Wikipedia:Meetup/Invasive Species WikiThon/Resources

During the 'Invasive species' Wikithon we can collect (and link) our online and offline resources here.

Editing resources

DeepL, the best online translator, but unfortunately not for all languages

General resources on IAS

Wikidata project Invasive Species
Official list of Invasive Alien Species of Union concern or
List of Wikidata items of invasive alien species of union concern
The List of invasive alien species of Union concern on the English Wikipedia (good start to transpose it into the wikipedia of your language)
Map making workshop
Invasive species template
General template plants (English Wikipedia)
Wikidata query for Union List
Manual of the Alien Plants of Belgium

Resources for specific species

Acridotheres tristis (Common myna)

Canning, Gregory, 2011. Eradication of the invasive common myna, Acridotheres tristis, from Fregate Island, Seychelles. Phelsuma 19 (2011); 43-53 [1]
Cohen TM et al. Global invasion in progress: modeling the past, current and potential global distribution of the common myna. Biol Invasions (2019) 21:1295–1309,https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-018-1900-3

Cruz SS & Reynolds SJ. 2019. Eradication and control programmes for invasive mynas (Acridotheres spp.) and bulbuls (Pycnonotus spp.): defining best practice in managing invasive bird populations on oceanic islands. In: C.R. Veitch, M.N. Clout, A.R. Martin, J.C. Russell and C.J. West (eds.) (2019). Island invasives: scaling up to meet the challenge, pp. 302–308. Occasional Paper SSC no. 62. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN., http://www.issg.org/pdf/publications/2019_Island_Invasives/SaavedraCruz.pdf

Dubois P.J. & J.M. Cugnasse (2015).- Les populations d’oiseaux allochtones en France en 2014 (3e enquête nationale). Ornithos : 22-2 : 72-91.[2]
Ewart KM et al. 2019. Two speed invasion: assisted and intrinsic dispersal of common mynas over 150 years of colonization. Journal of Biogeography 46:45–57. 10.1111/jbi.13473
Grarock et al. 2012. Is It Benign or Is It a Pariah? Empirical Evidence for the Impact of the Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis) on Australian Birds. PLoS One. 2012; 7(7): e40622. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040622
Griffin, A.S. & H.M. Boyce. 2009. Indian mynahs, Acridotheres tristis, learn about dangerous places by observing the fate of others, Animal Behaviour 78: 79-84.[3]
Kang, N. 1989. Comparative behavioural ecology of the mynas, Acridotheres tristis (Linnaeus) and A. javanicus (Cabanis) in Singapore. PhD thesis, National University of Singapore.
Live Arico. 2007. First Campaign for Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis) Control in the island of Mallorca 2006.
Markula, A., M. Hannan-Jones & S. Csurhes. 2009. Pest animal risk assessment Indian myna Acridotheres tristis. Queensland Government.[4]
Saavedra S. et al. 2015. A survey of recent introduction events, spread and mitigation efforts of mynas (Acridotheres sp.) in Spain and Portugal. Animal Biodiversity and Conservation 38 [5]

Corvus splendens (House crow)

Nyári ÁS et al. 2006. Global invasive potential of the house crow Corvus splendens based on ecological niche modelling. Journal of Avian Biology 37(4) doi: 10.1111/j.2006.0908-8857.03686.x
Fraser D et al. 2015. The House Crow (Corvus splendens): A Threat to New Zealand? International Journal of Geo-Information 4(2) DOI: 10.3390/ijgi4020725
Ryall, C. 2016. Further records and updates of range extension in House Crow Corvus splendens. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 136(1):39-45 [6]

Myocastor coypus (Coypu)

Cheikhna Dedah, Richard F. Kazmierczak, Jr., and Walter R. Keithly, Jr. (2010) The Role of Bounties and Human Behavior on Louisiana Nutria Harvests. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 42,1(February 2010):133–142
Cocchi R & Riga F (2008) Control of a coypu Myocastor coypus population in northern Italy and management implications. Italian Journal of Zoology 75: 37-42, doi:10.1080/11250000701690350
Hilts DJ, Belitz MW, Gehring TM, Pangle KL, Uzarski DG (2019) Climate change and nutria range expansion in the Eastern United States. The Journal of Wildlife Management 83(3):591–598; 2019; DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.21629
Jarnevich CS, Young NE, Sheffels TR, Carter J, Sytsma MD, Talbert C (2017) Evaluating simplistic methods to understand current distributions and forecast distribution changes under climate change scenarios: an example with coypu (Myocastor coypus). Neobiota 32: 107-125, DOI: 10.3897/neobiota.32.8884
Jo Y-S, Derbridge JJ, Baccus JT (2017) History and Current Status of Invasive Nutria and Common Muskrat in Korea. Wetlands 37: 363–369
Robertson PA, Adriaens T, Lambin X, Mill A, Roy S, Shuttleworth CM, Sutton‐Croft M (2016) The large‐scale removal of mammalian invasive alien species in Northern Europe. Pest Management Science 73:273-279
Vein J, Leblond A, Belli P, Kodjo A & Berny PJ (2014) The role of the coypu (Myocastor coypus), an invasive aquatic rodent species, in the epidemiological cycle of leptospirosis: a study in two wetlands in the East of France. Eur J Wildl Res 60:125–133, DOI: 10.1007/s10344-013-0758-z

