Global Impacts Dataset of Invasive Alien Species (GIDIAS)
Language English Country Great Britain, England Media electronic
Document type Journal Article, Dataset
Grant support
31003A_179491
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Swiss National Science Foundation)
31BD30_184114
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Swiss National Science Foundation)
PubMed
40399318
PubMed Central
PMC12095621
DOI
10.1038/s41597-025-05184-5
PII: 10.1038/s41597-025-05184-5
Knihovny.cz E-resources
- MeSH
- Biodiversity * MeSH
- Ecosystem MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Conservation of Natural Resources MeSH
- Introduced Species * MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Check Tag
- Humans MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Dataset MeSH
Invasive alien species are a major driver of global change, impacting biodiversity, ecosystem services, and human livelihoods. To document these impacts, we present the Global Impacts Dataset of Invasive Alien Species (GIDIAS), a dataset on the positive, negative and neutral impacts of invasive alien species on nature, nature's contributions to people, and good quality of life. This dataset arises from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services' (IPBES) thematic assessment report of this topic. Data were compiled from published sources, including grey literature, reporting a direct observation of an invasive alien species' impact. All impact records contain up to 52 fields of contextual information and attempt to link impacts to the global standard "environmental impact classification for alien taxa" (EICAT) and "socio-economic impact classification for alien taxa" (SEICAT). GIDIAS includes more than 22000 records of impacts caused by 3353 invasive alien species (plants, vertebrates, invertebrates, microorganisms) from all continents and realms (terrestrial, freshwater, marine), extracted from over 6700 sources. We intend GIDIAS to be a global resource for investigating and managing the variety of impacts of invasive alien species across taxa and regions.
Austrian Research Centre for Forests Vienna Austria
Centre for Agroecology Water and Resilience Coventry University Ryton Gardens Coventry CV8 3LG UK
Centre for Ecology and Conservation University of Exeter Penryn Campus Cornwall UK
Centre for Tropical Biosecurity James Cook University Cairns Australia
Climate and Atmosphere Research Center The Cyprus Institute Nicosia Cyprus
Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales Universidad San Francisco de Quito Quito Ecuador
CONICET Patagonia Norte Universidad Nacional de la Plata La Plata Argentina
Departamento de Biología Vegetal y Ecología Universidad de Sevilla 41092 Sevilla Spain
Department of Agricultural Forest and Food Sciences University of Turin Grugliasco Italy
Department of Biology and Biochemistry University of Houston Houston TX USA
Department of Biology University of Florence Sesto Fiorentino FI Italy
Department of Biology University of Fribourg Fribourg Switzerland
Department of Botany University of Kashmir Srinagar India
Department of Economics University of Missouri Columbia MO USA
Department of Environmental Sciences University of South Africa Roodepoort South Africa
Department of Life Sciences University of Alcalá Alcalá Spain
Department of Natural Sciences Ovidius University of Constanta Constanta Romania
Ecology Aquatic and Microscopy Laboratory Estación Biológica de Doñana EBD CSIC Sevilla Spain
Estación Biológica de Doñana EBD CSIC Sevilla Spain
Estación de Biodiversidad Tiputini Universidad San Francisco de Quito Quito Ecuador
Estonian Academy of Arts Tallinn Estonia
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad Gorgan Iran
Forest Research Institute University of the Sunshine Coast Brisbane Australia
Freie Universität Berlin Berlin Germany
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel Germany
Georg August University of Goettingen Goettingen Germany
ICPA Universidad de Tierra del Fuego Ushuaia Argentina
Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection C N R Sesto Fiorentino Italy
Institute of Biodiversity Yunnan University Kunming China
Institute of Botany after A Takhtajyan NAS RA Yerevan Armenia
Institute of Botany Czech Academy of Sciences Průhonice Czech Republic
Institute of Zoology Zoological Society of London London UK
Instituto de Diversidad y Ecología Animal Universidad Nacional de Córdoba CONICET Córdoba Argentina
Instituto de Ecología Regional Universidad Nacional de Tucumán CONICET Yerba Buena Tucumán Argentina
Instituto Pirenaico de Ecologia Zaragoza Spain
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte Liguria e Valle d'Aosta Torino Italy
IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group Rome Italy
Joint Services Health Unit British Forces Cyprus
Lake Biwa Branch Office National Institute for Environmental Studies Otsu Shiga Japan
Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries Berlin Germany
Ministry for Primary Industries Biosecurity New Zealand Wellington New Zealand
National Museum of Natural Sciences Madrid Spain
National Research Council Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection Sesto fiorentino Italy
Pacific Biosecurity Victoria University of Wellington Wellington New Zealand
Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History Coimbatore India
School of Biological Sciences University of Adelaide Adelaide SA 5000 Australia
School of Life Sciences University of KwaZulu Natal Scottsville 3209 South Africa
Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt am Main Germany
Slovenian Forestry Institute Ljubljana Slovenia
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity Grahamstown South Africa
South African National Biodiversity Institute Kirstenbosch Research Centre Kirstenbosch South Africa
Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL Birmensdorf Switzerland
Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington Wellington New Zealand
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