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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
Basic datasheets on further species, countries, habitats and pathways
Bibliographic database of over 75,000 records (updated weekly)
Full text documents (updated weekly)
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Country datasheets now include lists of species and animal diseases and can be found on the Basic Datasheets tab
Datasheets on Pathway causes (reasons for introduction/spread) and Pathway vectors (physical means of introduction/spread) have been added to the browse tree

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  absorbed dose
Quantity of radiating energy (in gray) absorbed per unit of mass of a specified target [ISPM No. 18, 2003] Synonyms :
  acceptable risk
Means a risk level judged by Member Countries to be compatible with the protection of public health, aquatic animal health and terrestrial animal heal...
  acceptable risk
Means a risk level judged by each Member Country to be compatible with the protection of animal and public health within its territory. Synonyms :
  accidental introduction
An Introduction of an aquatic organism, including "fellow travellers", by chance, not by design. … Synonyms :unintentional introduction
  Additional Declaration
A statement that is required by an importing country to be entered on a Phytosanitary Certificate and which provides specific additional information o...
  alien
An organism, inclusive of parts, gametes or propagules that may survive and subsequently reproduce, occurring outside of its known or consensual range...
  alien invasive species
alien species which becomes established in natural or semi-natural ecosystems or habitat, is an agent of change, and threatens native biological dive...
  alien plants
Plant taxa in a given area … whose presence there is due to intentional or unintentional human involvement, or which have arrived there without the he...
  alien plants
Plant taxa in a given area whose presence there is due to intentional or accidental introduction as a result of human activity. Synonyms :exotic plant...
  alien species
With respect to a particular ecosystem, any species, including its seeds, eggs, spores, or other biological material capable of propagating that speci...
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