin and distribution (including map of
belgium with location points of feral populations), ecology and life history
traits (habit preferences, life cycle, dispersion capacity, competition &
predation, defense mechanisms), detrimental effects, population control,
references, internet links, and contact email for those responsible for
preparing the fact sheet/species profile.
URL: http://www.biodat.ru/db/intro/plant_e.htm
Host/Originating
Country: Global
Environment Facility, Quarantine Institute of the Russian Ministry of
Agriculture, Institute of geography of the Russian Academy of Sciences / Russia.
Language: Russian, English
Description: Two databases (one of 1119
introduced plant records, and the other of 3250 introduced animal records)
searchable by latin name, russian name, order, family, country of origin, and
region of introduction. Information provided for species includes latin name,
russian name, kingdom, order, family, point of exportation, country of
exportation, region of exportation, manner of encroachment, detection point,
area of introduction, country of introduction, region of introduction, biotype
of introduction, year of introduction, population, dispersal dynamics, type of
introduction, purpose of introduction, target organism, enemies and
competitors, introduction results, economic importance, information source,
year and scientific institution.
URL: http://138.253.199.114/IAAP%20Web/IAAPwebsite/index.asp
Host/Originating Country: Applied Vegetation Dynamics
Laboratory, University of Liverpool / UK.
Language: English
Description:
Information on all
Alien or Non-native organisms that are invasive in the UK providing information regarding problem species,
management strategies and control techniques. Includes all taxonomic groups of
multicellular organisms, classified as plants or animals, and aquatic
(freshwater) or terrestrial. Marine species are included in a fifth section which
includes; algae, higher plants and animals. Each species profile contains
information on control methods, impacts, ecology, references, taxonomy,
contacts, case histories, and fact sheets.
URL: http://www.jncc.gov.uk/marine/non_native/
Host/Originating
Country: Joint
Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) / UK.
Language: English
Description: An online listing of marine flora and fauna information
sheets describing non-native marine invertebrates, algae, and plants in the United Kingdom.
URL: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/life/other-invertebrates/chinese-mitten-crabs/chinese-mitten-crabs.html
Host/Originating
Country: The Natural History Museum / UK
Language: English
Description: A web site profiling the Chinese
Mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis) with information on its identification,
classification, life history, distribution and associated environmental
problems.
URL: http://www.brc.ac.uk/
Host/Originating
Country:
Language: English
Description: National custodian of wildlife
distribution data for the British Isles.
Provides species distribution information, including introduced crayfish and
other marine invasive species.
URL: http://www.eppo.org/QUARANTINE/Alert_List/alert_list.htm
Host/Originating
Country: European
and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO) / France.
Language: English
Description: Information on pests selected
because they may present a phytosanitary risk for the EPPO region. Includes
reports on pests that are new to science, new outbreaks, reports of spread,
etc.
URL: http://www.ame-lr.org/plantesenvahissantes/
Host/Originating
Country:
Agence Méditerranéenne de l'Environnement / France.
Language: French
Description: Linked list of 15 plant species
providing information on description, reproduction biology, history, habitat,
impacts, control, culture, and mapped distributions/observations.
URL: http://www.ciesm.org/online/atlas/index.htm
Host/Originating Country: International Commission for the Scientific
Exploration of the Mediterranean Sea (CIESM) / Monaco.
Language: English
Description: Provides a comprehensive, group by group, survey of recent
marine 'immigrants' in the Mediterranean,
which is undergoing drastic and rapid changes to its biota. Includes crustacean
decapods and stomatopods, fishes, and molluscs.
URL: http://www.com.univ-mrs.fr/basecaul/
Host/Originating Country: Center of Oceanology of Marseilles / France.
Language: French.
Description: Provides a bibliography of publications on Caulerpa
taxifolia in the Mediterranean.
URL: http://www.isima.fr/ecosim/ct.html
Host/Originating
Country:
Institut Supérieur d'Informatique de Modélisation et de leurs Applications
(ISIMA) / France.
Language: English
Description: Provides images showing the
different stages for the simulation of Caulerpa taxifolia evolution in the
north Mediterranean sea. Part of the Caulerpa modeling
& simulation program.
URL: http://www.caspianenvironment.org/biodb/eng/main.htm
Host/Originating
Country: Caspian
Environment Programme / Caspian
Sea nations
Language: English, Russian (Common names
also in Kazakh, Turkmenian, Azerbaijani)
Description: Information about aquatic alien
invasive species in the Caspian Sea including taxonomic description (phylum,
class, order, family, genus, synonyms), common names, photographic images or
diagrams, description and map of distribution of species within the Caspian Sea
(includes status as per International/National Red Data Books, references for
the first record for the Caspian Sea and for the redescription of the species),
general characteristics of the species, relation to abiotic environmental
factors, feeding, reproduction, life history and development, interspecific
relations, impacts, references, and name/affiliation of the record creator.
URL: http://www.latvijasdaba.lv/
Host/Originating
Country: Latvia
Language: Latvian, English
Description: Online Nature Encyclopedia (database)
5217 flora and fauna species of Latvia region including alien species. Species records are grouped into
plants, mushrooms or fungi, extinct devonian fauna, molluscs, insects,
butterflies, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. Each species
profile contains common names, scientific names, illustrations, and descriptive
information.
URL: http://www.ku.lt/lisd/
Host/Originating
Country: Lithuania
Language: Lithuanian, English
Description: Online database containing an
invasive species inventory, listed alphabetically by scientific name, and
including taxon, date first recorded, country of origin, and linked references.
The user can narrow the list down by selecting terrestrial groupings of fungi,
plants, and animals; inland waters groupings of plants and animals; and coastal
waters groupings of plants and animals. The Web site also provides access to
information and other resources related to the project including the project team
members, Lithuanian legislative and administrative acts related to biological
invasions, and a bibliography.
URL: http://monkey.ioz.ac.cn/bwg-cciced/english/cesis/invasive.htm
Host/Originating
Country: Zoological
Division of Chinese Biodiversity Information Center / China
Language: English, Chinese
Description: Brief description of criteria for
defining invasive alien species and a partial list of invasive species in china
including mammals, birds, fishes, crustaceans, mollusks, insects, nematodes,
fungi, wildlife disease, plants).
Host Web
site also provides information on biodiversity in China including the following
databases/lists: Taxonomic codes of Chinese fauna – Vertebrates, Species
Inventory Database of Chinese Animals, Endangered and Protected Species
Database of Chinese Animals, Catalogue Database of Chinese Biodiversity
Reference, Database of Expert on Biodiversity Study in China, Database of
Medicinal Animal in China, Chinese Biodiversity Bibliography Database, Chinese
Biodiversity Database Index, Fauna Sinica, and Zoological Journals Published in
China.
URL: http://www.chinabiodiversity.com/shwdyx/ruq/ruq-index-en.htm
Host/Originating Country: XIE Yan, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences / China
Language: Chinese, English
Description: Contains information and images of IAS in China as well as published articles and
information on control strategies, mechanisms of introduction, human dimensions
and IUCN Guidelines.
URL: http://www.bioinvasion.org.cn:9090/xu716/index.jsp
Host/Originating Country: College of Biological Science, Beijing Normal University
Institute of Animal and Plant Quarantine, General
Administration of Quality Supervision,
Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China (AQSIQ) / China.
Language: Chinese, English
Description: Includes a database, species alerts, related literature,
control methods, and regulations.
URL: http://weeds.njau.edu.cn/exowort/exoweeds.htm
Host/Originating Country: Nanjing
Agricultural University / China
Language: Chinese
Description: Information on invasive flora in China including investigations of
invasions, regulations, and species lists.
URL: http://apasd-niaes.dc.affrc.go.jp/
Host/Originating Country: APASD Secretariat / Japan
Language: English
Description: Information on various invasive alien species (IAS) in
Asia-Pacific countries and regions - searchable by organism group, country or
region, year of invasion or detection. Database includes IAS groupings of
plants, insects, nematodes, mammals, other animals, fungi, bacteria, viruses,
and others. IAS information for 37 countries and regions currently listed. Data
includes taxonomic name, English common name, year of invasion or detection,
native region, situation of establishment, expansion of distribution area,
environmental impact, economic damage, reproduction, growth, countermeasures,
and writer's details. Users can retrieve information on similar species, host
species, reference, habitat; and photos of IAS, similar species, and damage
caused by IAS. Information can be compared among countries and regions.
URL: http://invasive.m-fuukei.jp/
Host/Originating Country: YOSHIOKA Toshiya, Greenery Technology and Landscape
Planning / Japan
Language: English
Description: This list is assembled landscaping plants that are mentioned escaping
from nurseries, farms, flower beds, etc. or invading into natural/semi-natural
area as secondary forests, natural forests.
URL: http://tncweeds.ucdavis.edu/biglist.html
Host/Originating
Host/Originating Country: The Nature Conservancy / USA.
Language: English
Description: A compilation of records relating to plants as weeds
anywhere in the world. The list can be downloaded in Microsoft Word format, or
browsed online alphabetically by scientific name.
URL:
http://search.weeds.org.au/
Host/Originating
Country: National
Weeds Strategy Executive Committee / Australia
Language: English
Description: Search engine provides searchable
access to weed-related web addresses, weed people, products, resources, current
issues, weed management, training and materials, weed identification and a
noxious weeds list. Assists in finding web based weed related information that
is on Australian government and major community organization web sites.
Information about weed species includes scientific name, other scientific names
and declarations, preferred common name, other common names and a categorical
description for its status in each Australian State where it is known to occur.
URL: http://www.weeds.crc.org.au/projects/project_1_2_1.html
Host/Originating
Country: Cooperative Research Center for Weed Management / Australia.
Language: English
Description: Documents all introduced plants in Australia plus those potentially invasive
species found in neighboring countries, allowing the calculation of the
probability of certain plant species or groups becoming weeds. The aim of this
project is to record all exotic species present in Australia and nearby countries, and use this
information to calculate the probability of certain plant species or groups
becoming weeds.
URL: http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/pls/portal30/docs/FOLDER/IKMP/PW/WEED/WEEDWATCHER.HTM
Host/Originating Country: Department of Agriculture / Australia.
Language: English
Description: A web-based interface for finding or reporting weed
infestations from a map displayed on your computer screen. Currently over 50
environmentally and agriculturally significant weeds can be mapped across the
SW of the state of Western
Australia.
URL: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/
Host/Originating Country: Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney / Australia.
Language: English
Description: Search for information on New South Wales plant names,
their distribution and their conservation status, accessing the following databases:-
Freshwater
Algae, Casuarinaceae
nomenclature and distribution, the Type Specimen
Catalogue of the National Herbarium of New South Wales, the NSWplants
(by NSW coastal region) system, a WeedAlert
(by NSW coastal region) system (not public), a Plants@Risk
(by NSW coastal region) system, and WattleWeb
(searchable database of Wattles of New South Wales).
URL: http://crimp.marine.csiro.au/nimpis/
Host/Originating
Country: Centre for
Research on Introduced Marine Pests (CRIMP), and CSIRO Marine Research, Hobart, Australia.
Language: English
Description: Information on biology, ecology and distribution of
introduced marine invertebrates, algae, plants and fishes in Australia, including potential control
options for those designated as pests. Also contains information for those
species that are considered to be likely future introductions ('next pests').
URL: http://www.fish.wa.gov.au/hab/broc/marineinvader/index.html
Host/Originating
Country: Western Australia Department of Fisheries / Australia.
Language: English
Description: Information on 12 introduced
marine species found in Western Australian waters. Species profiles include
photographs with diagnostic features highlighted, photographs of similar native
species, information on Australian invasive populations, habitat description,
identification features, distribution, mechanism of introduction, biology,
habitat, impacts, control measures, and further reading. A toll free FISHWATCH
phone number is also provided for users to call and report sightings of marine
invasive species.
