RINSE - Pathways and vectors of biological invasions in Northwest Europe
Citation
Zieritz A, Gallardo B, Baker S J, Britton R, van Valkenburg J L, Verreycken H, Aldridge D, Desmet P, Reyserhove L (2021). RINSE - Pathways and vectors of biological invasions in Northwest Europe. Version 1.4. Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO). Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/guejza accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-14.Description
RINSE - pathways and vectors of biological invasions in Northwest Europe is a species checklist dataset published by the Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO). It contains detailed information on 359 taxa, comprising all non-native Mollusca, Osteichthyes (bony fish), Anseriformes (wildfowl), Mammalia and all non-native, invasive Angiospermae occurring in the wild in the Two Seas region countries (Great Britain, France, Belgium and the Netherlands). This dataset is the result of the screening of 33 national and international print and online sources by Zieritz et al. (2017, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-016-1278-z), where it was originally published as supplementary material (Table S2). Here it is published as a standardized Darwin Core Archive and includes for each taxon: the scientific name, higher classification and stable taxon identifier (in the taxon core), the country where it is established as a non-native taxon, the year of first introduction and last assessment in that specific country (given as a year range in the event date in the distribution extension), coarse habitat information (in the species profile extension), the pathway(s) of introduction and native range(s) (in the description extension) and an overview of the consulted literature for each taxon (in the literature references extension). Issues with the dataset can be reported at: https://github.com/trias-project/rinse-pathways-checklist
We have released this dataset to the public domain under a Creative Commons Zero waiver. We would appreciate it if you follow the INBO norms for data use (https://www.inbo.be/en/norms-data-use) when using the data. If you have any questions regarding this dataset, don't hesitate to contact us via the contact information provided in the metadata or via https://twitter.com/LifeWatchINBO.
This dataset was published as open data for the TrIAS project (Tracking Invasive Alien Species http://trias-project.be, Vanderhoeven et al. 2017), with technical support provided by the Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO). It is selected as one of the authoritative sources for the compilation of a unified and reproducible checklist of alien species in Belgium.
Sampling Description
Study Extent
See Zieritz et al. (2017)Sampling
See Zieritz et al. (2017)Quality Control
See step description.Method steps
- The source data for this standardized checklist is a Word file, originally published as Table S2 in the supplementary material of Zieritz et al. (2017) (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10530-016-1278-z#SupplementaryMaterial)
- This raw data file was reformatted to an Excel file to make it more machine-readable and uploaded to a GitHub repository (https://github.com/trias-project/rinse-pathways-checklist). See https://trias-project.github.io/rinse-pathways-checklist for an introduction to this repository and the mapping of this dataset.
- The source references for each record, originally included in the supplementary material of Zieritz et al. (2017), were also reformatted to an Excel file and uploaded to the Github repository.
- We developed an RMarkdown script to document and perform the transformation of the data to Darwin Core, which includes the following steps:
- Perform some basic cleaning of the raw data and scientific names.
- Generate stable and unique identifiers for each taxon (taxonID).
- Create a taxon core file (http://rs.gbif.org/core/dwc_taxon.xml), with information about the higher classification.
- Create a literature references extension file (http://rs.gbif.org/extension/gbif/1.0/references.xml), with information about the consulted literature for each taxon.
- Create a distribution extension file (http://rs.gbif.org/extension/gbif/1.0/distribution.xml), including the cleaning and reformatting of date information.
- Create a species profile extension file (http://rs.gbif.org/extension/gbif/1.0/speciesprofile.xml), with coarse habitat information.
- Create a description extension file (http://rs.gbif.org/extension/gbif/1.0/description.xml), with standardized pathway of introduction (using the pathway vocabulary from the Convention on Biological Diversity (2014)) and native range (using the WGSRPD vocabulary from Brummitt (2001) where applicable).
- The resulting Darwin Core data files are uploaded to the INBO IPT and documented with metadata.
- The dataset is published and registered with GBIF.
Taxonomic Coverages
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Plantaerank: kingdom
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Animaliarank: kingdom
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Molluscarank: phylum
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Chordatarank: phylum
Geographic Coverages
Bibliographic Citations
- Brummitt RK (2001) World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (Ed. 2). Published for the International Working Group on Taxonomic Databases for Plant Sciences (TDWG) by the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh. http://grassworld.myspecies.info/sites/grassworld.myspecies.info/files/tdwg_geo2.pdf -
- Convention on Biological Diversity (2014) Pathways of introduction of invasive species, their prioritization and management. UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/18/9/Add.1. Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Montreal. https://www.cbd.int/doc/meetings/sbstta/sbstta-18/official/sbstta-18-09-add1-en.pdf -
- Vanderhoeven S, Adriaens T, Desmet P, Strubbe D, Backeljau T, Barbier Y, Brosens D, Cigar J, Coupremanne M, De Troch R, Eggermont H, Heughebaert A, Hostens K, Huybrechts P, Jacquemart A, Lens L, Monty A, Paquet J, Prévot C, Robertson T, Termonia P, Van De Kerchove R, Van Hoey G, Van Schaeybroeck B, Vercayie D, Verleye T, Welby S, Groom Q (2017) Tracking Invasive Alien Species (TrIAS): Building a data-driven framework to inform policy. Research Ideas and Outcomes 3: e13414. https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.3.e13414 -
- Zieritz A, Gallardo B, Baker SJ, Britton RJ, van Valkenburg JLCH, Verreycken H, Aldridge DC (2017) Changes in pathways and vectors of biological invasions in Northwest Europe. Biological Invasions 19: 1. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-016-1278-z -
Contacts
Alexandra Zieritzoriginator
University of Cambridge
GB
email: alexandra.zieritz@cantab.net
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0305-8270
Belinda Gallardo
originator
University of Cambridge
GB
email: galla82@hotmail.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1552-8233
Simon J. Baker
originator
Natural England
GB
Robbert Britton
originator
Bournemouth University
GB
Johan L.C.H. van Valkenburg
originator
Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority
NL
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7281-7819
Hugo Verreycken
originator
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
BE
email: hugo.verreycken@inbo.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2060-7005
David Aldridge
originator
University of Cambridge
GB
email: d.aldridge@zoo.cam.ac.uk
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9067-8592
Peter Desmet
originator
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
BE
email: peter.desmet@inbo.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8442-8025
Lien Reyserhove
originator
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
BE
email: lien.reyserhove@inbo.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7484-9267
Peter Desmet
metadata author
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
BE
email: peter.desmet@inbo.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8442-8025
Lien Reyserhove
metadata author
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
BE
email: lien.reyserhove@gmail.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7484-9267
Alexandra Zieritz
administrative point of contact
University of Cambridge
GB
email: alexandra.zieritz@cantab.net
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0305-8270