Erodium moschatum

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IABIN INVASIVES INFORMATION NETWORK (I3N)
Erodium moschatum
INVASIVE SPECIES PILOT PROJECT FOR MEXICO August,
2002
LAURA ARRIAGA Project Lead
CONABIO
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Conabios Invasives Species Program
Principal Aims

• Implement an Invasive Species Information System
  for Mexico.
• Define national priorities to address the problem
  of Invasive Species with all the stakeholders.
• Discuss strategies to prevent, control and
  erradicate these species with the responsible
  Ministries (SEMARNAT and SAGARPA).
• Constitute a National Hub and participate with
  the international initiatives coordinated by the
  GISP.

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State of Art of Conabios Program

• Invasives Species Information System
• Systematize the existing information concerning
  invasive species (plants, fishes, amphibians,
  reptiles, birds, and mammals) for terrestrial and
  marine environments.
• Obtain species checklists defining priority
  species to finance specific ecological studies.
• Determine invasive species geographical
  distribution, real and potential.
• Risk analyses to prevent or early detect invasive
  species in collaboration with the Ministry of
  Agriculture (Sagarpa).
• Workshops to define national priorities with all
  the stakeholders (with I3N-USGS partial financial
  support).

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IABIN Invasives Information Network (I3N)
With partial financial support of the I3N-USGS
project, CONABIO developed the following
activities and databases

• A preliminary checklist of the invasive species
  of plants, birds, mammals and fishes. The
  database is in Access and includes the complete
  nomenclatural data of these species.
• A database of experts (individuals and
  organizations) for Mexico, generated through a
  survey and a workshop. This information is
  presented in the i3n Cataloguer
• A list of projects that are currently being
  developed on invasive species, generated through
  a survey and a workshop. This information is
  presented in the i3n Cataloguer.
• A list of available datasets in electronic or
  other formats for the invasive species of Mexico.
  This information is presented in the i3n
  Cataloguer.

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The IABIN I3N Cataloguer includes a preliminary
list of experts as well as the projects and web
sites of the researchers and national
institutions that are currently developing
invasive species projects in Mexico.
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Catalogue of Experts A preliminary list of 42
experts were identified
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List of Projects 40 projects are currently
being developed in 25 institutions.
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List of Projects (cont.)
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Web Sites 31 sites are associated to the
Mexican institutions that are currently
developing projects on invasive species.
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Species Checklist

• The checklist of vascular plants (ferns,
  monocotyledonous, and dicotyledonous) and
  vertebrates (fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds,
  and mammals) is presented in Access 2000.
• It is organized and divided by classes and
  includes family, genera, species and
  infraspecies, authorities and years of
  publication.

Example of the birds database
Example of the dicotyledonous database
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Summary of the Species Checklist
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Species Checklist References
The species checklists was obtained of the
following bibliographical references and
SNIB-CONABIO databases

• -Contreras, B. S. 2002. Base de datos del
  proyecto AE002 Especies de peces introducidas en
  aguas continentales de México. Catálogo y
  manuscrito. Proyecto en seguimiento
  SNIB-CONABIO. México.
• Espinosa, G. F. J. 2000. Base de datos del
  proyecto U024 Malezas introducidas en México.
  Instituto de Ecología, UNAM. Proyecto en
  seguimiento SNIB-CONABIO. México.
• Medellín, L. R. A. 2000. Base de datos del
  proyecto U020 Vertebrados superiores exóticos en
  México diversidad, distribución y efectos
  potenciales. Departamento de Ecología Funcional
  y Aplicada, UNAM. Proyecto en seguimiento
  SNIB-CONABIO. México.
• SNIB-CONABIO. 2002. Megabase de datos de peces.
  SNIB-CONABIO. México.

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Species Checklist References (cont.)

• Solís, G. G. 2002. Base de datos de malezas del
  Río Santa Cruz, Sonora. Departamento de
  Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas,
  Universidad de Sonora.
• Vibrans, L. H. 2000. Base de datos del proyecto
  U019 Plantas exóticas del centro de México y
  obtención de imágenes para una flora virtual de
  malezas. Colegio de Postgraduados en Ciencias
  Agrícolas, Campus Estado de México. Proyecto en
  seguimiento SNIB-CONABIO. México.
• Villaseñor, R. J. L. y Espinosa, G. F. 1998.
  Catálogo de Malezas de México. UNAM y Fondo de
  Cultura Económica. México. 449 pp.

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