URL: http://www.agriculture.gov.au/nrm1.cfm
Host/Originating
Country:
Language: English
Description: Resource Management System or
catalogue of Australian, State and Territory Government information and
services for the agricultural, fisheries, processed food and forestry
industries. Provides access to alerts, species fact sheets, general
publications, and government programs on invasive species - grouped under
subheadings such as Pests/Feral Animals, Weeds, Marine, Forests, Land and more.
URL: http://www.feral.org.au/
Host/Originating
Country: Pest Animal Control Cooperative Research Center, University of Canberra, Bureau of Rural Sciences / Australia.
Language: English
Description: Information on
vertebrate pest/invasive animal species in Australia and New Zealand including
published and unpublished research, technical reports, management practices,
threat abatement plans and legislation. Provides a short summary and link to
full-text of relevant publications online elsewhere.
URL: http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/research/biocons/invertebrates/
Host/Originating
Country: Manaaki
Whenua Landcare Research / New Zealand.
Language: English
Description: Information on invertebrate
invasions in New
Zealand including
wasps, ants and mosquitos.
URL: http://weeds.massey.ac.nz/database.asp
Host/Originating
Country: Massey University / New
Zealand
Language: English
Description: Information on New Zealand
important weed species including a database of weed species, an identification
quiz, study zone and a list of links to related online resources. Information
on the 70 species in the database includes photographs, common name, scientific
name, comments (description), distinguishing features, and control methods.
URL: http://www.envbop.govt.nz/Weeds/Weed-Index.asp
Host/Originating
Country: Environment Bay of Plenty Regional Council / New Zealand
Language: English
Description: Alphabetical index of weed species
providing information on each species including basic taxonomy (common and
scientific names), photographs, identification, habitats, impact to biota and
ecosystems, dispersal routes, vectors, infestation sources, management, and
comments.
URL: http://www.envbop.govt.nz/Land/Animals/Pest-Animals.asp
Host/Originating
Country: Environment Bay of Plenty Regional Council / New Zealand
Language: English
Description: Index of pest animal species
providing information on each species including basic taxonomy (common and
scientific names), ecology, infestation sources, management, and control.
URL: http://www.niwa.co.nz/rc/prog/aquaticplants/species/
Host/Originating
Country: National
Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research / New Zealand
Language: English
Description: Information on low-growing,
tall-growing and floating aquatic plant species, free floating species and
marginal aquatic species of invasive plants in New Zealand; including basic taxonomic information, description and
photographs.
URL: http://infoagro.net/health/caraphin/plantpest.cfm
Host/Originating
Country: Caribbean Animal & Plant Health
Information Network (CARAPHIN), Caribbean Regional Center (CaRC), Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on
Agriculture (IIC) / Trinidad
and Tobago.
Languages: English
Description: Search for occurrence, outbreak frequency and testing
information for pests of plant species in Caribbean nations.
URL: http://infoagro.net/health/caraphin/animalhealth.cfm
Host/Originating
Country: Caribbean Animal & Plant Health
Information Network (CARAPHIN), Caribbean Regional Center (CaRC), Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on
Agriculture (IIC) / Trinidad
and Tobago.
Languages: English
Description: Search for occurrence, outbreak frequency and testing
information for diseases of animal species in Caribbean nations.
URL: http://24.43.80.213/nbs/IPCAN/
and http://www.plantsincanada.com/
Host/Originating Country: National Botanical Services, Environment Canada / Canada.
Language: English
Description: Compiles information on the biology, distribution and control
of invasive exotic plants for computer mapping and analysis. Data is derived
from; specimen records in national collections, from sight records made by
naturalists and professional botanists, and from published reports. Provides a
historical perspective on the origins and rate of spread of invasives and
allows the determination of possible correlations with climatic and other
environmental and land use factors using geographic information systems (GIS).
Fact sheets, control case studies, invasive species of Canada survey 2002, invasive plants of Canada guide to species and methods
control, documents, invasive plant alert bulletin and regional news.
URL: http://www.rbg.ca/cbcn/en/invasives/i_list.html
Host/Originating Country: Canadian Botanical Conservation Network (CBCN) / Canada.
Language: English, French
Description: Provides an introduction to Invasive Plants of Canada, and
links to a Bibliography on Invasive Plants, an Invasive Plant list,
bibliographic lists, invasive plant alerts and invasive species information
from the Federal of Ontario Naturalists.
URL:
http://www.atl.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca:8080/cfsnet/naisd-e.html
Host/Originating
Country: Canadian Forest Service / Canada.
Language: English, French, Spanish.
Description: [Under construction]. Provides a
central electronic facility for the storage, organization, exchange and dissemination
of information on exotic pests that are potential threats to Canada’s forests and to the trade of
Canadian forest products.
URL: http://res2.agr.ca/lethbridge/weedbio/index_e.htm
Host/Originating
Country: Agriculture
and Agri-Food / Canada
Language: English, French
Description: Information about the use of
beneficial organisms for the control of weeds in Canada. Includes weed species lists by common name, species name
or family name. Information on each species includes basic taxonomy,
description, related problems, biological control, photographs, and references.
URL: http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsaf/rir/weeds/noxious.htm
Host/Originating
Country: Nova
Scotia Department of Agriculture and Fisheries / Canada
Language: English
Description: Linked list of 10 invasive plant
species providing information on description, photographic images, habitat,
life cycle, impacts and control methods. Site also hosts a Weed Identification
Guide <http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsaf/elibrary/archive/ipm/weeds/990019.htm>
for 49 invasive plant species that includes detailed descriptive information
along with life stage photographic images for each species.
URL: http://www.ovma.on.ca/noxtable.htm
Host/Originating
Country: Ontario Vegetation Management Association /
Canada.
Language: English
Description: Linked list of 24 invasive plant
species providing descriptive information about each species, it’s growth
habits, introduction, history, distribution, and including photographic images.
URL: http://res2.agr.ca/ecorc/weeds_herbes/title-titre_e.htm
Host/Originating
Country: Stephen J.
Darbyshire, Agriculture and Agri-Food / Canada
Language: English, French
Description: List of Agricultural Weeds
including life history, habitat, abundance, distribution in Canadian provinces,
toxicity, notes and comments, taxonomical or autecological references, and references
indicating rare or endangered status, reported toxicity, phytogeography, or
general ecology and biology in each species account.
URL: http://www2.montana.edu/weedcenter/queryweedsform.html
Host/Originating
Country: Center for
Invasive Plant Management (CIPM), Department of Land Resources and
Environmental Sciences, Montana State University / USA.
Language: English
Description: Search for noxious weeds
throughout the U.S. and Canada. The CIPM site also provides information on weed profiles,
organic weed management, fire and drought, early warnings, education, grants,
restoration and current events relating to weed species.
URL: http://invasivespecies.nbii.gov/speciesinfo/mammal_list.html
Host/Originating Country: Invasive Species Information Node, National
Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) / USA.
Language: English
Description: A web-accessible and downloadable (excel format) list of
non-native mammals introduced into the U.S.
and Canada, compiled from the Integrated
Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) as of August 2002.
URL: http://www.cwf-fcf.org/invasive/chooseSC.asp
Host/Originating Country: Canadian Wildlife Federation / Canada.
Language: English
Description: Species category and keyword search for information on
invasive terrestrial and aquatic flora and fauna in Canada including species origin, invasive
range, introduction method, and ecological impacts.
URL: http://www.ducks.ca/purple/
Host/Originating
Country: Ducks
Unlimited Canada and the Manitoba Purple Loosestrife Project (MPLP) /
Canada
Language: English
Description: Information center for ourple
loosestrife (Lythrum spp.) management in Canada including newsletters
and updates from the MPLP, lists of published papers and abstracts,
bibliographies, relevant canadian research projects, brochures for download,
information on biocontrol insect species used for manageing purple loosestrife,
news releases, educational resources (e.g. posters), a photo gallery, and a
list of ten frequently asked questions about the species.
URL:
http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfp/noxious/introduc.htm
Host/Originating
Country: Ministry
of Forests / Canada.
Language: English
Description: Provides description of weed
problems in British Colombia, information on methods of spread, prevention,
IPM, weed biology, weed identification (by floral colors), biological control,
emerging threats, weed facts, downloadable brochures, posters, and other
educational materials, and links. Also provides access to the electronic fourth
edition of the Field Guide to Noxious and Other Selected Weeds of British
Colombia.
URL: http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/
Host/Originating
Country:
NatureServe / USA
Language: English
Description: Contains conservation information on more than 50,000
plants, animals, and ecological communities of the United States and Canada including invasive, rare and endangered species.
Information for non-native species includes taxonomic information, distribution,
references, global range comments, life history, and management.
URL: http://invasivespecies.nbii.gov/speciesinfo/399_list.html
Host/Originating Country: Invasive Species Information Node,
National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) / USA.
Language: English
Description: A downloadable (Excel format) list
of 399 records of invasive plants and noxious weeds in the United States and Canada; compiled by Rod Randall (per his weed list updated in
1998). Some names have been modified to agree with the Integrated Taxonomic
Information System (ITIS) database.
URL: http://www.discoverlife.org/nh/tx/INVASIVES/
Host/Originating Country: U.S.
Geological Survey (USGS), National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII),
University of Georgia Athens / USA.
Language: English
Description: Distribution maps of invasive species, information
gathered from multiple online sources and delivered in HTML format.
URL: http://www.fao.org/forestry/foris/webview/fisna/index.jsp?siteId=6381&sitetreeId=25470&langId=1&geoId=0
Host/Originating Country: Food and Agriculture Organization
(FAO) of the United Nations, Forestry Department through FORIS / Africa.
Language: English
Description: Web site providing information about projects on forest
invasive species, new invasive species outbreaks, woody invasive species,
events, references, experts, quarantine issues, and other information about
forest invasive species in Africa.
URL: http://fred.csir.co.za/plants/global/continen/africa/safrica/sppdb/index.html
Host/Originating Country: South African Water Research Commission and CSIR / Africa.
Language: English
Description: Accessed through a ‘Gateway to Knowledge on Alien Invasive
Plants’. Provides species information, distribution maps, and species by biome
search capability. Access to the South African Invasive Plant Atlas (database)
which contains georeferenced information on plant invasions in SA.
URL: http://www.geocities.com/wessaaliens/index.htm
Host/Originating Country: Hillside
Aluminium, Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa / South
Africa
Language: English (common names in Afrikaans, Zulu)
Description: Invasive plant species listed alphabeticall by English,
Afrikaans and Zulu names. Provides information on each species including
photographs, basic taxonomy, categorical rank, control methods, description,
origin, where found/problems caused, did you know (interesting facts), and
suggestions for indigenous alternative species.
URL: http://www.kbraunweb.com/alienplants/
Host/Originating Country: Kate Brawn Freelance Web Design / Africa
Language: English
Description: Online database searchable by species botanical
(scientific) name, common name, SiSwati name; with species lists of all plant
species, by swaziland status, 8th degree grid squares; and including
a Swaziland map showing 8th degree grid squares. Users can click on
an individual grid square on the map to see a list of species currently
recorded in that square. The database also provides a record submission for
species sightings within Swaziland.
URL: http://www.agis.agric.za/wip/
Host/Originating Country: South African Department of Agriculture / South Africa
Language: English
Description: Part of the Agricultural Geo-Referenced Information System
and with contributions from the Southern African Plant Invaders Atlas (SAPIA) project,
“information currently available in the WIP website includes distribution maps,
species descriptions, species photos & [identification experts]. There is
the option to view species distributions in relation to climate, soil types,
vegetation (biomes, & Acocks Veld Types), land use & other variables.
