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INVADERS Database Project

Entry ID: umtdbs_d_invaders

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Summary

Abstract: The INVADERS Database is a comprehensive database of exotic plant names and
weed distribution records for five states in the northwestern United States.
The spatial and temporal spread of weeds can be displayed using the historic
distribution records in INVADERS. The INVADERS web site contains actual
examples of how land management and weed ...

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Description: Metadata in National Biological Information Inventory format

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 50.0

S: 41.0

E: -105.0

W: -125.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: University of Montana, Division of Biological Sciences

Dataset Title: INVADERS Database Project

Dataset Release Date: 1998-01-01

Dataset Release Place: Missoula, Montana

Dataset Publisher: University of Montana, Biology Division

Data Presentation Form: Database

Online Resource: http://nas.er.usgs.gov/

Dataset Originator/Creator: Colette C. Jacono and Charles P. Boydstun

Dataset Title: Proceedings of the workshop on databases for nonindigenous plants, Gainesville, FL, September 24-25, 1997.

Dataset Release Date: 1998

Dataset Release Place: Gainesville, Florida

Dataset Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division

Online Resource: http://nas.er.usgs.gov/

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1990-01-01

Stop Date: 1998-01-01

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > IDAHO

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > MONTANA

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

Project

NSD > Nonindigenous Species Databases

Quality There are 80,024 verifiable distribution records for 3,022 species, including
890 exotic species of North America for the years between 1875 to 1996.

Seventy-five percent of the distribution data are for exotics. Fields include
collector, county, place name, and date. Geo-coordinates are available for some
...

Ancillary Keywords

EXOTIC PLANT SPECIES

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Originating Center

UM/BD

Data Center

Invaders, Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana

Data Center URL: http://invader.dbs.umt.edu

Data Center Personnel
Name: PETER M. RICE Phone: (406) 243-2671 Fax: (406) 243-4184 Email: biopmr at selway.umt.edu Contact Address: University of Montana Division of Biological Sciences City: Missoula Province or State: Montana Postal Code: 59812 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Format: ASCII

Fees: none

Personnel

PETER M. RICE

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Phone: (406) 243-2671

Fax: (406) 243-4184

Email: biopmr at selway.umt.edu

Contact Address:

University of Montana

Division of Biological Sciences

City: Missoula

Province or State: Montana

Postal Code: 59812

Country: USA

TYLER B. STEVENS

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Phone: (301) 614-6898

Fax: 301-614-5268

Email: Tyler.B.Stevens at nasa.gov

Contact Address:

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

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City: Greenbelt

Province or State: MD

Postal Code: 20771

Country: USA

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 1998-01-01

Last DIF Revision Date: 2009-04-24

Future DIF Review Date: 1999-12-01

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