Report prepared for the Experts Meeting Towards the Implementation of a Global Invasive Species
Information Network (GISIN), 6-8 April, 2004. Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Page 88
8/30/2004
The risk analysis methodology used
by Conabio is also being applied to
plant genetics – particularly for
assessing introductions of
transgenic crop species.
Taking specimen label data from diverse
Mexican and USA Herbaria, and combining
it with georeferenced data, Conabio used
Floramap to determinate the main climatic
attributes of the cactus moth’s habitat to
develop a map of areas of high cactus moth
invasion potential. They then correlated
these areas with the richest areas of
Opuntia in Mexico to identify priority areas
for monitoring.
Plans for introducing a bee species from
California for honey production in Mexico
were diverted by Conabio’s risk assessment
that indicated that introducing the bee would
pose too great a threat to the numerous
endemic bee species.
Conabio was able to identify high risk and
low risk locations for bee introduction and
provided recommendations for alternative
locations where the bee could be introduced
without threatening the endemic bee
population.
The risk analysis methodology used by
Conabio is also being applied to plant
genetics, particularly for assessing
introductions of transgenic crop species.
Mexico’s related wild cultivars must be
protected from invasion by new genetically
modified crop species. Conabio is collecting
the information needed to carry out the
necessary assessments in Mexico.
Conabio’s database provides species
profiles for native species and hopes to
provide the same for invasive species,
including original distribution, natural range,
information about preferred habitat, and
Áreas potenciales de sobreposición entre Opuntia
spp y la palomilla,
Cactoblastis
cactorum, en Norte América
Isolíneas
Isolíneas
anarajadas
anarajadas
y amarillas:
y amarillas:
Áreas de similitud ecológica para
Áreas de similitud ecológica para
la palomilla
la palomilla
Áreas en azul:
Áreas en azul:
Acumulación de
Acumulación de
especies de Opuntia
especies de Opuntia
Opuntia
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