The site also includes a new template for entering localities of invasive alien
plants online.”
URL: http://edu.iucnp.org/alist.htm
Host/Originating Country: Environment & Biodiversity of Pakistan, IUCN Pakistan, Sustainable Development Networking
Programme / Pakistan.
Language: English
Description: Spreadsheet list of invasive species of Pakistan including scientific, family,
english and local names, geographic origin and worst affected areas (in Pakistan).
URL: http://nis.gsmfc.org/
Host/Originating Country: Gulf States Marine Fisheries
Commission / USA.
Language: English
Description: Information and examples of non-native aquatic species in
the gulf of Mexico including biological description, pictures, references and
links to other online resources. Search multiple U.S. State databases to see non-native
or invasive species reports.
URL: http://www.conabio.gob.mx/conocimiento/info_especies/especies_invasoras/doctos/especiesinvasoras.html
Host/Originating Country: Comisión Nacional para
el Conocimiento y uso de la Biodiversidad (CONABIO) / Mexico.
Language: Spanish, English
Description: Database of invasive species in Mexico providing
information for 665 plant species, 77 fish, 10 amphibian and reptile, 30 bird
and 16 mammals species including origin, commentaries (e.g. biogeography) and
links to ITIS and Google resources on each species.
URL: http://www.malezasdemexico.net/
Host/Originating Country: Comisión Nacional para el
Conocimiento y uso de la Biodiversidad (CONABIO) / Mexico.
Language: Spanish, English
Description: Information and digital images of Mexican plants of
disturbed places (i.e. weeds) to help botanists and non-botanists with identification.
Species profiles for over 600 species mainly from the south-center of the
country include information on taxonomy, Spanish and indigenous species names,
geographical distribution and introduction, biological status (e.g. native,
non-native), description, digital photographs, habitat, biology, ecology,
impacts, laws and policies, control, and references.
URL: http://www.ncbi.org.in/invasive/search/index.html
Host/Originating Country: National Chemistry Laboratory (NCL), Center for
Biodiversity Informatics (CBI) / India
Language: English
Description: Search for invasive species by kingdom, common or
scientific name, country of origin, and keywords to retrieve information
including taxonomic heirarchy, redlist category, invasive and alien status,
taxonomic scrutiny status, taxonomic synonyms, common names, genetics, DSN,
biogeography, and Google Images.
URL: http://www.gobcan.es/medioambiente/biodiversidad/introducidas/especiesinvasoras.html
Host/Originating Country: Regional Department of Environment / Canary Islands
Lanugage: English, Spanish
Description: Lists of alien species in the Canary Islands with known breeding populations;
without known breeding populations; of uncertain origin with breeding
populations; and translocated native species; and a bibliography. Lists are
indexed by scientific and common names, and including taxonomic authority and
year.
URL: http://www.ifremer.fr/crema/PGSauriau/Alien%20species/Index%20alien%20species/alien_species.htm
Host/Originating Country: French National Center for Scientific Research / France
Language: English, French
Description: List of six molluscan species accidentally or
intentionally introduced into the Pertuis Charentais Sea. This list is non-exhaustive and will be updated after the publication
by Goulletquer et al. (in prep) of a global synopsis of the 104 alien species that
have been reported along the European Atlantic (France to Portugal). Currently includes information on
vectors, date of introduction and native range or origin.
URL: http://www.dijon.inra.fr/malherbo/araf/index.htm
Host/Originating Country: University of Bourgogne, Institut National de la Recherche
Agronomique (INRA), Etablissement National d’Enseignement Superieur Agronomique
de Dijon (ENESAD) / France
Language: French
Description: Information on 25 weed species listed by scientific or
common name including regional descriptions and distributions (maps), photographs,
and species descriptions.
URL: http://www.dijon.inra.fr/malherbo/hyppa/
Host/Originating Country: Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique /
France
Language: French, English
Description: Catalogues providing taxonomy, distribution, and
ecological information for mature plant and seedling stages of the main weeds
of western Europe (580 species). Searchable by scientific and common name.
URL: http://www.ceh.ac.uk/EPIDEMIE/EPIDEMIE%20test/Species%20descriptions/Species%20descriptions.htm
Host/Originating Country: Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Natural
Environment Research Council / UK
Language: English
Description: Descriptions and photographs of 16 exotic plant species in
the mediterranean.
URL: http://pbin.nbii.gov/databases/snakeindex.html
Host/Originating
Country: National
Biological Information Infrastructure / USA
Language: English
Description: Database of alien snake sightings
on Pacific islands. Allows users to search by sighting date, country, state or
territory name, island, town, percent certainty, and snake type (species).
Authorized users can also submit snake sighting information.
URL:
http://members.lycos.co.uk/ethiopianplants/invasives/prosopis.html
Host/Originating
Country: Lycos,
Desalegn Desissa and Pierre Binggeli / Ethiopia.
Language: English
Description: Provisional checklist of invasive
plant species (names) in Ethiopia.
URL:
http://www.aliensinbelarus.com/index.php
Host/Originating
Country: Belarusian State University/ Belarus
Language: English
Description: This site is on alien aquatic
animals inhabiting waterbodies of the Republic of Belarus. It allows searches for species by
scientific taxonomy and retrieval of information on their origin, distribution
and potential ecological impacts. The database was composed as a result of
analysis of literature published during the last century and the authors'
unpublished data. One can find some general information on Belarusian
waterbodies, history of construction and functioning of the interbasin shipping
canals, links to related sites, etc. The site is in testing regime at present
and only in English. However, a Russian version will also be available soon.
URL: http://hidra.udg.es/invasiber/
Host/Originating
Country: University of Girona / Spain.
Language: Spanish
Description: Database of invasive species of
seaweed or algae (3), other plants (8), insects (1), crustaceans (2), other
invertebrates (2), fish (10), amphibian (1), reptile (1), bird (1), and mammals
(2), found in the Iberian peninsula. Species profiles include information on
photographs, taxonomic definition, description, habitat, native geographic
distribution, distribution in the Iberian peninsula, introduction mechanism, ecological impacts, socioeconomic
impacts, management, profile author, other information sources, and
bibliographic references.
URL: http://alienplant.nier.go.kr/eng/index.html
Host/Originating
Country: National
Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) / Korea
Language: Korean / English
Description: Search for invasive species by
family, common or scientific name, country of origin, blooming season, and
introduction period to retrieve species profile information including family
name, scientific name, synonyms, english name, japanese name, country of
origin, introduction period, life period, stem size, stem, leaf, leaf
arrangement, leaves, blooming period, inforescence (description), flower color,
flower (description), fruits, seed, distribution, and digital photographs.
URL: http://www.biochange.ie/alienplants/
Host/Originating
Country: BioChange,
Trinity College of Dublin / Ireland
Language: English
Description: Search 715 alien plant species “currently
occurring in (semi) natural habitats in Ireland (both the Republic and Northern-Ireland) by family, invasive status,
Irish vice-counties, and invasiveness elsewhere for information including
species identity, invasiveness, and biological and ecological traits. “In
addition, limited information is available for 198 extinct alien species (not
recorded after 1970).”
URL: http://www.invasivespeciesireland.com/
Host/Originating
Country: Environment
and Heritage Service, National Parks and Wildlife Service / Ireland
Language: English
Description: A gateway to the Invasive Species
in Ireland Project and also the invasive species problem in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Contains facts and figures, and case studies of invasive
species in Ireland; an online invasive species sighting report form; access to
working groups and forums; and lists information for established and potential
invasive species from freshwater, marine, and terrestrial environments. Species
profiles include digital photographs, scientific and common names, habitat,
type of threat, status, description, impact, origin, invasive distribution,
method of introduction, method of dispersal, and action recommendations. “To
date, risk assessments have been carried out for 385 established species and
171 potential invaders.”
URL: http://www1.ci.uc.pt/invasoras/index.php
Host/Originating Country: University of Coimbra / Portugal
Language: Portuguese, English
Description: Online database about biological
invasions, research, and invasive plant species in Portugal including a list of 30 invasive
plant species “considered invasive by Portuguese law and 3 other also invasive”.
Each species name in the list is linked to a PDF leaflet that contains “photos,
morphologic descriptions, control methodologies and some extra information
about each species.”
USA Context - IAS Databases
URL: http://invasions.si.edu/nemesis/merge/SpSearch.jsp
Host/Originating Country: Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) / USA.
Languages: English
Description: A distributed database portal developed by SERC and the
U.S. Geological Survey to provide simultaneous search access to multiple
aquatic invasive species databases.
i.
Nonindigenous
Aquatic Species database (NAS) - http://nas.er.usgs.gov/
ii.
Chesapeake Bay
Exotic Marine and Estuarine Species Information System (NEMESIS) - http://invasions.si.edu/nemesis/index.html
iii.
Nonindigenous
Species in the Gulf of Mexico Exosystem - http://nis.gsmfc.org/
iv.
National
Introduced Marine Pest Information System (NIMPIS) - http://crimp.marine.csiro.au/nimpis/
v.
Introduced
Marine Species of Hawaii Guidebook - http://www2.bishopmuseum.org/HBS/invertguide/index.htm
URL: http://cswgcin.nbii.gov/(4kfjburecvpdln45gohh32ep)/issues/invasives/database.aspx
Host/Originating Country: Central Southwest / Gulf Cost
Information Node, National Biological Information Infrastructure / USA.
Language: English
Description: An online list of invasive species
of the central southwestern United States
and gulf coast region. Species are grouped into virus, monera, plantae, fungi,
and animalia. Some taxa listed do not have an entry in the ITIS database. Clicking
on a species’ scientific name provides access to general, classification, invasive
datasets and inventories, bibliographic and in some instances photographic
information.
URL: http://invasivespecies.nbii.gov/speciesinfo/bird_indicators.html
Host/Originating Country: Invasive Species Information Node,
National Biological Information Infrastructure / USA.
Language: English
Description: A web-accessible list of 15 invasive grassland/shrubland
birds used as indicators in the Heinz Report on The State of the Nation’s
Ecosystems. Scientific names for each species are linked to the Integrated
Taxonomic Information System so that when the species’ name is selected, ITIS
information about that species is displayed.
URL: http://mapserver.giac.montana.edu/maps/arcims/website/ynpweeds/viewer.htm?Title=Yellowstone%20National%20Park%20Invasive%20Species
Host/Originating Country: Northern Rockies Information Node, National Biological Information
Infrastructure / USA.
Language: English.
Description: Part of the Greater Yellowstone Area GIS Database, created
by many partners including Montana State University. An online interactive map generated by selecting GIS
layers and adding them to the map.
URL: http://66.91.142.167/imf/imf.jsp?site=hawaiian_islands
Host/Originating Country: Pacific Basin Information Node, National
Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) / USA.
Language: English
Description: Interactive map page was designed
using ESRI ArcIMS Internet Map Server software. The interactive map layers
integrate a variety of GIS layers including incipient weeds, aquatic species
distribution (both native and non-native), remaining native natural
communities, a LANDSAT TM satellite imagery mosaic, USGS 1:24,000 quadrangles,
and a parcel-level managed land layer with level of protection quantified using
the National GAP Status definitions.
URL: http://pgin.nbii.gov/invasives.asp
Host/Originating Country: Pacific Basin Information Node, National
Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) / USA.
Language: English
Description: Species information, data &
projects, organizations/researchers, management and geographic area information
about invasive species in the Pacific Basin.
