The importance of open data for invasive alien species research, policy and management

Quentin J Groom; Peter Desmet; Sonia Vanderhoeven; Tim Adriaens

doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.3391/mbi.2015.6.2.02

The importance of open data for invasive alien species research, policy and management

Quentin J Groom, Peter Desmet, Sonia Vanderhoeven, Tim Adriaens

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Rapidly changing environmental conditions and the increasing establishment of invasive alien species present many challenges for policy makers, managers and researchers. The traditional policies for data management, or lack thereof, are obstructing an adequate response to invasive alien species, which requires accurate and up-to-date information. This information can only be provided if data regarding invasive alien species are available and useable by all, irrespective of country, status or purpose. The best way forward is for researchers to publish their data openly, by making use of repositories in which the data are licenced in a permissive manner, while making sure they are credited by the adequate provision of citation. Reducing the barriers to data sharing will improve our ability to respond to the growing issue of biological invasions.

Original language	English
Journal	Management of Biological Invasions
Volume	6
Issue number	2
Pages (from-to)	119–125
Number of pages	7
ISSN	1989-8649
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3391/mbi.2015.6.2.02
Publication status	Published - 3-Feb-2015

Thematic list

Invasive species (nature management)
Invasive species (fauna management)
Invasive species (management)
Invasive species (species diversity)
Amphibians and reptiles

EWI Biomedical sciences

B003-ecology

Taxonomic list

amphibians (Amphibia)
Amerikaanse stierkikker
Amerikaanse brulkikker
Lithobates catesbeianus
Rana catesbeiana
stierkikker

Policy

biodiversity policy

Free keywords

open data
IAS
invasive alien species
invasive species
exoten

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Bestrijding van de Amerikaanse stierkikker in Vlaanderen
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Improving Darwin Core for research and management of alien species
Groom, Q., Desmet, P., Reyserhove, L., Adriaens, T., Oldoni, D., Vanderhoeven, S., Baskauf, S. J., Chapman, A., McGeoch, M., Walls, R., Wieczorek, J., Wilson, J. R. U., Zermoglio, P. F. F. & Simpson, A., 10-Oct-2019, In: Biodiversity Information Science and Standards. 3, p. e38084
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Information on measures and related costs in relation to species included on the Union list: American bullfrog Lithobates catesbeianus. Technical note prepared by IUCN for the European Commission.
Adriaens, T., Brys, R., Halfmaerten, D. & Devisscher, S., 2019, 64 p. (Information on measures and related costs in relation to species included on the Union list)
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The importance of open data for invasive alien species research, policy and management

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EWI Biomedical sciences

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Policy

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Bestrijding van de Amerikaanse stierkikker in Vlaanderen

Improving Darwin Core for research and management of alien species

Information on measures and related costs in relation to species included on the Union list: American bullfrog Lithobates catesbeianus. Technical note prepared by IUCN for the European Commission.

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