INTEGRATION OF INVASIVE SPECIES INFORMATION AND IMAGES AT A REGIONAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEVEL: INVASIVE.ORG. Charles T. Bargeron, Christopher W. Evans, David J. Moorhead, and G. Keith Douce, The Bugwood Network, The University of Georgia, Tifton, GA 31793. (cbargero@uga.edu)
ABSTRACT
The University of Georgia's Bugwood Network developed Invasive.org as a tool for collecting, providing and maintaining information and images related to invasive and exotic species for North America. This includes plants, insects, pathogens, nematodes, mollusks and vertebrates, as well as many biological control agents. Identification, ecology and management information is easily accessible for many of these species. Invasive.org currently provides information and/or images for over 600 different species. The project has been funded in part by the USDA Forest Service and USDA APHIS PPQ. The overall goal of the project is to cross agency and organizational barriers to provide the most useful information to the largest audience. In order to accomplish this goal cooperation is required at a regional, national and even international level.
Regional Cooperation
| Organization |
Cooperation |
| Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council |
- Develop and Host Web Site
- Adapt Invasive Plant Manual for Web Presentation
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| Georgia Exotic Pest Plant Council |
- Develop and Host Web Site
- Integrate Species List in Invasive.org System by Linking Species to Images and Information
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| Mid-Atlantic Exotic Pest Plant Council |
- Integrate Species List in Invasive.org System by Linking Species to Images and Information
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| USDA Forest Service - Southern Research Station |
- Adapt Nonnative Invasive Plants of Southern Forests for Web Presentation
- Integrate Species List in Invasive.org System by Linking Species to Images and Information
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| USDA Forest Service Forest Health Protection Southern Region |
- Develop Silvicultural Guidelines for Dealing with Invasive Plants
- Develop Invasive Species section for Encyclopedia of Southern Appalachian Forest Ecosystems
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| Regional Tropical Soda Apple Task Force |
- Develop and Host Web Site
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National Cooperation
| Organization |
Cooperation |
| USDA Forest Service - Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team |
- Adapt Publications for Web Presentation:
- Biological Control of Invasive Plants in the Eastern United States
- Invasive Plants of Asian Origin Established in the United States and Their Natural Enemies
- Biology and Biological Control of Yellow Starthistle
- Biology and Biological Control of Knapweed
- Biological Control of Hemlock Woolly Adelgid
- Assessing Host Ranges for Parasitoids and Predators used for Classical Biological Control: A Guide to Best Practice
- Proceedings of Emerald Ash Borer: Research and Technology Development Meeting
- Develop Invasive Plants of the Eastern United States: Identification and Control CD-ROM and Web Site
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| North American Forest Commission |
- Obtain and Provide Images for Exotic Forest Pest Information System for North America
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| USDA APHIS PPQ |
- Obtain and Provide Images for the Global Pest and Disease Database
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| USDA National Agricultural Library |
- Provide Images for InvasiveSpecies.org Species Profiles
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| The Nature Conservancy |
- Provide Images for Invasive Species Initiative Gallery of Pests
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International Cooperation
| Organization |
Cooperation |
| European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization |
- Obtain Images from their Quarantine Pests for Europe publication and Made Available via Invasive.org
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| Polish Forest Research Institute |
- Adapt The Atlas of Forest Insect Pests for Web Presentation
- Obtain Images from The Atlas of Forest Insect Pests publication and Made Available via Invasive.org
- Obtain Images of Native Forest Plants of Poland, Many of Which are Invasive in North America, and Made Available via Invasive.org
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| Hungarian Forest Research Institute |
- Adapt Xylophagus Insects for Web Presentation and Added Images to Invasive.org
- Adapt Leaf Mines and Leaf Miners for Web Presentation and Added Images to Invasive.org
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