URL: http://www.main.nc.us/SERAMBO/exotic/
Host/Originating Country: South Eastern Regional Association
of Medical and Biological Organizations, Mountain Area Information Network –
The Community Network for Western North Carolina / USA.
Language: English
Description: Lists of exotic plants, information and photographs for
species found in the Southern Appalachian region of the United States.
URL: http://www2.bishopmuseum.org/HBS/invertguide/index.htm
Host/Originating Country/Originating Country: Bishop Museum and University of Hawaii / USA.
Language: English
Description: Searchable database separated into algae
and invertebrates of the coastal waters of Hawaii.
URL: http://invader.dbs.umt.edu/
Host/Originating Country: University of Montana / USA.
Language: English
Description: Exotic plant names and weed distribution records for five
states in the northwestern United States.
Users can query the system by scientific or common name, or by geographic
region. Also includes a state/provincial noxious weeds query form, as well as a
database of biocontrol measures. Researchers may also submit their own data to
the database.
URL: http://www.hear.org/
Host/Originating Country: Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk (HEAR),
U.S. Geological Survey ; University of Hawaii / USA.
Language: English
Description: Provides technology, methods, and information
to decision-makers, resource managers, and the general public to aid in
the fight against harmful alien species in Hawaii through access to the Harmful
Non-Indigenous Species (HNIS) database and maps of alien species distributions
in Hawaii and the HEAR Island Matrix.
i.
Noxious Weeds – Hawaii (images
and online info)
URL: http://www.hear.org/hawaiinoxiousweeds/
Host/Originating Country: Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk (HEAR), U.S. Geological Survey; University of Hawaii / USA.
Language: English
Description: List of links to live, dynamic (Google) web
searchers for images and other information regarding plant species officially
declared as “noxious weeds” by the State of Hawaii.
ii.
Harmful Non-Indigenous Species
(HNIS) Database
URL: http://www.hear.org/hnis/index.html
Host/Originating Country: Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk (HEAR),
U.S. Geological Survey; University of Hawaii / USA.
Language: English
Description: Online source of up-to-date
information (names, locations, pictures, control methods) about harmful
non-indigenous (“non-native”, “exotic”) species in Hawaii. Provides a medium to allow
feedback from scientists, professional resource managers, and the general
public. Information is available on plants, invertebrates and vertebrates.
iii.
Maps
of alien species distributions in Hawaii
URL: http://www.hear.org/AlienSpeciesInHawaii/AlienSpeciesMapIndex.htm
Host/Originating Country: Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk
(HEAR), U.S. Geological Survey; University of Hawaii / USA.
Language: English
Description: Provides distribution maps for plants, vertebrates and
invertebrates.
iv.
HEAR Island Matrix
URL: http://www.hear.org/matrix/index.html
Host/Originating Country: Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk
(HEAR), U.S. Geological Survey; University of Hawaii / USA.
Language: English
Description: A cross-reference by island and
species, containing expert opinions regarding the ISLANDWIDE controllability of
selected alien plant species by island.
v.
Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk
URL: http://www.hear.org/pier/
Host/Originating Country: Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk
(HEAR), U.S. Geological Survey; University of Hawaii / USA.
Language: English
Description: Provides lists of plant species that are invasive (or
potentially invasive) on Pacific Islands by scientific name, elevation, location, life form, and
common name. Information retrieved on each species includes recognition status
as a PIER environmental invasive, presence/absence on Pacific Islands, threat
status in relation to elevation, risk assessment results (pest score), other
latin names, common names (English, French, Hawaiian), habit, description,
habitat/ecology, propagation, native range, specific recorded presence,
comments (notes), control methods, additional information, and references.
Other resources include survey reports on invasive species on Pacific Islands and risk assessments for invasive and potentially invasive
species.
URL: http://www.exoticforestpests.org/
Host/Originating Country: North American Forest Commission / USA.
Language: English, French, Spanish.
Description: Identifies exotic insects, mites,
and pathogenic organisms that have the potential to cause significant damage to
North American forest resources as well as background information on identified
pests, serving as a resource for North American regulatory and forest
protection agencies.
URL: http://www.invasivespecies.org/NANIAD.html
Host/Originating Country: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine, Center for
Plant Health Science and Technology / USA.
Language: English
Description: Contains the data for 2,273 species of non-indigenous
insects and arachnids including classification, natural and immigrant
distribution, economic and environmental impacts, disease vectors,
establishment status, entry point and date, pathways, habitat, hosts, life
history, and literature citations.
URL: http://www.invasivespecies.org/fedweeds.html
Host/Originating Country: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine, Center for Plant Health
Science and Technology / USA.
Language: English
Description: Derived from the "Federal
Noxious Weed Inspection Guide - Noxious Weed Inspection System." Contains
fields such as scientific name, family name, synonym(s), common name(s),
diagnostic characteristics, habitat, distribution outside of the U.S.,
distribution within the United States (if applicable), reason for listing as a
Federal Noxious Weed (FNW), the form in which the plant is most likely to enter
the United States, likely pathways of entry into the United States, general
notes, photographs line drawings, and distribution maps.
URL: http://www.invasivespecies.org/NewInitiatives.html
Host/Originating Country: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) / USA.
Language: English
Description: Contains pest type, order, family, scientific name,
author, common name, source, illustration, data sheet, citation, update,
comment, host, distribution, and regulated site information.
URL: http://ceris.purdue.edu/napis/
Host/Originating Country: U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Plant
Protection and Quarantine Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey; Purdue University, Entomology Department, Center for Environmental and
Regulatory Information Systems / USA.
Language: English
Description: Public access web site providing information on pest
species of insects, mites, and nematodes; plant pathogens; invasive weeds;
bio-control agents; and Other (Mollusks, Slugs, etc.) including fact sheets;
survey and distribution maps; regulations; related links and photos. Searchable
by scientific and common name, and U.S. State.
URL: http://www.invasivespecies.org/ippra.html
Host/Originating Country: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine, Center for Plant Health
Science and Technology / USA.
Language: English
Description: The IPPRA is an interactive database
of plant pests regulated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service. The focus of this database is at the species
level. Several invasive insect species are also included in the database.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/npgs/tax/taxweed.html
Host/Originating Country: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural
Research Service, National Genetic Resources Program / USA.
Language: English
Description: Provides taxonomic nomenclature for 37,000 plant taxa, and
14,000 plant genera.
URL:
http://www.team.ars.usda.gov/v2/infoproducts.html
Host/Originating
Country: U.S. Department of Agriculture / USA.
Language: English
Description: Access to publications, integrated
pest management resources, databases, manuals and biological information about
Leafy Spurge (Euphorbia esula).
URL: http://www.gpdd.info/
Host/Originating Country: U.S. Department of Agriculture Plant Protection and
Quarantine / USA.
Language: English
Description: The Global Pest and Disease
Database (GPDD) is a compilation of exotic invasive species of key concern to
the U.S that was developed from a number of sources. Selection of species for
inclusion in the database is dependent on a number of factors, including their
presence in other key lists and databases. The distributed web-based database
system forms the conduit for a number of pest-oriented information systems and
provides both external and internal APHIS information on key pest species not
yet in the United
States. The GPDD
serves as a secure electronic warehouse or library of scientific information
about exotic pests that is used to support the Agency’s pest lists.
URL: http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/
Host/Originating Country: U.S. Department of Agriculture National Agricultural
Library / USA.
Language: English
Description: “[A] gateway to invasive species
information; covering Federal, State, local, and international sources.” Browse
this resource for information about invasive species in the United States by geography, or by subject -
including aquatic species; plants; animals; microbes; economic impacts; laws
and regulations; manager’s tool kit; and resource library. Species profiles
include scientific name; common names; geographic origin (native); date of U.S.
introduction; images; means of introduction; impacts; current U.S.
distribution; States where reported invasive; management plans; and selected
Federal and State Government resources.
URL: http://www.gmsts.org/operations/
Host/Originating Country: Virginia Tech, Department of
Entomology / USA.
Language: English
Description: Provides data summaries by state, survey maps, and a
decision-support system for reducing the rate of spread of gypsy moth in the U.S.
URL: http://www.wes.army.mil/el/pmis/pmishelp.htm
Host/Originating Country: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer
Research and Development Center, Environmental Laboratory / USA.
Language: English
Description: Access to over 100 of the worst U.S. invasive plants, including detailed and summary
information on plant biology, ecology, problems, identification, and associated
management technologies.
URL: http://plants.ifas.ufl.edu/search80/NetAns2/
Host/Originating Country: University of Florida, Center for Aquatic and
Invasive Plants, Bureau of Invasive Plant Management, Florida Department of
Environmental Protection Aquatic Plant Control Research Program, U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers / USA.
Language: English
Description: Includes annotated citations for more than 60,000 research
articles, books and reports about plant ecology, physiology, utilization and
control of freshwater aquatic, wetland, terrestrial and aquatic invasive
plants. Items in many languages dating back to the 18th century are in this
inclusive database.
Main URL: http://www.nps.gov/plants/alien/factmain.htm#pllists
URL: http://www.nps.gov/plants/alien/list/a.htm
(web format)
URL: http://www.nps.gov/plants/alien/list/WeedUS.xls
(excel file)
Host/Originating Country: National Park service and Plant Conservation Alliance (Alien Plant
Working Group) / USA.
Language: English
Description: The WeedUS database is a national referenced list of plants reported to be invasive in natural areas in
the U.S. (including Hawaii). Illustrated fact sheets
linked to species names in the list include plant descriptions, native range, nativity
status for U.S., states where invasive, national parks where invasive,
scientific name, and selected common names, management options, suggested
alternative native plants, and selected links to relevant people and
organizations.
120.
Exotic Plant Information Center (EPICENTER) (Great Lakes region)
URL: http://www.glifwc.org/epicenter/
Host/Originating Country: Great Lakes Indiana Fish and Wildlife Commission / USA.
Language: English
Description: Established to raise awareness of several invasive
non-native plants and their ecological impacts in the upper Great Lakes region; to provide effective tools
for educational, management, and research needs.
URL: http://www.fleppc.org/database/data_intro.htm
Host/Originating Country: Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council (FLEPPC),
Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Invasive Plant
Management / USA.
Language: English
Description: Contains over 5,000 sight records of infestations of Exotic
Pest Plant Council Category I and Category II
species in Florida public lands and waters. Records
are from local, state, and federal parks and preserves. Some records document
infestations in regularly disturbed public lands such as highway or utility
rights-of-way.
URL: http://www.regionalconservation.org/ircs/DatabaseChoice.asp
Host/Originating
Country: The
Institute for Regional Conservation / USA.
Language: English
Description: Lists exotic plant taxa on
conservation lands in a 19 county area defined as the South Florida Ecosystem
by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. * Requires registration.
URL: http://www.wildflorida.org/critters/exotics/exotics.asp
Host/Originating
Country: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Commission / USA
Language: English
Description: Basic statistics on over numbers
of exotic species, established and breeding exotic species populations,
populations trends, lists of exotic species along with the number of Florida counties they occur in. Exotic
species lists include 196 species of birds, 30 mammal species, 47 reptile
species and 4 amphibian species. Species names in the lists are hyperlinks to
species fact sheets containing information on year of introduction or first
record, established status, estimated Florida range, statewide trend, threats to natives, species account, habitats,
a distribution map, references and links to more information.
URL: http://endeavor.des.ucdavis.edu/weeds/
Host/Originating Country: California State Department of Food & Agriculture, California Interagency Noxious Weed
Coordinating Committee, U.S. Bureau of Land Management; University of California-Davis / USA.
Language: English
Description: Contains weed eradication project profiles for invasive
weeds, in California, including targeted invasive name(s); targeted species for
(re)introduction; project location; lead and participating agencies; controls
used; time frame for project; resource issues; and project contact information.
