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Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk

Entry ID: usda_fs_ipif_d_pier

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Summary

Abstract: The Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk is compiling
a database and synthesis of available information
on plants that are known or potential threats to
Pacific island ecosystems, particularly the
present and former U.S. territories. Master files
will be maintained on the websites of the United
Nations Food and Agriculture Organizations Global
Plant Pest Information System (FAO-GPPIS) and the
World ...

Purpose: This will facilitate worldwide access via the
Internet, continuous updating, cross-referencing,
use of computer search functions, links to
references on the Web, and interaction with
Pacific Rim and island collaborators.

Geographic Description:
North Mariana Islands, Marshall Islands, Caroline Islands, American
Samoa and Hawaiian Islands

Supplementary Information:

Information for this metadata was taken from the
report - Invasive Species Database, Proceedings of
a Workshop, Las Vegas, Nevada, November 12-13,
1998. U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of
Commerce.

Related URL

Link: VIEW RELATED INFORMATION

Description: Metadata in NBII format.

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 30.0

S: 20.0

E: -150.0

W: 130.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry

Dataset Title: Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk

Dataset Release Date: 1999

Dataset Release Place: Honolulu, Hawaii

Dataset Publisher: USDA, Forest Service, Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry

Data Presentation Form: database

Online Resource: http://www.hear.org/pier

Dataset Originator/Creator: United States Department of the Interior

Dataset Title: Invasive Species Databases. Proceedings of a Workshop.

Dataset Release Date: 1998

Dataset Release Place: Silver Spring, Maryland

Dataset Publisher: Charles Valentine Riley Memorial Foundation

Online Resource: http://www.nbii.gov/issues/invasive/workshops/proceeds_lv.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1998-01-01

Stop Date: 1999-01-01

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > CENTRAL PACIFIC OCEAN > AMERICAN SAMOA

OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > MICRONESIA > NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS

Science Keywords

AGRICULTURE > AGRICULTURAL PLANT SCIENCE > WEEDS, NOXIOUS PLANTS OR INVASIVE PLANTS

BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > EXOTIC VEGETATION

BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > COMMUNITY DYNAMICS > INVASIVE SPECIES

ISO Topic Category

FARMING

BIOTA

Platform

GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS

Project

ISD > Invasive Species Databases

Quality The PIER database is continuously updated and
cross-referenced. use of computer search
functions, links to references on the Web, and
interaction with Pacific Rim and island
collaborators. A loose-leaf manual is published
using the information on the website for use by
quarantine officers and other field personnel who
may not have ready access to the ...

Access Constraints None

Use Constraints None

Ancillary Keywords

AMERICAN SAMOA ISLANDS

AQUATIC PLANTS

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Originating Center

USDA/FS/IPIF

Data Center

Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, Forest Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture

Data Center URL: http://www.fs.fed.us/psw/ipif/

Data Center Personnel
Name: JAMES C. SPACE Phone: 602 802-6576 Email: jspace at netvalue.net Contact Address: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry 1151 Punchbowl Street City: Honolulu Province or State: Hawaii Postal Code: 96813 Country: USA