Report prepared for the Experts Meeting Towards the Implementation of a Global Invasive Species
Information Network (GISIN), 6-8 April, 2004. Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
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8/30/2004
Missouri Botanical Garden vascular
plant nomenclatural database
(TROPICOS, USA),
Biodiversity Information System (SIB, in
Colombia),
Dr. W. Eschmeyer’s Pisces (California
Academy of Sciences, USA),
Ecological Metadata Language (EML),
ZOOCODE
(
html).
German plant taxonomic standard list,
Species2000,
Bishop Museum (Hawaii, USA),
Dublin Core,
London-Insects standards, and
natural history museum standards in
general.
One respondent indicated that they were
developing a cross-walk between ITIS and
the current standard they are using.
Database Subject or Focus
The majority of databases represented by
respondents (23) focused on aquatic and
terrestrial species and twenty-one address
both flora and fauna (Figure 6). Some
respondents' databases are focused more
specifically on diseases (11), flora (11),
invertebrates (6), aquatic species (4),
terrestrial species (3), arthropods (1), or
fauna (1).
Other database subjects or foci described
by respondents included fungi (that do not
specifically cause disease); native species;
flowering plants; plants of disturbed
habitats; insects/fire; Parthenium spp.;
invasive species that are threats to Hawaii,
the Pacific, and USA agriculture; native and
invasive species of China; and taxa of
importance to agriculture, rangelands,
forestry, animal health, and aquaculture.
Database Geographic Focus
The geographic focus of the respondents’
databases is mainly National (24), with the
rest being evenly distributed among Local
(an area within one part of a country or
political unit) (16), Regional (includes more
than one country or political unit) (14), and
Global (13) (Figure 7). Responses in the
Other category included statewide, China,
Nordic, Baltic, north western Russia,
Poland, Germany, Greenland, Faroe
Islands, Pacific, and Pacific rim. One
respondent commented that databases may
be designed to be useful for local invasive
management and can be re-scaled to apply
to larger areas.
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