Users can view the data by project, by targeted invasive, by county, or by
control method.
URL: http://groups.ucanr.org/ceppc/index.cfm
Host/Originating Country: California
Invasive Plant Council / USA.
Language: English
Description: Includes a list of invasive plants in California based on information submitted by
land managers, botanists, and researchers throughout the state, and on
published sources; access to Invasive Plants of California Wildlands book
online;
URL: http://cain.nbii.gov/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=../html/cain/crisis/crisismaps/crisis.map&mode=browse&layer=state&layer=county
Host/Originating
Country: California Information Node, National
Biological Information Infrastructure / USA.
Language: English
Description: Maps of geo-referenced weed point
observations and associated data in the North American regions of California and the Southwest.
URL: http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/phpps/ipc/encycloweedia/encycloweedia_hp.htm
Host/Originating
Country: California
Department of Food and Agriculture, University of California, Davis / USA
Language: English
Description: Information on identification,
biology, management of plants defined as noxious weeds by california State law. Includes list of weeds sorted by common and scientific
name; noxious weed photographic gallery; list of weeds with country of origin,
list of weeds sorted by pest rading; federal noxious weed list and other
information resources related to weed species.
URL: http://sbsc.wr.usgs.gov/research/projects/swepic/swepic.asp
Host/Originating
Country: U.S. Geological Survey / USA.
Language: English
Description: Database of exotic plant distribution and status for the Colorado
Plateau and the greater southwestern United States.
URL: http://sbsc.wr.usgs.gov/research/projects/swepic/swemp/swempA.asp
Host/Originating Country: U.S. Geological Survey, Colorado Plateau Field Station (CPFS) / USA.
Language: English
Description: A regional database of non-native invasive plant
distribution maps for the southwestern United States (Arizona, New Mexico and adjacent areas of adjoining states).
URL: http://nbii-nin.ciesin.columbia.edu/ipane/
Host/Originating
Country: University of Connecticut / USA.
Language: English
Description: Provides access to invasive plant databases for the New England region, joined or linked to
geographic boundary files for New England states,
counties, towns, and other geographical areas, invasive plant species profiles,
an invasive plant reporting system, distribution maps, and images.
URL: http://agdc.usgs.gov/akepic/
Host/Originating
Country: U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center (ASC) / USA.
Language: English
Description: Regional database of GIS-based exotic plant distribution
maps for Alaska.
URL: http://cnipm.org/plants.html
Host/Originating
Country: Alaska Committee for Noxious and Invasive
Plants Management / USA.
Language: English
Description: List of 24 invasive plant species.
Provides information on each species including photographs, basic taxonomy,
description, and control methods.
URL: http://www.mda.state.mn.us/weedcontrol/
Host/Originating Country: Minnesota Department of Agriculture / USA.
Language: English
Description: A database of Minnesota state weed biocontrol project data, providing federal, state, and
county agencies a means for assessing the status of natural enemy releases and
the effects they are having on their target weeds.
URL: http://www.weedcenter.org/
Host/Originating
Country: Montana State University / USA.
Language: English
Description: Includes the CIPM Noxious Weeds
Database
URL: http://www2.eli.org/research/invasives/invasives_form.cfm
Host/Originating
Country:
Environmental Law Institute, USA
Language: English
Description: Searchable database, summarizing laws affecting invasive
species management in each of the 50 United States.
URL: http://www.exoticforestpests.org/
Host/Originating
Country: North America Forest Commission / USA,
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service / USA.
Language: English, French, Spanish
Description: Identifies exotic insects, mites
and pathogens with potential to cause significant damage to North American
forests. Contains background information and fact sheets for each pest.
URL: http://extension.usu.edu/weedweb/
Host/Originating
Country: Rangeland
Resources Department of Utah
State University, Utah and Idaho
Cooperative Weed Management Area / USA
Language: English
Description: Introduction and definition of
noxious weeds, current status in North America, control methods, color photo
library of weeds, identifying characteristics and ecology of 10 noxious weeds
common “in the west”.
URL: http://www.blm.gov/weeds/
Host/Originating
Country: Bureau of
Land Management (BLM) / USA.
Language: English
Description: Access to weed species information
by U.S. State (Alaska, California, Colorado, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Utah, Wyoming).
URL: http://www.uvm.edu/albeetle/
Host/Originating
Country: University of Vermont / USA.
Language: English
Description: Provides description of the ALB
problem, identification, host tree information, biological, management,
infestation reports, distribution maps, research resources, contact numbers,
products and publications relating to the issue.
URL: http://www.invasiveplants.net
Host/Originating Country: Cornell University Ecology & Management of
Invasive Plants Program / USA.
Language: English
Description: Provides information on Phragmites, Purple Loosestrife,
Garlic Mustard, Water Chestnut, Japanese Knotweed, Giant Hogweed including
monitoring protocols, biocontrol information, resources and related events.
URL: http://bp.gsfc.nasa.gov/s2i.html
Host/Originating
Country: National
Aeronautics and Space Administration Office of Earth Science, United
States Geological
Survey / USA.
Language: English
Description: A National Invasive Species
Forecasting System for the early detection, remediation, management, and
control of invasive species on Department of Interior and adjacent lands.
URL: http://www.rce.rutgers.edu/weeds/
Host/Originating
Country: Rutgers Cooperative Extension / USA.
Language: English
Description: A collection of photos and
descriptions of 133 agricultural weeds found in New Jersey, indexed by common name, latin name, thumbnail images and
contains selected references. Includes a list of print resources for weed
identification.
URL: http://www.weeds.iastate.edu/weed-id/weedid.htm
Host/Originating
Country: Iowa State University Extension, Department of Agronomy /
USA.
Language: English
Description: Weed seedling identification
images for 20 weed species. Includes Identification of the weedy pigweeds
and waterhemps of Iowa http://www.weeds.iastate.edu/weed-id/waterhemp/default.htm
guide.
URL: http://www.msue.msu.edu/msue/iac/e1363/e1363.htm
Host/Originating Country: Michigan State University / USA
Language: English
Description: Graphical identification key for
grass and grasslike weeds.
URL: http://www.cwma.org/2_bad_weed.html
Host/Originating
Country: Colorado Weed Management Council / USA.
Language: English
Description: Includes list of 43 ‘Troublesome
Weeds’; 8 ‘Ornamental Weeds’; and 5 ‘Potential Invaders’ plant species.
Information provided for each species includes photographs and basic
description, origin, invasive character and associated problems.
URL: http://www.ipcnys.org/pages/top%2020.htm
Host/Originating Country: Invasive Plant Council of NYS / USA.
Language: English
Description: Primary list of invasive plants in
New York State. Provides information on 24 plant species including
photographs, biology, habitat, origin, NY range, spread, and associated
problems.
URL: http://sciweb.nybg.org/science2/hcol/inva/index.asp
Host/Originating
Country: The New York Botanical Garden, International Plant Science Center, Virtual Herbarium / USA.
Language: English
Description: Online catalog of invasive plant
herbarium specimens providing brief information on each specimen including
location where collected, collector name and collection date, description,
habitat where collected, and other identication information such as specimen ID
code. Search results can be downloaded in spreadsheet format (comma separated
values – csv file).
URL: http://www.nwcb.wa.gov/weed_list/weed_listhome.html
Host/Originating
Country: Washington State Noxious Weed Control Board / USA
Language: English
Description: Access to several categorized weed
species lists. Provides information on each species including photographs,
basic taxonomy, description and variation, economic importance, habitat,
geographical distribution, history (of introduction), growth and development,
reproduction, response to herbicide, response to cultural methods, response to
mechanical methods, biocontrol potentials, rationale for listing, and
references.
URL: http://www.mdinvasivesp.org/invasive_species_md.html
Host/Originating
Country: Maryland Invasive Species Council / USA.
Language: English
Description: Lists of invasive insects, other
invertebrates, vertebrates, aquatic plants, terrestrial plants, viruses, fungi
and other organisms. Provides information on each species including scientific
and common names, photographs, basic description and links to other related
State resources.
URL: http://www.oneplan.org/Crop/noxWeeds/nxWeed00.htm
Host/Originating
Country: Idaho State partners to the ’OnePlan’ Program / USA
Language: English
Description: Information on 35 weed species
indexed by common name, and including background (history of introduction and
establishment), images, physical descriptions, distribution in the state of Idaho and control methods. Online version
of Idaho’s Noxious Weeds, by Robert H. Callihan and Timothy W. Miller.
URL: http://www.ppws.vt.edu/weedindex.htm
Host/Originating Country: Virginia Tech Department of Plant
Pathology, Physiology & Weed Science / USA
Language: English
Description: Includes a Grass Weed
Identification Key, and alphabetical weed index. Information provided for each
weed species includes photographs (mature and seedling), description (mature
and seedling), and identifying characteristics.
URL: http://web.aces.uiuc.edu/weedid/
Host/Originating
Country: University of Illinois, USA.
Language: English
Description: Online weed identification tool
allowing users to describe type (grass, grass-like, broadleaf, both), foliage,
floral, growth and life cycle characteristics to identify a weed species.
Displays a list of weed species that is tailored as user’s selections become narrow
the possibilities for identification. Information provided on each species
includes photographs, scientific name, brief morphological description, growth
habit, life cycle, habitat and comments.
URL: http://www.psu.missouri.edu/fishel/Default.htm
Host/Originating
Country: University of Missouri / USA
Language: English
Description: Lists of Weeds of Field Crops and
Pastures; Weeds of Ornamentals and Turfgrass; and Weeds of Aquatic Sites.
Information provided for each weed species includes photographs and brief
descriptive text. A Summer Broadleaf Plant Key; Grasses and Grasslike Plant
Key; and a Winter and Early Spring Broadleaf Plant Key, also provide access to
photographs and brief descriptive text.
URL: http://www2.msstate.edu/~jbyrd/turfweed.html
Host/Originating
Country: Mississippi State University / USA
Language: English
Description: List of weed species by common
name. Information provided for each species includes photographs.
URL: http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/land/er/invasive/index.htm
Host/Originating
Country: Wisconsin
Department of Nature Resources / USA.
Language: English
Description: Lists of non-native plants and
animals. The plant list is divided into groups of trees, shrubs, vines, forbs,
grasses, and aquatics, including indications of species that are currently sold
by plant nurseries in the U.S. State of Wisconsin. Species are listed by common
and scientific name. Some names are linked to species profile pages containing
detailed information on description, distribution and habitat, life history and
impacts, control methods, and additional external links to information on each
species. The list of non-native animals includes 15 species of vertebrate,
invertebrate, terrestrial and aquatic organisms. Each organism’s name is linked
to a page that lists internal and external links to information on the species
or programs/projects relating to the species.
URL: http://www.btny.purdue.edu/Extension/Weeds/NoTillID/NoTillWeedID1.html
Host/Originating Country: Purdue University / USA
Language: English
Description: Common name index of 15 weed
species including basic information on common and scientific name, life cycle,
control methods and photos of flowers, seedlings, and specific morphological
characteristics (e.g. stems, leaves etc.).
URL: http://science.nature.nps.gov/im/monitor/invasives.htm
Host/Originating
Country: National
Park Service / USA
Language: English
Description: Includes information on the NPS
Invasive Species Management Policy, monitoring guidelines for invasive plants,
animals and other taxa, lists of prioritization tools, a list of databases,
statistical resources, meetings and conferences, education and outreach,
agencies and organizations, related websites and reports, research, references
and invasive species bibliographies.
