Biodiversity Information Science and Standards : Conference Abstract
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Corresponding author: Shyama Pagad (s.pagad@auckland.ac.nz)
Received: 27 Mar 2018 | Published: 18 May 2018
© 2018 Shyama Pagad
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Citation: Pagad S (2018) Introducing the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species: challenges with classification. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards 2: e25306. https://doi.org/10.3897/biss.2.25306
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The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (GRIIS) presents annotated country checklists of introduced and invasive species. Annotations include higher taxonomy of the species, synonyms, environment/system in which the species occurs, and its biological status in that country. Invasiveness is classified by evidenced impact in that country. Draft country checklists are subjected to a process of validation and verification by networks of country experts. Challenges encountered across the world include confusion with alien/invasive species terminology, classification of the ‘invasive’ status of an alien species and issues with taxonomic synonyms.
Checklists; Invasive species; terminology
Shyama Narayan Pagad
TDWG 2018
University of Auckland, New Zealand