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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...
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...
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...
Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. manihotis Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. manihotis (cassava bacterial blight)
Cassava bacterial blight is a major constraint on cassava cultivation and losses can be extremely severe after introduction of the pathogen, or...
  Alpinia purpurata (red ginger)
A. purpurata is an ornamental herb listed as a “cultivation escape” in the Global Compendium of Weeds (Randall, 2012)....
Thunbergia grandiflora Thunbergia grandiflora (Bengal trumpet)
T. grandiflora is a woody vine included in the Global Compendium of Weeds and it is listed as a very aggressive weed impacting...
Cochliomyia hominivorax Cochliomyia hominivorax (New World screwworm)
This disease is on the list of diseases notifiable to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). The distribution section contains data...
  Ulva reticulata (ribbon sea lettuce)
U. reticulata normally grows attached to rocky substrates but mature thalli easily detach and become free living vegetative algae....
  Utricularia gibba
U. gibba is an annual or perennial submerged or free-floating carnivorous aquatic plant. It has been identified as such a specialist...
Verbena litoralis Verbena litoralis (blue vervain)
Verbena litoralis is a short-lived herbaceous plant, native to many of the tropical areas of Central and South America....
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