URL: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/TOPIC_Insects,_Plant_Diseases,_Pesticides,_and_Weeds
Host/Originating
Country: University of Florida Cooperative Extension / USA
Language: English
Description: Directory style information on
Invasive Species in general (e.g. control), invasive insects, arachnids,
molluscs and gastropods, weeds and animals. Information on each invasive
species includes backgroun, description, range and habitat, food, reproduction,
problems and solutions, control methods, legal aspects, suggested readings, and
graphics.
URL: http://www.co.stevens.wa.us/weedboard/weed_list.htm
Host/Originating
Country: Stevens County Noxious Weed Control Board / USA
Language: English
Description: Information on identification,
maps, biocontrol methods for weed species in Stevens County, Washington
states, USA. Specific information includes
photographic images, identifying traits, biology and ecology, control
(prevention, biological, cultural, mechanical, chemical), and location of
observations.
URL: http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/cw_smith/aliens.htm
Host/Originating
Country: University of Hawaii, Botany Department / USA
Language: English
Description: HTML information pages for species
listed by species and common names, containing photographic images, plant and
invasion population descriptions.
URL:
http://www.weedalert.com
Host/Originating
Country: PBI/Gordon, Inc./ USA.
Language: English
Description:. Online source for turf weed
control options. Weed information for North America (divided into four major regions). Includes weed images,
descriptions, control recommendations, germination dates, university links,
links to weed and turf related societies, environmental issues (e.g. 2,4-D task
force), research, and industry trade journals.
URL: http://home.sandiego.edu/~tmcglynn/exotic.htm
Host/Originating
Country: Terrence
P. McGlynn, Department of Biology,
University of San Diego / USA
Language: English
Description: Draft database of names and
geographic distribution data of the known non-native ant species of the world
including historical observation and introduction records, maps, references;
and a directory of researchers (expertise).
URL: http://research.amnh.org/entomology/social_insects/introduced.html
Host/Originating
Country: American Museum of Natural History / USA
Language: English
Description: Searchable database on introduced
social insects (ants, bees, wasps, termites) providing taxonomic information,
photographic images, biology, distribution, damage, control, and references for
each species where available. A component of the Social Insects World Wide Web
(SIWeb).
URL: http://www.bugwood.org/
Host/Originating
Country: The
Bugwood Network and ForestryImages Image Archive and Database Systems, University of Georgia - Warnell School of Forest Resources and College of
Agricultural and Environmental Sciences - Dept. of Entomology / USA
Language: English
Description: Distributes digital information in
the fields of entomology, forestry, forest health and natural resources.
Provides access to numerous databases containing digital images, fact sheets, publications,
IMP resources, research information, and links to information relating to insect,
fungal, herbaceous and other forest pest species including:-
i.
Invasive and
Exotic Species of North America – INVASIVE.ORG (USDA-FS)
URL: http://www.invasive.org/
Description: Over 8,300 images, including over 1,000 new images of
invasive species (including many weeds) and their biological control agents.
Although most images are North American in nature, the system also contains
images of organisms that are "Non-U.S. Natives", or are considered to
be "U.S. Invasives".
ii.
Forest Pests of North America
URL: http://www.forestpests.org/
Descripton: Photographs of forest pests (insects, diseases & other
damage agents) as well as linked access to online information, fact sheets,
publications, etc. concerning forest pest species.
iii. Georgia
Integrated Pest Management
URL: http://www.gaipm.org/
Description: Photos and information on integrated pest management of
agricultural crop pest species. Includes a list of the Top 50 Insects
Important to Agriculture in Georgia.
URL: http://enature.com/native_invasive/invasives.asp
Host/Originating Country: National Wildlife Federation / USA
Language: English
Description: Searchable online database lists
of a selection of the plants that are best avoided in the U.S. garden because they can be weedy or invasive. The
lists present a selection of plants for each State, rather than a comprehensive
list of all the plants that might be undesirable in the State.
URL: http://www.teamarundo.org/
Host/Originating
Country: / USA.
Language: English
Description: Forum of local, state, and federal
organizations dedicated to the control of Arundo donax (giant reed), in Central
and Northern California. Includes and experts database, a
projects inventory, survey and monitoring database, educational materials,
reference library, and a listserv.
URL: http://www.nybg.org/bsci/hcol/inva/
Host/Originating
Country: New York Botanical Garden / USA.
Language: English
Description: Herbarium specimen-based database
of invasive plant species in the U.S.
according to Federal Noxious Weed List and/or the State List of Regulated
Noxious Weeds, both published by the United States Department of Agriculture.
URL: http://www.lsc.usgs.gov/gis/dists/ViewSpecies.asp
Host/Originating
Country: US
Geological Survey Leetown Science Center / USA.
Language: English
Description: Online tracking system for
reporting and mapping invasive species in the state of Delaware. All plant records. Basic species
profiles.
URL: http://www.texasinvasives.org/Invasives_Database/Invasives.html
Host/Originating
Country:
Language: English
Description: Database of plants known to occur
in or around Texas that are suspected of causing
invasive problems. Species profiles include digital images and information on
taxonomy, habitat, description, history, biology and spread, ecological threat,
look-alike or similar species, alternatives, management options, distribution,
data sources, and references.
USA Context – Aquatic IAS Databases
URL: http://www.fao.org/waicent/faoinfo/fishery/statist/fisoft/dias/index.htm
Host/Originating Country: Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) of
the United Nations.
Language: English
Description: Database of 3,150 records for
introduced freshwater fish, mollusks, crustaceans, and marine species.
URL: http://www.cce.cornell.edu/programs/nansc/nan_ld.cfm
Host/Originating Country: Cornell Cooperative Extension
(CCE), Cornell University, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), State University of New
York / USA.
Language: English
Description: International library of research, public policy, and
outreach education publications pertaining to invasive marine and fresh-water
aquatic nuisance species in North America.
URL:
http://invasions.si.edu/nemesis/index.html
Host/Originating
Country:
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) / USA.
Languages: English
Description: Lists exotic marine and estuarine species in coastal bays
of the continental United
States. Currently
provides access to the Chesapeake Bay Introduced Species Database.
URL: http://invasions.si.edu/NBIC/ballast.html
Host/Originating
Country:
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) / USA.
Languages: English
Description: Information on ballast water and ballast-mediated invasion
including; spatial and temporal patterns of ballast water delivery and
management, patterns and rates of marine and estuarine invasions, directory of
ongoing and past research on ballast water and ballast-mediated invasions.
URL: http://invasions.si.edu/NIS.htm
Host/Originating Country: Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
(SERC) / USA.
Language: English
Description: Contains synonomy, common names, invasion history,
invasion mechanism, date of introduction, source region, history of spread,
population biology, life-history characteristics, abundance, community ecology,
habitat utilization, environmental tolerances, ecological interactions,
economic impacts and references for marine and estuarine alien species in U.S.
waters, including organisms that occur in tidal waters of all salinities (i.e.,
freshwater to full marine salinities). Also includes the Chesapeake Bay Nonindigenous Species List
(http://invasions.si.edu/NIS/NIS_CBList.htm).
URL: http://www.wes.army.mil/el/zebra/zmis/zmishelp.htm
Host/Originating
Country: U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center / USA.
Language: English
Description: Information identifying both adult
and immature Zebra Mussels. Includes; life history, impact, monitoring and
detection, management strategies, contaminant issues as well as an extensive
bibliography.
URL: http://www.100thmeridian.org/database.asp
Host/Originating Country: University of Texas at Arlington / USA.
Language: English
Description: Part of a cooperative effort between state, provincial,
and federal agencies to prevent the westward spread of zebra mussels and other
aquatic nuisance species in North America. Contains
zebra mussel-related information from infested states and provinces with
summary data of areas surveyed, and records of boating movements across
provincial borders within states.
URL: http://www.sgnis.org/
Host/Originating Country: National Oceanic & Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), Great Lakes Sea Grant Network / USA.
Language: English
Description: Research publications and education materials produced by
Sea Grant programs and other research institutions across the country on zebra mussels
and other aquatic nuisance species.
URL: http://www.ncddc.noaa.gov/MIS
Host/Originating Country: National Coastal Data Development Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration / USA.
Language: English
Description: Digital Aquatic Inventory and System for the Early
Detection of Invasive Species for detection, species confirmation, warning to
managers, and information on aquatic alien species. Report a species not listed
in the baseline atlas, get information on U.S.
and Canadian aquatic species, map species distributions, and acquire biological
survey and monitoring data. Natural resource managers and scientists can get
critical species information to help them assess the potential impact and
develop response strategies before an exotic species expands beyond its point
of introduction. Detailed species information includes identification
characteristics, photographs, physiological and ecological requirements,
distribution ranges, and the region to which it is endemic.
URL: http://www.ecy.wa.gov/apps/watersheds/aquaticplants/listbywria.asp
Host/Originating Country: Washington State Department of Ecology, Water Quality Program / USA.
Language: English
Description: Survey data from 1994 through 2001, for native and
non-native aquatic plant species in Washington, U.S.A.
URL: http://www.wdfw.wa.gov/fish/ans/ans1.htm
Host/Originating
Country: Washington
Department of Fish and Wildlife / USA
Language: English
Description: Information on aquatic nuisance
species in Washington State, including a list of non-indigenous marine species
and their natural ranges, a list of taxonomic experts, contacts for location
maps, a list of species of concern and related Web links.
URL: http://nas.er.usgs.gov/
Host/Originating Country: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Florida Integrated Science Center, Center for Aquatic Resource Studies / USA.
Language: English
Description: Geo-spatially referenced
biogeographic accounts of nonindigenous aquatic species in the United States, including scientific reports,
online/real-time queries, spatial data sets, regional contact lists, and
general information.
URL: http://www.esg.montana.edu/whddb/
Host/Originating Country: Montana State University, Environmental Statistics Group / USA.
Language: English
Description: Search a Whirling Disease Database and a Fish Database. Map
the results. Fish-pathogen combinations are displayed as points and circles on
a map.
URL: http://water.dnr.state.sc.us/water/envaff/aquatic/index.html
Host/Originating
Country: South Carolina Department of Natural Resources / USA.
Language: English
Description: Information about South Carolina
aquatic nuisance species including SC Aquatic Plant Management Plan, Illegal
Plant List, Habitat enhancement, and selected species such as Grass Carp and
Zebra Mussel.
URL: http://www.marineid.org/marine/html/index.html
Host/Originating
Country: Northeast
Aquatic Nuisance Species Panel / USA.
Language: English
Description: An online tool for organizing and
displaying information on marine invasive species and their distributions in
the Northwest Atlantic (USA). Includes an interactive mapping and display of
species distributions.
URL: http://bonita.mbnms.nos.noaa.gov/sitechar/spex.html
Host/Originating
Country: Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary / USA
Language: English
Description: List of terrestrial plant, algae,
invertebrate, and vertebrate alien species of the Monterey Bay National Marine
Sanctuary, including common and species name, origin, habitat and information
source.
URL: http://www.fw.umn.edu/research/ruffe/default.html
Host/Originating
Country: Northland College, University of Minnesota Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology
/ USA.
Language: English
Description: Provides a general overview and
literature synthesis on the ruffe (Gymnocephalus cernuus), detailing its
geographic distribution, taxonomy and nomenclature, morphology, evolution and
genetics, sensory physiology, habitat, reproduction and early life history, age
and growth, diet and foraging behavior, egg predation, competition, predators,
parasites and pathogens, introductions in Europe and Asia, and management.
Other components of this site include Ruffe scientific resources (annoted
bibliography, powerpoint presentations, field reports), a searchable Ruffe
scientists list, and a categorized and searchable list of online resources on
Ruffe.
