Descripción
The species list of alien taxa in South Africa was developed as part of triennial national status reports on biological invasions. It therefore includes: taxa that are, have been, or were proposed to be regulated; alien taxa that are or have been present in South Africa (including those only ever recorded in quarantine facilities); taxa that are native to a part of South Africa that have formed native-alien populations in another part of the country; and taxa which have been recorded at some point as alien or for which the risk of invasion has been evaluated. The list also includes information on the invasion status of the taxa, their pathways, distributions, impacts, and management, with metadata provided for all 38 variables, including confidence and data sources for 23 of them. Based on information up to the end of December 2022, the checklist includes over 6000 taxa, of which over 3500 are alien taxa confirmed as present outside of captivity or cultivation. However, several key data sources still need to be verified and integrated into the list (particularly taxa in captivity or cultivation). Thus, this list should not yet be regarded as a complete baseline of the knowledge of alien taxa present in South Africa. The checklist is presented in a manner that is tidy and FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, reusable) and will be maintained, expanded, and updated, with the aim for the list to become comprehensive and dynamic. By so doing, the checklist will allow the number and status of alien taxa to be tracked over time, informing management planning and regulatory decisions.
Registros
Los datos en este recurso de lista de chequeo han sido publicados como Archivo Darwin Core(DwC-A), el cual es un formato estándar para compartir datos de biodiversidad como un conjunto de una o más tablas de datos. La tabla de datos del core contiene 1.092 registros.
también existen 1 tablas de datos de extensiones. Un registro en una extensión provee información adicional sobre un registro en el core. El número de registros en cada tabla de datos de la extensión se ilustra a continuación.
Este IPT archiva los datos y, por lo tanto, sirve como repositorio de datos. Los datos y los metadatos del recurso están disponibles para su descarga en la sección descargas. La tabla versiones enumera otras versiones del recurso que se han puesto a disposición del público y permite seguir los cambios realizados en el recurso a lo largo del tiempo.
Versiones
La siguiente tabla muestra sólo las versiones publicadas del recurso que son de acceso público.
¿Cómo referenciar?
Los usuarios deben citar este trabajo de la siguiente manera:
SANBI and CIB. 2023, ‘Metadata for the list of alien species in South Africa’, In: Zengeya, T.A. & Wilson, J.R. (eds), The status of biological invasions and their management in South Africa in 2022, South African National Biodiversity Institute, Kirstenbosch and DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology, Stellenbosch. http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8217211
Derechos
Los usuarios deben respetar los siguientes derechos de uso:
El publicador y propietario de los derechos de este trabajo es South African National Biodiversity Institute. Esta obra está bajo una licencia Creative Commons de Atribución/Reconocimiento (CC-BY 4.0).
Registro GBIF
Este recurso ha sido registrado en GBIF con el siguiente UUID: 78ee0f56-267b-49e1-8afc-19f03cf81276. South African National Biodiversity Institute publica este recurso y está registrado en GBIF como un publicador de datos avalado por South African Biodiversity Information Facility.
Palabras clave
Alien species; biological invasions; invasive species; invasives; non-native species; species lists
Contactos
- Proveedor De Los Metadatos ●
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- Originador ●
- Punto De Contacto
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Cobertura geográfica
South Africa and inshore islands.
| Coordenadas límite | Latitud Mínima Longitud Mínima [-90, -180], Latitud Máxima Longitud Máxima [90, 180] |
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Cobertura taxonómica
The list covers taxa from six kingdoms: Animalia, Bacteria, Chromista, Fungi, Plants and Protozoa, ,
| Especie | Oreochromis niloticus |
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Cobertura temporal
| Época de existencia | Sources published or available up to 31 December 2022, with sources dating from 1906 |
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Datos del proyecto
The South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) is mandated by regulations under the National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act (Act 10 of 2004) to monitor and report on the status of biological invasions and their management in South Africa every three years. To date, three reports have been produced, in 2017, 2020 and 2023 (see http://iasreport.sanbi.org.za), and a fourth is in preparation. These reports required a consolidated national list of alien species in South Africa. Information on alien species present in a country, their status (establishment, distribution, impacts), and how they entered and move around the country is crucial for their effective management. Such information underpins regulations, allocation of management resources, and evaluations of current and future threats.
| Título | The status report of biological invasions and their management in South Africa |
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| Fuentes de Financiación | South African Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) and B-Cubed project (Biodiversity Building Blocks for policy) which is funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme (ID No 101059592). |
| Descripción del área de estudio | South Africa and inshore islands |
| Descripción del diseño | See notes on project description |
Personas asociadas al proyecto:
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Métodos de muestreo
Data were extracted from various sources and merged based on standardised taxonomy. The processes followed are documented and described in Zengeya et al. 2025
| Área de Estudio | The species list of alien taxa in South Africa was developed as part of triennial national status reports on biological invasions. The study extent is Mainland South Africa and inshore islands. The period of study includes data sources published between 1906 and 31 December 2022 |
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| Control de Calidad | The data were systematically curated with metadata that provide details of what information is contained in each column, and what the different levels in each column mean. The process to check taxonomic information was automated. The nomenclature of non-plant taxa was checked against the Global Biodiversity Information Facility taxonomic backbone. For plant taxa, the nomenclature was first checked against the Plants of Southern Africa database and the Plants of the World Online database. The International Plant Name Index, Nemaplex and the Word Register of Marine Species was also used to check data. |
Descripción de la metodología paso a paso:
- See workflows in Zengeya et al. 2025
Referencias bibliográficas
- Wilson, J.R.U. & Kumschick, S., 2024, 'The regulation of alien species in South Africa', South African Journal of Science, 120. https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2024/17002
- Zengeya TA, Faulkner KT, Mtileni MP, Fernandez Winzer L, Kumschick S, McCulloch-Jones EJ, Miza-Tshangana SA, Robinson TB, Sifuba A, Engelbrecht W, van Wilgen BW, Wilson JRU (2025) A checklist of alien taxa for South Africa. bioRxiv 2025.05.22.655507. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.05.22.655507
- Nelufule T, Robertson MP, Wilson JRU, Faulkner KT (2022) Native-alien populations—An apparent oxymoron that requires specific conservation attention. NeoBiota 74: 57–74. https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.74.81671
Metadatos adicionales
SANBI home page: https://iasreport.sanbi.org.za Specielist metadata: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8217211 Species list: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14937470
| Identificadores alternativos | https://ipt.sanbi.org.za/resource?r=alienplantssa2025 |
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