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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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Updates
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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  consignment in transit
A consignment which passes through a country without being imported, and that may be subject to phytosanitary measures [FAO, 1990; revised CEPM, 1996...
  NPPO
National Plant Protection Organization [FAO, 1990; ICPM, 2001] Synonyms :
  contaminating pest
A pest that is carried by a commodity and, in the case of plants and plant products, does not infest those plants or plant products [CEPM, 1996; revis...
  contamination
Presence in a commodity, storage place, conveyance or container, of pests or other regulated articles, not constituting an infestation (see infestatio...
  non-quarantine pest
Pest that is not a quarantine pest for an area [FAO, 1995] Synonyms :
  naturally occurring
A component of an ecosystem or a selection from a wild population, not altered by artificial means [ISPM No. 3, 1996] Synonyms :
  natural enemy
An organism which lives at the expense of another organism in its area of origin and which may help to limit the population of that organism. This inc...
  National Plant Protection Organization
Official service established by a government to discharge the functions specified by the IPPC [FAO, 1990; formerly Plant Protection Organization (Nati...
  monitoring survey
Ongoing survey to verify the characteristics of a pest population [FAO, 1995] Synonyms :
  minimum absorbed dose
The localized minimum absorbed dose within the process load [ISPM No. 18, 2003] Synonyms :
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