Checklist of Invasive Species on Big Island, Hawaï

Data Records

The data in this checklist resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 21 records.

2 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.

This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.

Versions

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Gauche M (2025). Checklist of Invasive Species on Big Island, Hawaï. Version 1.0. Training Organization. Checklist dataset. https://training-ipt-a.gbif.org/resource?r=uc2_is_4_his_mgauche&v=1.0

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is Training Organization. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: e099171e-eb35-450f-9699-b5a7e5c8f1c4.  Training Organization publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Secretariat.

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Geographic Coverage

This data contains data from Big Island, Hawaï.

Temporal Coverage

Project Data

The Hawaii Invasive Species Council (HISC) received a federal grant to collaborate with high schools as part of the Hawaii National Invasive Species Program. The goal of the project is to increase local knowledge about invasive species, increase data collection, and generate annotated species lists for reported areas.

The personnel involved in the project:

Sampling Methods

Two schools from each island were selected because they were located in areas where knowledge and documentation regarding invasive species assessment were poor or nonexistent. The teachers worked with the local Invasive Species Council (ISC) outreach officer to create educational materials detailing 21 invasive plant species, including how to identify each species' life stages and the most effective control methods. The University of Hawaii on Maui (UHM) Graduate School is hosting an outreach course for the general public. As part of their final evaluation, four UHM students are validating the photo-based identifications and descriptions submitted by each high school to their local SIC.

Method step description:

1. Along each route, school students, guided by local ISC technicians and student mentors, were tasked with identifying target species and taking 1 to 3 photos using GPS-enabled cell phones. Information describing observations of each of the 21 targeted invasive species was recorded using a digital data collection form during each collection. Four UHM graduate students performed taxonomic validation using the submitted images and descriptions. The BIISC GIS analyst used Google Maps coordinates and EXIF ​​image data to verify the quality of the observations and add missing geographic coordinates.

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