Metadata for the list of alien taxa for South Africa

This is the metadata for the list of alien taxa for South Africa as part of the report series ‘The status of biological invasions and their management in South Africa’. For the latest version of the report see http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7414803 for general details see http://iasreport.sanbi.org.za

The list of alien taxa itself will be in the general file name of ‘A_list_of_alien_taxa_for_South_Africa_vYYYYMMDD.xlsx’. The file is stored as an Excel spreadsheet. This is in part as that format includes italics (in particular for scientificName), and also so it is more easily accessible for users of the report.

For enquiries contact: IAS.report.SANBI@gmail.com OR invasives@sanbi.org.za

A description of the indicators used in the report and guidance on some of the coding of confidence levels was outlined by Wilson et al. (2018). For updated factsheets go to: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13251 and navigate to the latest version. If there are discrepancies between the metadata and the indicator factsheets, please send through a note to the e-mail address above.

References used in the list of alien taxa are available here: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17185375

REFERENCE FOR THIS DOCUMENT

SANBI and CIB (YYYY) Metadata of the list of alien taxa for South Africa. Part of the report series ‘The Status of Biological Invasions and their Management in South Africa’. South African National Biodiversity Institute (Kirstenbosch) and Centre for Invasion Biology (Stellenbosch) http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7433112

Note: the doi directs the viewer to the latest version of the file. If a specific version is to be referenced, then the doi of that version should be used (available at the above link).

REFERENCE FOR THE SPECIES LIST

SANBI and CIB (YYYY) A list of alien taxa for South Africa. Part of the report series ‘The Status of Biological Invasions and their Management in South Africa’. South African National Biodiversity Institute (Kirstenbosch) and Centre for Invasion Biology (Stellenbosch) https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7433102

Note: the doi directs the viewer to the latest version of the file. If a specific version is to be referenced, then the doi of that version should be used (available at the above link).

The South African Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) are thanked for funding noting that this dataset does not necessarily represent the views or opinions of DFFE or its employees

For enquiries contact: IAS.report.SANBI@gmail.com