The use of information and communication technology, including e-resources, to deliver information has expanded rapidly in recent years. They have certain advantages including quick access to relevant and current information that may not be available through other means. There are several online...
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Williams, F.; Bundi, M.; Hill, S.; Finch, E. A.; Curry, C.; Mbugua, F.; Day, R.; Charles, L.; Richards, G.
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CABI, Wallingford, UK
Citation
CABI Working Paper, 2021, 20, pp 44 pp.
Science-based strategies to tackle biological invasions depend on recent, accurate, well-documented, standardized and openly accessible information on alien species. Currently and historically, biodiversity data are scattered in numerous disconnected data silos that lack interoperability. The...
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Groom, Q. J.; Adriaens, T.; Desmet, P.; Simpson, A.; Wever, A. de; Bazos, I.; Cardoso, A. C.; Charles, L.; Christopoulou, A.; Gazda, A.; Helmisaari, H.; Hobern, D.; Josefsson, M.; Lucy, F.; Marisavljevic, D.; Oszako, T.; Pergl, J.; Petrovic-Obradovic, O.; Prévot, C.; Ravn, H. P.; Richards, G.; Roques, A.; Roy, H. E.; Rozenberg, M. A. A.; Scalera, R.; Tricarico, E. (et al)
Citation
Frontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics, 2017, 3, 13, pp 13
Introduced pests and diseases cause such devastation due, to a great degree, to a lack of natural enemies in their introduced range, and a lack of immunity within their new hosts as they have not previously been exposed to them (Tomoshevitch et al., 2013). The threat from new pests and pathogens is ...
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Lane, C.; Barham, E.; Richards, G.; Evans, H.; Starfinger, U.; Valkenburg, J. van
Publisher
Euphresco, Paris, France
Citation
International Plant Sentinel Network (IPSN), 2016, pp 20 pp.
The European Commission has recognized the need for more stringent action to manage biological invasions and has committed to develop a dedicated legislative instrument. Under this upcoming legislation, European countries and their relevant institutions will have additional obligations and...
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Katsanevakis, S.; Genovesi, P.; Gaiji, S.; Hvid, H. N.; Roy, H.; Nunes, A. L.; Aguado, F. S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Debusscher, B.; Deriu, I.; Harrower, C.; Josefsson, M.; Lucy, F. E.; Marchini, A.; Richards, G.; Trichkova, T.; Vanderhoeven, S.; Zenetos, A.; Cardoso, A. C.
Publisher
Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre (REABIC), Helsinki, Finland
Citation
Management of Biological Invasions, 2013, 4, 1, pp 3-6
Access to timely, validated information is problematic for many personnel with direct or support roles in livestock production in rural Tanzania. To address this issue, potential users were trained in the application of the Animal Heath and Production Compendium (AHPC), a mixed-media encyclopedic...
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Asaba, J. F.; Richards, G. R.; Romney, D.; Nkonoki, E.
Publisher
International Association of Agricultural Information Specialists (IAALD), Raleigh, USA
Citation
Agricultural Information Worldwide, 2010, 3, 2, pp 83-90