URL: http://www.fw.umn.edu/research/milfoil/milfoilbc.html
Host/Originating Country: Northland College, University of Minnesota Department of Fisheries, Wildlife
and Conservation Biology / USA.
Language: English
Description: Provides descriptive information
about Eurasian watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum L.), its invasion
history and biocontrol species including the milfoil weevil (Euhrychiopsis
lecontei) with distribution maps and photographs; a bibliography, a list of
related online resources, access to a searchable literature database, current
research projects (summaries of current Eurasian watermilfoil biocontrol
research at the University of Minnesota), and a list of relevant online reports
and literature.
URL: http://www.apms.org/plants/plants.htm
Host/Originating Country: Aquatic Plant Management Society / USA and International.
Language: English
Description: Fact sheets for elevent aquatic
plant species including photographs, scientific and common names, taxonomic
information, US distribution, Worldwide
distribution, ecology, economic importance, ecological importance, and notes.
URL: http://massbay.mit.edu/exoticspecies/exoticmaps/
Host/Originating
Country: MIT Sea Grant Center for Coastal Resources / USA
Language: English
Description: Mapped observation data
(interactive maps) and species descriptions for native and non-native species
identified on and around floating docks and piers throughout the New England coast.
URL: http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/invasives/index.html
Host/Originating
Country: Minnesota
Department of Natural Resources (DNR) / USA
Language: English
Description: Lists of invasive aquatic and
terrestrial animals and plants including photographic images, species
descriptions, ID cards and guides for each species in the state of Minnesota.
URL: http://www.iisgcp.org/EXOTICSP/ans.htm
Host/Originating
Country: Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant / USA.
Language: English
Description: Collection of online information
about 31 species of vertebrate, invertebrate, and floral invasive species
including photographic images, description, impacts, geographical information
(origin, distribution), control methods, picture/image collections, related
external Web sites, other educational resources, and references.
URL: http://www.spartina.org/species.htm
Host/Originating Country: CALFED Bay-Delta Program, United States Fish and Wildlife Service Coastal Program, National Fish
and Wildlife Foundation, and the California State Coastal Conservancy / USA.
Language: English
Description: Web site of a regionally
coordinated project to address the rapid spread of four introduced and highly
invasive Spartina (cordgrass) species in the San Francisco Estuary. Includes a
species identification section containing photographs and field guides (PDF
format), distribution maps, and project-specific documentation.
URL: http://www.exoticsguide.org/
Host/Originating
Country: San
Francisco Estuary Institute / USA.
Language: English:
Description: Web site guide containing
photographs, descriptions and ecological information on
common
marine invaders (brown seaweeds, sponges, anemones, worms, snails, clams,
mussels, barnacles, crabs, moss animals, and sea squirts) in the San Francisco
Bay, California, USA.
URL: http://www2.bishopmuseum.org/algae/index.asp
Host/Originating
Country: Bishop Museum / USA
Language: English
Description: Taxonomic, descriptive, and
collection site/report information in invasive and native algae species found
in the waters around Hawaii.
URL: http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/weeds_scientific.html
Cost/Originating
Country: University of California (UC) statewide Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program,
Agriculture and Natural Resources / USA.
Languages: English
Description: Includes photos of weed species commonly found in California farms and landscapes.
URL: http://axp.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/weeds_common.html
Host/Originating
Country: University of California / USA
Language: English
Description: Photographic weed identification
gallery listed by common or scientific name, and including brief physical and
habit description, and labeled identification diagrams for weed group
identification.
URL: http://ag.msu.montana.edu/cipm/cipmpics.asp?type=list&flag=1
Host/Originating Country: Center for Invasive Plant
Management (CIPM), Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Montana State University / USA.
Language: English
Description: Lists of photographic and line-drawing
images of native and non-native invasive plant species in Montana, U.S.A.
URL: http://tncweeds.ucdavis.edu/photos.html
Host/Originating
Country: The Nature
Conservancy (TNC)/Wildland Invasive Species Team / USA.
Language: English
Description: Inventory of invasive species
images.
URL: http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/cropsystems/DC7376.html
Host/Originating
Country: University of Minnesota Extension Service / USA
Language: English
Description: Close-up photographs of common
Minnesota weed seedlings taken at the seedling and 3 - 5 leaf stages for 19
broadleaf weed species and 10 grass weed seedlings, indexed by common name.
URL: http://www.ks-agr.org/plantpest/list.asp?Folder=Noxious%20Weeds
Host/Originating
Country: Kansas
Department of Agriculture / USA
Language: English
Description: Photographic images of 14 weed
species, listed by common name.
URL: http://www.weedmanager.net/photo.html
Host/Originating
Country:
WeedManager.net / Australia
Language: English
Description: Photographic library of weed
species.
URL: http://www.wssa.net/subpages/weed/herbarium0.html
Host/Originating
Country: Weed
Science Society of America / USA
Language: English
Description: Contains pictures of many plants
that are common to North
America. Some of the
plant species listed are not generally considered weeds but may have toxic or
poisonous properties, or are otherwise of general interest as wildflowers or
herbs.
URL: http://www.umassgreeninfo.org/fact_sheets/weed_herbarium/common_name_list.htm
Host/Originating
Country: University of Massachusetts Amherst / USA
Language: English
Description: Photographic images of 129
plant/weed species listed (sortable by) scientific, common and family name.
URL: http://cropsolutions.fmc.com/Crop_Solutions/Insects_Weeds/
Host/Originating
Country: FMC
Corporation / USA
Language: English
Description: Photographic/common name index of
11grass weed species, 16 broadleaf weed species, and 1 sedge weed species.
Includes photos and information on common and scientific name, affected crops, identification,
geographic distribution and products labeled for use as weed control agents.
URL: http://invasions.bio.utk.edu/biblio_data/index.html
Host/Originating Country/Originating Country: Institute for Biological Invasions
(IBI), University of
Tennessee, Kentucky / USA.
Language: English
Description: Biological invasions library
containing books, journal articles, government reports, conference proceedings,
magazine and newspaper articles, and other ‘gray’ literature.
URL: http://www.invasive-animals.org.nz/index.html
Host/Originating Country: Massey University and University of Waikato / New Zealand.
Language: English
Description: Provides scientific information including bibliographic
databases of published research, including some abstracts, on five species of
invasive mammals in New
Zealand.
URL: http://agricola.nal.usda.gov/
Host/Originating
Country: National
Agricultural Library, U.S. Department of Agriculture / USA.
Language: English
Description: Searchable database of books,
serials, audiovisuals, journal articles, book chapters, short reports and
reprints.
URL: http://www.wisard.org/wisard/home.asp
Host/Originating
Country: WIS International / The Netherlands
Language: English
Description: A public domain information
platform providing searchable information on experts, organizations, outputs
and projects in the fields of Agricultural Research for Development (ARD),
Natural Resource Management (NRM) and sustainable development (SD) from the
mid-nineties to present.
URL: http://www.fw.umn.edu:591/
Host/Originating
Country: University of Minnesota Department of Fisheries, wildlife and conservation
Biological Filemaker Pro Instant Web Portal / USA.
Language: English
Description: Provides access to six
bibliographic databases including Weevilbib (92 citations on weevil species
relating to weed biocontrol); ShallowlakeBibl (1675 citations relating to
aquatic invasive species); SEBiblio00 (2422 citations relating to watershed
management and health), MNDNRreps (671 citations for Minnesota State Department
of Natural Resources reports), Exoticsbibl (1985 citations on exotic species),
and Aquaticplantbib (1125 citations on aquatic plants).
URL: http://aquat1.ifas.ufl.edu/milfoil.html
Host/Originating Country: Compiled by John Madsen, Center
for Aquatic and Invasive Plants, Institute of Food and Agriculture Sciences, University of Florida / USA.
Language: English
Description: List of taxonomists, ecologists,
management experts, and resource managers or lake association activists with
experience with the invasive Eurasian watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum).
URL: http://ein.nbii.gov/advsrch.html
Host/Originating
Country: U.S. Geological Survey, National Biological Information
Infrastructure / USA.
Language: English
Description: Search for ecological expertise on
exotic/introduced species.
URL: http://pestdata.ncsu.edu/ipmexperts/
Host/Originating
Country: Center for
Integrated Pest Management, U.S. Department of Agriculture / USA
Language: English
Description: Search for expertise in IPM.
URL:
http://www.iaglr.org/experts/directory.php
Host/Originating
Country:
International Association for Great Lakes
Research (IGLAR) / USA
Language: English
Description: Search for experts on aquatic
nuisance/exotic species
URL: http://www.nbii.gov/datainfo/syscollect/tred/
Host/Originating
Country: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), National Biological
Information Infrastructure (NBII) / USA.
Language: English
Description: Search for experts by name,
general or specific taxonomic expertise, geographic expertise or habitat
expertise.
URL: http://www.eti.uva.nl/Database/WTD.html
Host/Originating Country: Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI)
/ The Netherlands
Language: English
Description: This database allows users to search the World Taxonomist
Database for a name (person or institute) and/or taxonomic specialization.
URL:
http://www.eti.uva.nl/.
Host/Originating
Country:
Language: English
Description: ETI is a non-governmental organisation (NGO) in operational
relations with UNESCO. Our mission is to develop and produce scientific and
educational computer-aided information systems, to improve the general access
to and promote the broad use of taxonomic and biodiversity knowledge worldwide.
URL: http://www.faunaeur.org/partners/EXPERT_DATABASE/experts.htm
Host/Originating
Country: Fauna
Europaea Secretariat, Zoological Museum Amsterdam / The Netherlands.
Language: English
Description: Provides names and contact information of experts according
to phylum.
(Weed Management, Integrated
Pest Management etc.)
URL: http://invasions.si.edu/aird.htm
Host/Originating Country: Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC)
/ USA.
Language: English
Description: Search for information on people, research, technology,
policy, and management issues relevant to aquatic invasions, including the
ecology of aquatic invasions (vectors, impacts, risk assessment and response), and
the ecology of ballast water.
URL: http://globallast.imo.org/index.asp?page=bwprojects.htm
Host/Originating Country: Programme Coordination Unit, Global Ballast
Water Management Programme, International Maritime Organization (IMO) / London.
Language: English
Description: Lists research and development projects focusing on the
physical, mechanical or chemical treatment of ballast water to prevent/reduce
the transfer of aquatic organisms.
URL: http://wric.ucdavis.edu/
Host/Originating Country: University of California (UC) / USA.
Language: English
Description: Search for; weed photographs/images, University of California Pest Notes, weed control and herbicide information sources,
poisonous plants sources and weed-related publications.
URL: http://www.ippc.orst.edu/cicp/
Host/Originating Country: Oregon State
University, Integrated Plant Protection Center / USA.
Language: English
Description: Search for worldwide integrated pest management
information on crops, pests, control tactics, regions, organizations and
related topics.
URL: http://axp.ipm.ucdavis.edu/index.html
Host/Originating Country: University of California / USA
Language: English
Description: California State Weed Identification guide listing 22
species by common name and including information about identification, life cycle
and biology, damage, management, and related publications for each species.
URL: http://cain.nbii.gov/weedhandbook
Host/Originating Country: California
Information Node, National Biological Information Infrastructure / USA
Language: English
Description: Online book currently in downloadable PDF format only but
planned for internet publishing. A training resource for local groups involved
in wildland weed mapping providing shared data standards and instructions on
mapping techniques.
URL: http://www.agnic.org/
Host/Originating
Country: A
voluntary alliance of the National Agricultural Library (NAL), land-grant
universities and other agricultural organizations, in cooperation with citizen
groups and government agencies. USA.
Language: English
Description: Search for; publications,
references, and online databases related to exotic/ invasive species and
agriculture.
