The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species: Country Compendium

The Country Compendium of the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (GRIIS) is a collation of data across 196 individual country checklists of alien species, along with a designation of those species with evidence of impact at a country level. The Compendium provides a baseline for moni...

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Main Authors Mcgeoch, Melodie A, Pagad, Shyama, Bisset, Stewart, Genovesi, Piero, Groom, Quentin, Hirsch, Tim, Jetz, Walter, Ranipeta, Ajay, Schigel, Dmitry, Sica, Yanica V
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LanguageEnglish
Published Cold Spring Harbor Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press 20.04.2022
Subjects
Biodiversity
Check lists
Introduced species
Invasive species
New records
Nonnative species
Sustainable development
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Summary:The Country Compendium of the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (GRIIS) is a collation of data across 196 individual country checklists of alien species, along with a designation of those species with evidence of impact at a country level. The Compendium provides a baseline for monitoring the distribution and invasion status of all major taxonomic groups, and can be used for the purpose of global analyses of Introduced (alien, non-native, exotic) and Invasive species (invasive alien species), including regional, single and multi-species taxon assessments and comparisons. It enables exploration of gaps and inferred absences of species for countries, and provides a means for short to medium term refinement of GRIIS Checklists. The Country Compendium is, for example, instrumental, along with data on first records of introduction, for assessing and reporting on invasive alien species targets, including for the Convention on Biological Diversity and Sustainable Development Goals. The GRIIS Country Compendium provides a baseline and mechanism for tracking the spread of introduced and invasive alien species across countries globally. Competing Interest Statement The authors have declared no competing interest. Footnotes * https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6348164
DOI:10.1101/2022.04.19.488841