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Researching invasive species

Detailed coverage of invasive species threatening livelihoods and the environment worldwide

The ISC is a constantly developing encyclopaedic resource containing:
Datasheets on over 1500 invasive species and animal diseases
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Codium fragile subsp. tomentosoides Codium fragile subsp. tomentosoides
C. fragile ssp. tomentosoides is considered as an invasive marine alga as it has the capacity to spread rapidly via asexual...
Fallopia japonica Fallopia japonica (Japanese knotweed)
F. japonica is an extremely invasive weed despite its lack of extensive sexual reproduction in most of its introduced range. It is...
Dikerogammarus villosus Dikerogammarus villosus (killer shrimp)
D. villosus is a freshwater amphipod originating from the Ponto-Caspian region. Its range expansion began in the late twentieth...
  Channa marulius
The bullseye snakehead (C. marulius) is native to a wide range of countries in southern Asia and India and has been introduced to...
  Alocasia macrorrhizos (giant taro)
A. macrorrhizos is a fast-growing herbaceous plant, growing up to 5 m in height, which has been intentionally introduced in many...
Synchytrium endobioticum Synchytrium endobioticum (wart disease of potato)
Wart disease of potato is so important that quarantine and domestic legislation has been in force globally for more than 65 years to prevent its...
  Setaria palmifolia (palm grass)
S. palmifolia is a robust perennial grass of the wet tropics that grows up to 2 m tall. It is native to Asia but has been...
Ambrosia artemisiifolia Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed)
A. artemisiifolia is an aggressive and competitive weed in several crops, but its effect on crop yield depends on emergence relative to the crop,...
Procambarus clarkii Procambarus clarkii (red swamp crayfish)
Procambarus clarkii is a freshwater decapod crustacean native to North America - northeastern Mexico and the south central USA from...
  Neovison vison (American mink)
Mustela vison (American mink) is part of the mustelid family (order Carnivora). They...
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