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Global Naturalized Alien Flora (GloNAF). Open access data to support research on understanding global plant invasions.
This dataset is a snapshot of the Global Naturalized Alien Flora (GloNAF) database, version 2.02. GloNAF is a continuously updated, curated compilation of alien naturalized vascular plant inventories for geographic regions from around the world. The dataset has 16,429 unique taxa reported as naturalized or invasive and covers 1,343 regions (including 427 islands) from 336 data sources. For each region, the status (invasive, naturalized) is provided as listed in the original source. We provide the scientific names included with the original data source, and the matching accepted name or synonym of the taxon as given in the World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) Version 12. In addition, we provide an ESRI shapefile of polygons for each region. We also provide several variables that can be used to filter the data according to quality and completeness of alien taxon lists, which vary among the combinations of regions and data sources.
GloNAF Researchers
Core team members
- Wayne Dawson, University of Liverpool, UK, Homepage
- Franz Essl, University of Vienna, Austria, Homepage
- Holger Kreft, University of Göttingen, Germany, Homepage
- Jan Pergl, Institute of Botany Průhonice, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic, Homepage
- Petr Pyšek, Institute of Botany Průhonice, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic, Homepage
- Mark van Kleunen, University of Konstanz, Germany, Homepage
- Patrick Weigelt, University of Göttingen, Germany, Homepage
- Marten Winter, iDiv, Germany, Homepage
Group meeting in Göttingen in October, 2018
Active project team members
- Lirong Cai, iDiv, Germany
- Jan Čuda, Institute of Botany Průhonice; Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic
- Amy Davis, University of Konstanz, Germany
- Stefan Dullinger, University of Vienna, Austria
- Shuya Fan, University of Konstanz, Germany
- Martin Hejda, Institute of Botany Průhonice, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic
- Nicole Kinlock, University of Konstanz, Germany
- Alessandra Kortz, Institute of Botany Průhonice, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic
- Bernd Lenzner, University of Vienna, Austria
- Daijun Liuv, University of Vienna, Austria
- Dietmar Moser, University of Vienna, Austria
- Ana Novoa, Institute of Botany Průhonice, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic and Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas (EEZA-CSIC), Almería, Spain
- Ali Omer, University of Vienna, Austria
- Rashmi Paudel, University of Konstanz, Germany
- Anna Schertler, University of Vienna, Austria
- Weihan Zhao, University of Konstanz, Germany