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Monitoring

Provides general resources for research, methodology, and results from the monitoring of current invasive species problems. See other sections for species specific information:

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Agricultural Quarantine Inspection Results Monitoring
USDA. Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service.

Discover Life
Discover Life.
Discover Life helps you to identify things, share ways to teach and study nature's wonders, use maps, report your findings, and contribute to and learn from the Web's growing encyclopedia of life. This illustrated, non-technical guide provides data reporting tools that allow users to accurately locate their collection site using detailed maps. Includes Invasive Species and IDnature Guides: North American Invasives and Web-based guides for monitoring and identification of exotic species: Ticks of the U.S.

Global Interactive Map
Global Invasive Species Programme.
The map has been developed with the aim to create a global platform for sharing IAS information in a user-friendly and accessible way. This map allows the user free access to IAS information on International, Regional and National levels under various categories, covering all aspects of IAS management.

Invasive Alien Species - A Toolkit of Best Prevention and Management Practices and Chapter 5 Assessment and Management (Sep 2001)
CAB International; Global Invasive Species Programme.

Invasive Species Monitoring Approaches for Volunteer Programs (PDF | 1.63 MB)
University of Wisconsin Extension.
15th Annual National Conference Enhancing States' Lake Management Programs (Apr 24 -26, 2002), Chicago, Illinois, Elizabth Herron

Invasive Species Survey: A Report on the Invasion of the National Wildlife Refuge System (May 2004; PDF | 4.25 MB) and Survey Results
DOI. FWS. National Wildlife Refuge System. Invasive Species Survey Information.

Monitoring Natural Resources in our National Parks - Invasive Species
DOI. NPS. Inventory and Monitoring Program.

Natural Resource Monitoring Partnership
DOI. USGS. National Biological Information Infrastructure.
The Natural Resource Monitoring Partnership is a collaborative effort by the natural resource management community to improve monitoring efforts in order to support effective evaluation and decision-making. Current participants include state, federal, and Canadian natural resource management agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and academic institutions.

National Wildlife Refuge Volunteer Weed Mapping Manual (Nov 15, 2006; 3.3 MB)
DOI. FWS. National Wildlife Refuge System.

Volunteer Invasives Monitoring Program
National Wildlife Refuge Association.

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