Nyctereutes procyonoides (Raccoon dog)

Drygala F, Zoller H, Stier N, Roth M, 2010. Dispersal of the raccoon dog Nyctereutes procyonoides into a newly invaded area in Central Europe. Wildlife Biology, 16(2):150-161. [7]

Trachemys scripta (Pond slider)

Borys Kala, Bartłomiej Gorzkowski, Wojciech Solarz; (2018) Ankieta oceny stopnia inwazyjności gatunku Żółw ozdobny (Trachemys scripta) w Polsce, na podstawie protokołu Harmonia + PL – procedura oceny ryzyka negatywnego oddziaływania inwazyjnych i potencjalnie inwazyjnych gatunków obcych w Polsce. Źródło: Generalna Dyrekcja Ochrony Środowiska. [8] 27-01-2020 [9]
Borys Kala, Bartłomiej Gorzkowski, Wojciech Solarz; (2018) Żółw ozdobny (Trachemys scripta) – Karta informacyjna gatunku. Źródło: Generalna Dyrekcja Ochrony Środowiska. [10], 27-01-2020 [11]

Vespa velutina (Asian hornet)

https://www.bwars.com/Vespa_velutina

Vespa velutina (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)(κοινή ονομασία η Ασιατική Σφήκα) είναι μία σφήκα που προέρχεται από την Νοτιο-Ανατολική Ασία και εντοπίστηκε αρχικά στη Γαλλία το 2005. Τρέφεται με ζωντανά και νεκρά έντομα μεσαίου ή μεγάλου μεγέθους. Έχει αρνητικές επιπτώσεις σε κοινωνικά έντομα κυρίως υμενόπτερα όπως οι μέλισσες. Τα τελευταία χρόνια εξαπλώνεται στην Ασία όπου είναι ξενικό εισβλητικό είδος στην Νότια Κορέα και την Ιαπωνία και το υποείδος V.v. nigrithorax εισήχθη κατά λάθος στην Ευρώπη (πρώτη καταγραφή στην Νότια Γαλλία το 2005) και έκτοτε έχει εξαπλωθεί σε Ισπανία, Πορτογαλία, Βέλγιο, Ιταλία , Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο, Ιταλία, Ολλανδία, Γερμανία,στα νησιά της Μάγχης και στις Βαλεαρίδες νήσους.Αυτό το ξενικό εισβλητικό είδος απειλεί την παραγωγή μελιού και τα έντομα επικονιαστές. Μπορεί να εισαχθεί σε μια περιοχή κατά λάθος με την μεταφορά χώματος, φυτών, επίπλων κήπου, γλαστρών, λαχανικών, ειδών κάμπινγκ κτλ.

Πρόκειται για σφήκα λίγο μικρότερη σε μέγεθος από την Ευρωπαϊκή σφήκα (Vespa cabro) με βασίλισες περίπου σε μέγεθος μέχρι 30 χιλιοστόμετρα και εργάτες μέχρι 25 χιλιοστόμετρα μήκος. Μπορεί κάποιος να τις αναγνωρίσει εύκολα από τα χαρακτηριστικά τους και δύσκολα μπορεί να την μπερδέψει με κάποιο άλλο είδος Slightly smaller than the native European Hornet. Ο θώρακας είναι μαύρος ή σκούρος καφέ με τα κοιλιακά τμήματα να έχουν λεπτές κίτρινες ταινίες και το τέταρτο τμήμα να είναι σχεδόν ολοκληρωτικά κίτρινο-πορτοκαλί

The thorax is a velvety black / dark

brown with brown abdominal segments bordered with a fine yellow band. Only the fourth abdominal segment is almost entirely a yellowy-orange. The legs are brown with yellow ends and the head is black with an orange-yellow face. As with other social wasps, the colonies last one season, and only the fertilised queens hibernate. In France, the Asian Hornet nests in tall trees in urban and rural areas, but avoids pure stands of conifers. Nests are also found in garages, sheds, under decking - or much more rarely, in holes in walls or in the ground. Vespa velutina is a day flying species which, unlike the European Hornet, ceases all activity at dusk. It is a proven predator of social wasps and bees, including Honeybees, but as in V. crabro, it also consumes a wide variety of other insect prey. V. velutina is not generally aggressive, although the stings can be painful. Large nests (usually those in trees) should certainly be avoided. The impact on Honeybees can be limited merely by reducing the hive entrance to a narrow slit. So far, predation of honeybees in France by V. velutina seems to be limited to the adults rather than the brood . Please notify the National Bee Unit (NBU) immediately (email address below) of any suspect hornets, providing as much information as possible. If possible, send the NBU a sample for examination