IUCN SSC Fwd: Global Invasive Species Database

[Tom Moritz]

FORWARDED MESSAGE [Cross-posted please forgive duplication] :

PLEASE RESPOND DIRECTLY TO: SARAH LOWE <s.lowe at auckland.ac.nz>

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>From: "Sarah Lowe" <s.lowe at auckland.ac.nz>
>Organization: Tamaki Campus Staff
>To: Invasive.Species.experts at mailhost.auckland.ac.nz
>Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 14:07:48 +1300
>X-Distribution: Moderate
>Subject: Global Invasive Species Database
>Reply-to: s.lowe at auckland.ac.nz
>Priority: normal
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>Dear invasive species people,
>
>As some of you know, the Global Invasive Species Database and Early
>Warning System, constructed here at ISSG as part of GISP (Global
>Invasive Species Programme) is now functioning, and mounted on a
>restricted access server here in Auckland. There are already eight
>species partially entered into the database, and the aim is to enter
>all 100 of the "100 of the World's Worst Invasive Species" before
>September. (After this of course, more species data will be added to
>the system).
>
>We are currently in the midst of an "acceptance testing" process, and
>this needs to be hurried, as we will soon have to "sign off" on the
>database and make the move to the long-term server.
>
>I am writing to seek nominations for further experts who would be
>willing to spend an hour or two filling out a data template for
>species on our list. The template (in Excel) is reasonably simple to
>use and comes with full instructions plus the details for accessing
>the server, to see how the database (and your data) looks.
>
>For some species, such as Rattus rattus, the ship rat, there is
>obviously a large amount of work to be done specifying its native and
>invaded ranges for example. In the case of such cosmopolitan species,
>we would seek several people who could collaborate in putting
>together this data.
>
>Each person who is the source of species data will be credited as the
>source of the information. I hope, in this way, that people might
>volunteer to take on a "caretaker" role, involving occasionally
>reviewing the database *for that species* and letting us know if
>there is anything to be added, deleted etc. This system should also
>reassure users about the quality of the data.
>
>Please look at the list of species below, and see if you could
>volunteer as an expert for that species, or whether you could
>suggest a colleague. If so, please contact me at:
>
>s.lowe at auckland.ac.nz
>
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>Acacia mearnsii (tree)
>Achatina fulica (Giant African snail)
>Acridotheres tristis (Indian myna bird)
>Aedes albopictus (Asian tiger mosquito)
>Anolis sagrei (anole)
>Anopheles sp. (mosquito)
>Anoplolepis gracilipes (crazy ant)
>Anoplophora glabripennis (Asian longhorned beetle)
>Aphanomyces astaci (crayfish plague)
>Ardisia elliptica (syn A. humilis)
>Arundo donax (giant reed)
>Asterias amurensis (northern Pacific seastar)
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>Banana bunchytop virus (plant disease)
>Bemisia tabaci complex (sweet potato whitefly)
>Bufo marinus (cane toad)
>
>Carcinus maenas (green crab)
>Caulerpa taxifolia (seaweed)
>Cecropia peltata/obtusifolia (tree)
>Cercopagis pengoi (zooplankter)
>Cervus elaphus (red deer)
>Chromolaena odorata (Siam weed)
>Chytridiomycosis (amphibian decline vector)
>Cinara cupressi (cypress aphid)
>Cinchona pubescens (plant)
>Clarias batrachus (walking catfish)
>Clidemia hirta (Koster's curse (weed))
>Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki (Formosan subterranean termite)
>Cryphonectria (prev. Endothia) parasitica (chestnut blight)
>Cyprinus carpio (carp)
>
>Dreissena polymorpha (zebra mussel)
>
>Eichhornia crassipes (water hyacinth)
>Eleutherodactylus coqui (Caribbean tree frog)
>Euglandina rosea (rosy wolf snail)
>Euphorbia esula (leafy spurge (weed))
>
>Fallopia japonica (Japanese knotweed)
>
>Gambusia affinis/holbrooki (species: CA - holbrooki, Australia -
>affinis. mosquito fish)
>
>Hedychium gardnerianum (Kahili ginger)
>Herpestes auropunctatus (small Indian mongoose)
>Hiptage benghalensis (plant)
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>Imperata cylindrica (cogon grass)
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>Khaptera trogoderma (storage pest)
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>Lantana camara (plant)
>Lates niloticus (Nile perch)
>Leucaena leucocephala (plant)
>(Ligustrum robustum)
>Linepithema humile (Argentine ant)
>Lymantria dispar (gypsy moth)
>Lythrum salicaria (purple loosestrife)
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>Melaleuca quinquenervia (tree)
>Micropterus salmoides (large-mouth bass)
>Mikania micrantha (mile-a-minute weed)
>Mimosa pigra (mimosa)
>Mnemiopsis leidyi (comb jelly)
>Morbilivirus (rinderpest)
>Mus musculus (mouse)
>Mustela erminea (stoat)
>Myocastor coypus (coypu / nutria)
>Myrica faya (fire tree)
>Mytilus galloprovincialis (mussel)
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>Oncorhynchus mykiss (rainbow trout)
>Ophiostoma ulmi (Dutch elm disease)
>Opuntia stricta (cactus)
>Oreochromis mossambicus (Mozambique tilapia)
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>Pheidole megacephala (big-headed ant)
>Phytophthora cinnamomi (agricultural disease)
>Pinus pinaster (tree)
>Platydemus manokwari (flatworm)
>Pomacea sp. (golden apple snail)
>Potamocorbula amurensis (marine clam)
>Prosopis glandulosa (mesquite)
>Psidium cattleianum (strawberry guava)
>Pueraria lobata (kudzu) (weed)
>Pycnonotus sp (bulbul) (bird)
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>Rana catesbeiana (bullfrog)
>Rubus alceifolius / ellipticus
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>Salmo trutta (brown trout)
>Schinus terebinthifolius (Brazilian pepper tree)
>Sciurus carolinensis (grey squirrel)
>Solenopsis invicta (red imported fire ant)
>Spartina anglica (estuarine plant)
>Spathodea campanulata (African tulip tree)
>Sturnus vulgaris (starling)
>Sus scrofa (pig)
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>Tamarix ramosissima (tamarisk tree)
>Trachemys scripta (red-eared slider)
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>Ulex europaeus (gorse)
>Undaria pinnatifida (Japanese "wakame" seaweed)
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>Vespula vulgaris (common wasp)
>Vulpes vulpes (red fox)
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>Wasmannia auropunctata (little fire ant)
>Wedelia trilobata (weed)
>
>
>Thank you,
>
>best wishes,
>
>Sarah
>IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group
University of Auckland (Tamaki Campus)
Private Bag 92019
Auckland
New Zealand
Tel: +64-9-3737-599 ext. 6814
Fax: +64-9-3737-042
E-mail: s.lowe at auckland.ac.nz
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FORWARDED MESSAGE [Cross-posted please forgive duplication] :

PLEASE RESPOND DIRECTLY TO: SARAH LOWE <s.lowe at auckland.ac.nz>