List of invasive flora and fauna species from the territory of Ukraine

Oleksii Marushchak1, Olexiy Vasyliuk1, Oleh Prylutskyi2

1 I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology NAS of Ukraine, Vul. B. Khmelnytskogo, 15, 01030, Kyiv, Ukraine; 2 V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Svobody sq. 4, 61022, Kharkiv, Ukraine

Corresponding author(s): Oleksii Marushchak (ecopelobates@gmail.com)Olexiy Vasyliuk (vasyliuk@gmail.com)Oleh Prylutskyi (oleh.prylutskyi@gmail.com)

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Resource Citation

Marushchak O, Vasyliuk O, Prylutskyi O (2024). List of invasive flora and fauna species from the territory of Ukraine. Version 1.0. Ukrainian Nature Conservation Group (NGO). Checklist dataset. https://ukraine.ipt.gbif.no/resource?r=invasivespeciesua&v=1.0

Abstract

The checklist consists of species of animals and plants that are considered invasive on the territory of Ukraine. The checklist is regularly updated and new species can be added to it in future. A part of the list was implemented by the Order of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine dated April 3, 2023 №184 "On Approval of the List of Invasive Tree Species with a Significant Ability to Uncontrolled Spread, Prohibited for Use in Forest Reproduction"

Keywords: Checklist, animals, plants, fauna, flora, invasive, alien species, Ukraine, biodiversity, Inventoryregional

Data published through GBIF: https://ukraine.ipt.gbif.no/resource?r=invasivespeciesua

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: The Checklist consists of species of plants and animals.
Taxonomic ranks
Kingdom: Animalia, Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Squamata, Testudines
Common names: , 

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: The Checklist covers the entire territory of Ukraine.
Coordinates: 43°50'6''N and 52°28'58.8''N Latitude; 22°3'39.6''E and 40°20'31.2''E Longitude 

Methods

Method step description: Manual data transcribing from the document to the spreadsheet.
Study extent description: The Checklist covers the entire territory of Ukraine.
Sampling description: Scientific names were manually extracted from the species list indicated on the web sites: https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/z0641-23#Text
Quality control description: Scientific names, including authorship, are given using GBIF species matching tool.

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive List of invasive flora and fauna species from the territory of Ukraine
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: https://ukraine.ipt.gbif.no/archive.do?r=invasivespeciesua
Publication date of data: 2024-03-05
Language: English
Licences of use: Public Domain (CC0 1.0)

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2024-03-05
Hierarchy level: Dataset