URL: http://www.css.cornell.edu/WeedEco/WeedDatabase/index2.html
Host/Originating
Country: Center for
Invasive Plant Management in the Western United States, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Cornell University / USA.
Language: English
Description: Lists ecological data and general weed
management strategies for the most common and difficult to control weed species
in the state of New
York. Includes weed
descriptions, color photographs of weed life history stages, tips on
distinguishing the species from similar looking species, summaries of major
control strategies, and statements about various aspects of the species'
ecology.
URL: http://tncweeds.ucdavis.edu/esadocs.html
Host/Originating
Country: The Nature
Conservancy (TNC), Wildland Invasive Species Team / USA.
Language: English
Description: Links to all TNC resources
specific to individual invasive species including invasive plant ESAs (Element
Stewardship Abstracts) written for The Nature Conservancy that summarize
relevant aspects of an organism, including its ecology and control. Also
includes species management abstracts and cultivar notes on invasive species.
URL: http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/index.html
Host/Originating Country: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service
Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory - Missoula, Montana / USA.
Language: English
Description: Literature reviews of botanical characteristics, life
cycle, habitat, succession, distribution, impacts, fire ecology, and fire
effects for 1000 plant and animal species, including 67 non-native invasive
species.
URL: http://www.bonap.org/ & http://www.invasivespecies.org/Bonap/
Host/Originating
Country: North Carolina Botanical Garden; University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill, USDA, APHIS / USA.
Language: English
Description: Search for information on all vascular plants and
vertebrate species (native, naturalized, and adventive) of the United States and Canada.
URL: http://www.bishopmuseum.org/research/natsci/invert/phlegacy.html
Host/Originating Country: Bishop Museum, The State Museum of Natural and
Cultural History, Honolulu Hawaii / USA.
Language: English
Description: Lists taxonomic names and identifying authorities,
collection dates, locations and references for 1141 taxa of marine algae,
invertebrates and fishes that have been collected or observed in Pearl Harbor,
Oahu, Hawaii since the first biological observations were made in the harbor in
1866. Species considered to be introduced or cryptogenic (not verifiably native
or introduced) are so designated.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/nigrp/robo.html
Host/Originating
Country: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural
Research Service (ARS), Biological Control Documentation Center (BCDC) / USA.
Language: English
Description: Contains collection, introduction,
release, culture, establishment, recolonization, and impact of non-indigenous
organisms and pollinators on pests in the United States. Includes information on arthropods (insects, mites and
ticks), nematode and other invertebrate pests, weedy plants, and microbial
(bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoa) pests.
URL: http://northeastipm.org/
Host/Originating
Country:
Cooperative Extension and Land Grant University IPM programs of the Northeast,
United States Department of Agriculture / USA.
Language: English
Description: Integrated Pest Management
resources, information, methodology and research by U.S. State.
URL: http://www.birc.org/
Host/Originating Country: Bio-Integral Resource Center (BIRC), California / USA.
Language: English
Description: Information in integrated pest
management, including publications, an Organic Database, and a Pest Control
Advisor Database.
URL: http://www.weedscience.org/in.asp
Host/Originating
Country: Herbicide
Resistance Action Committee (HRAC), North American Herbicide Resistance Action
Committee (NAHRAC), Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) / USA.
Language: English
Description: Monitors the evolution of
herbicide-resistant weeds and assesses their impact throughout the world. Supported
by global collaboration between weed scientists. Provides access to searchable
lists of researchers, herbicides, weed photographs, and herbicide resistant
weeds.
URL: http://www.envbop.govt.nz/Weeds/Weeds.asp
Host/Originating Country: Environment Bay of Plenty Regional Council / New Zealand.
Language: English
Description: Terrestrial and aquatic weed plants in New Zealand.
URL: http://www.nature.nps.gov/publications/ranking/ranking.html
Host/Originating Country: United States National Park Service (NPS) / USA
Language: English
Description: Handbook for ranking exotic plants for management and
control by Ronald D. Hiebert, National Park Service, Nebraska, USA.
URL: http://www.eman-rese.ca/eman/ecotools/protocols/terrestrial/exotics/intro.html
Host/Originating Country: Environment Canada / Canada.
Language: English
Description: Online guide to monitoring exotic and invasive plants by
Erich Haber, National Botanic Services, Ontario, Canada. Includes examples of
monitoring projects.
URL: http://www.ippc.orst.edu/cicp/gateway/Index.htm
Host/Originating
Country: Integrated
Plant Protection Center, Oregon State University / USA.
Language: English
Description: Linked list of Internet resources
on weeds and their control.
URL: http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/ent/biocontrol/
Host/Originating Country: Cornell University / USA.
Language: English, Spanish
Description: Photographs and descriptions of
biological control (or biocontrol) agents of insect, disease and weed pests in North America (currently includes individual
pages of approximately 100 natural enemies of pest species); A tutorial on the
concept and practice of biological control and integrated pest management
(IPM).
URL: http://scarab.msu.montana.edu/ipm/
Host/Originating
Country: Montana State University Extension Service / USA
Language: English
Description: Provides integrated pest
management information, guides, listings of diagnostics, personnel, reports,
species information, and pesticide information.
(Aquatic &
Terrestrial)
URL: http://nmnhgoph.si.edu/msw/
Host/Originating
Country: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Department of
Systematic Biology Vertebrate Zoology / USA.
Language: English
Description: Contains the names of the 4,629
currently recognized species of mammals, including invasive species, in a
taxonomic hierarchy that includes Order, Family, Subfamily, and Genus.
URL: http://www.fishbase.org/home.htm & http://filaman.uni-kiel.de/home.htm
Host/Originating Country: The FishBase Project, The WorldFish Center / Philippines.
Languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian,
Dutch, Swedish, Chinese.
Description: Search for taxonomic and descriptive information, for fish
species of the world, including introduced species.
URL: http://209.35.44.130/elasmo/default.asp
Host/Originating
Country: Elasmoworld.org
/ location unspecified.
Languages: English
Description: Contains over 4000 entries and over 10,000 keywords
relating to elasmobranches, including invasive elasmobranches.
URL: http://www.reefbase.org/
Host/Originating
Country: ReefBase
is a project by The WorldFish Center / Philippines, and the International Coral Reef Action Network (ICRAN) / UK, financial support by United Nations Foundation
(UNF) / USA.
Languages: English
Description: Search for coral information
including information about threats to coral reefs such as IAS.
URL: http://www.bsc-eoc.org/avibase/avibase.jsp?pg=home&lang=EN
Host/Originating Country: BirdLife International / UK
Language: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Dutch,
Portuguese, Swedish
Description: Checklists of avian species by
country – indicating total numbers of introduced species by country and status
of each species (e.g. introduced, threatened etc.).
URL: http://www.applesnail.net/
Host/Originating
Country: Stijn
Ghesquiere (PhD Student) University of Maastricht / The Netherlands
Language: Chinese, Czech, German, Spanish,
French, Italian, Korean, Hungarian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese,
Russian, Romanian, Swedish, English.
Description: Comprehensive Web site providing detailed
information about species in the apple snail family – Ampullariidae including
care (as pets), ecology, species, anatomy, embryology, genetics, pest alerts,
photographs, links, literature, graphics, and related cultural/socio-economic
and agricultural issues.
(Aquatic &
Terrestrial)
URL: http://www.fna.org/FNA/
Host/Originating Country: Flora of North America Association / USA.
Language: English
Description: Search for information on the names, taxonomic
relationships, continent-wide distributions, and morphological characteristics
of all plants native and naturalized in North America north of Mexico.
URL:
http://www.calm.wa.gov.au/florabase/index.html
Host/Originating
Country: Department
of Conservation and Land Management, Government of Western Australia / Australia.
Languages: English
Description: Search for descriptive data for
the families, genera and species of all vascular plants in the state of Western Australia, including names, images and
distribution maps for weed species. * Requires registration.
URL: http://pestdata.ncsu.edu/cropprofiles/pmcropprofiles.cfm?usdaregion=National%20Site
Host/Originating Country: U.S. Department of Agriculture / USA.
Language: English
Description:
Profiles various
crop species grown in the U.S., and
includes data about the arthropod and plant pests that affect them, including
invasive species. Search by crop type, region, and/or key terms. Each crop
profile includes listings of pest species and their potential damage,
monitoring techniques, pest life history, and possible controls.
URL: http://plants.usda.gov/
Host/Originating Country: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural
Resources Conservation Service / USA.
Language: English
Description: Provides names, checklists, automated tools,
identification information, species abstracts, distributional data, crop
information, plant symbols, plant growth data, plant materials information,
plant links, references, and other plant information, a Federal Noxious Weeds
List, a list of State Noxious Weed Reports, an Invasive Plants of the U.S. list;
and an Introduced Plants of the U.S. list.
URL: http://www.wes.army.mil/el/aqua/apis/apishelp.htm
Host/Originating Country: U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, Engineer Research
and Development Center, Environmental Laboratory / USA.
Language: English
Description: Provides information on five aquatic invasive plants
(alligator weed, Eurasian water milfoil, hydrilla, water hyacinth, and water lettuce).
URL: http://www.ildis.org/LegumeWeb/
Host/Originating
Country: School of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton / UK
Language: English
Description: Catalogue of world legume species.
Search for invasive legume species by scientific name. Results indicate
existence of weedy populations, invasion impacts, invasive potential and
status.
URL: http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/FE/fe.html
Host/Originating
Country: Royal Botanical Garden of Edinburgh / UK.
Language: English
Description: Searchable floral taxonomic
database. Non-native species distributions are indicated by symbology including
square brackets.
URL: http://www.efloras.org/
Host/Originating
Country: Harvard University / USA.
Language: English (primary) but national
resources in associated languages
Description: Web access to national floral
lists and online taxonomic keys (by botanical family) for Flora of China, Flora
of Missouri, Flora of North America, Flora of Pakistan, Moss Flora of China,
Trees and Shrubs of the Andes and Ecuador. This site accesses or is sourced from: Harvard [ActKey,
Botanical Publications, Botanical Specimens, Botanists, Flora of China, Flora
of North America, Harvard University Herbaria, Hu Cards]; the California
Academy of Sciences - Dept. of Botany; the International Plant Names Index
(IPNI); Missour Botanical Garden; Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle – Paris;
New York Botanical Garden, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Royal Botanic
Gardens Kew ePIC, Smithsonian Institution – Dept. of Botany, Tropicos, and the
Vascular Plant Type Catalog (NYBG).
URL: http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/alldb.shtml
Host/Originating Country: Missouri Botanical
Garden / USA
Language: English, national resources in associated
languages
Description:
Access to international floral checklists and databases including VAST Nomenclature
[VAScular Tropicos], VAST Bibliography, VAST Image Index, Exsiccatae Data Base
[Specimen Data], Index to Plant Chromosome Numbers (IPCN), W3Most Nomenclature
[MOSs Tropicos], W3Most Bibliography, Applied Research DNA Specimen Database,
Bryological Glossary,
Catalogue
of New World Grasses [CNWG], Flora Mesoamerica
Checklist [in Spanish], Flora of Panama Checklist, Peru Checklist, Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador [W3CEC]
Jatun Sacha
Biological Station (Ecuador), Flora of Bilsa Biological Station (Ecuador),
Flora of Yasuní National Park (Ecuador), Flora of the Cordillera del Cóndor
Project (Ecuador), Checklist and Descriptions for the Flora de Nicaragua
[Descriptions in Spanish], Flora of Madidi National Park (Bolivia), Flora of
China Checklist, Bryophyte Flora of North America (http://ridgwaydb.mobot.org/bfna/bfnamenu.htm),
