Risk assessment of invasive taxa in Sweden

doi:10.15468/yrayvw

Risk assessment of invasive taxa in Sweden

Citation

SLU Artdatabanken (2024). Risk assessment of invasive taxa in Sweden. Version 1.8. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/yrayvw accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-03-26.

Description

List of risk assessed taxa known to have been introduced to Sweden, or taxa that could be introduced, and where the risk for invasiveness was assessed as ‘Very high risk’, ‘High risk’ or ‘Potentially high risk’ according to the analyses made 2018–2019 through the risk assessment method GEIAA (https://www.artdatabanken.se/globalassets/ew/subw/artd/1-om-arter-och-natur/om-biologisk-mangfald/om-frammande-arter/gl-3-3.pdf). For the full list see https://www.artdatabanken.se/globalassets/ew/subw/artd/6-publikationer/29.-artdatabankens-risklista/rapport_klassifisering_av_frammande_arter2.pdf.

Taxonomic Coverages

All life with a focus on multicellular organisms.

Viruses
common name: Viruses rank: kingdom
Bacteria
common name: Bacteria rank: kingdom
Archaea
common name: Archaea rank: kingdom
Animalia
common name: Animals rank: kingdom
Chromista
common name: chromists rank: kingdom
Eukarya unassigned
common name: Unassigned eukaryotes rank: kingdom
Fungi
common name: Fungi rank: kingdom
Plantae
common name: Plants rank: kingdom
Protozoa
common name: Protozoans rank: kingdom

Geographic Coverages

The country of Sweden including the area of Sweden’s Economic Zone (EEZ).

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

originator
SLU Swedish Species Information Centre
Uppsala
SE
email: webservices@artdatabanken.se

metadata author
SLU Swedish Species Information Centre
Uppsala
SE

Malin Strand
administrative point of contact
SLU Swedish Species Information Centre
Uppsala
SE
email: malin.strand@slu.se