Invasive Species

- - Invasive Alien Species in Nova Scotia
    Identification and information guide
  - Invasive Species Alliance of Nova Scotia
    “The Invasive Species Alliance of Nova Scotia (ISANS) is a non-profit group of individuals and organizations focused on improved communication and information sharing to better address the threat of invasive alien species at the provincial level.”
  - Invasive Plants of Natural Habitats in Canada (PDF)
    PDF of a 121 page book by White D.J. White, E. Haber and C. Keddy prepared for the Canadian Wildlife Service (1993). The book provides “an integrated review of wetland and upland species and legislation governing their control.”
  - Invasive Alien Plants in Canada (PDF)
    Comprehensive overview prepared for Canadian Food Inspection Agency (2008).
  - Invasive Alien Species Strategy for Canada
    This national strategy seeks to safeguard Canada’s native biodiversity and protect domesticated plants and animals from invasive alien species. It establishes four priorities: Prevention of new invasions, early detection of new invaders if prevention fails, rapid response to new invaders and management of established and spreading invaders (containment, eradication, and control)
  - Management Guidelines for Invasive Alien Species in Canada’s National Parks
    Comprehensive document prepared by Theodore Mosquin for Parks Canada, 2005
  - Invasive species issues in Canada – How can ecology help (PDF)
    Article by David R. Clements and Paul M. Catling (2008). The appendix gives a List of the 99 most serious invasive alien plants of natural habitats in Canada.
  - Exotic and invasive vascular plants of the Atlantic Maritime Ecozone (PDF)
    Article by Nick M. Hill and C. Sean Blaney in In Assessment of Species Diversity in the Atlantic Maritime Ecozone. Edited by D.F. McAlpine and I.M. Smith. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Canada. Pages 1-18.
  - Invasive abd Exotic Species of North America.
    Produced by the Plant Conservation Alliance (U.S.); these include (amongst others) factsheets for:
  - - - Multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora)
      - Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)
      - Japanese barberry (Berberis thunbergii)
      - Goutweed (Aegopodium podagraria)
      - Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata)
      - Common Reed (Phragmites australis) Includes info. on distinguishing betweeen native and introduced Phragmites.
      - Common Mullein (Verbascum thapsus)
    - Invasive Alien Species Partnership Program: 2005-2010 Report
      Between 2005 and 2010, 141 projects targeting 277 identified IAS were funded by the IASPP.

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