Exotic Forest Pest Information System for North America

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service

Publication_Date: 1999

Title:

Exotic Forest Pest Information System for North America

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: database

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Minneapolis, Minnesota

Publisher: U.S. Department of Agriculture

Online_Linkage: http://www.ExoticForestPests.org

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Department of the Interior

Originator: U.S. Department of Agriculture

Originator: U.S. Department of Commerce

Publication_Date: 1998

Title: Invasive Species Databases - Las Vegas

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: database

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Reston, Virginia

Publisher:

U.S. Geological Survey, National Biological Information Infrastructure

Other_Citation_Details:

Parent metadata for Invasive species databases described in Las Vegas, Nevada, 1998 workshop. See other invasive species databases at this site.

Online_Linkage: http://www.nbii.gov/invasive/workshops/proceeds_lv.html

Description:

Abstract:

The database, being developed by the USDA Forest Service and maintained by the NSF Center for Integrated Pest Management, identifies exotic insects, mites, and pathogenic organisms with potential to cause significant damage to North American forest resources. It contains valuable background information on each identified pest. The database indicates the relative importance of each pest based on the ability to maintain a free-living population and to cause either economic or environmental damage in its new range. The pest risk assessment model developed for this project emphasizes potential for establishment and impact. Information on pathways for introduction and means of dispersal is provided in Pest Fact Sheets. The on-line database, initially deployed with minimal records in November 1998, should prove useful for the assessment and management of introduced pests, wood products and other commodities from foreign sources. The number of pest records in the database is expected to increase greatly in 1999.

Purpose:

The EFPISNA database serves as a resource for regulatory and forest protection agencies in North America.

Supplemental_Information:

Information for this metadata was taken from the report - Invasive Species Database, Proceedings of a Workshop, Las Vegas, Nevada, November 12-13, 1998. U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Commerce. http://www.nbii.gov/invasive/workshops/proceeds_lv.html

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 199811

Ending_Date: Present

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: In work

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Description_of_Geographic_Extent: North America

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -150

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -50

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 90

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 24

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: alien pathogenic organisms

Theme_Keyword: invasive pathogenic organisms

Theme_Keyword: alien insect species

Theme_Keyword: invasive insect species

Theme_Keyword: exotic pathogenic organisms

Theme_Keyword: nonindigenous pathogenic organisms

Theme_Keyword: exotic insect species

Theme_Keyword: nonindigenous insect species

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Place_Keyword: North America

Taxonomy:

Taxonomic_Keywords: pathogenic organisms

Taxonomic_Keywords: insects

Taxonomic_Keywords: mites

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints: Dataset credit required

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service

Contact_Person: Joseph O'Brien

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: 1992 Falwell Avenue

City: St. Paul

State_or_Province: Minnesota

Postal_Code: 55108

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 651-649-5266

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 651-649-5238

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: obrie031@tc.umn.edu

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: exotics@willow.ncfes.umn.edu

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Department of the Interior

Originator: U.S. Department of Agriculture

Originator: U.S. Department of Commerce

Publication_Date: 1998

Title: Invasive Species Databases - Las Vegas

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: database

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Reston, Virginia

Publisher:

U.S. Geological Survey, National Biological Information Infrastructure

Other_Citation_Details:

Parent metadata for Invasive species databases described in Las Vegas, Nevada, 1998 workshop. See other invasive species databases at this site.

Online_Linkage: http://www.nbii.gov/invasive/workshops/proceeds_lv.html

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service

Contact_Person: Joseph O'Brien

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: 1992 Falwell Avenue

City: St. Paul

State_or_Province: Minnesota

Postal_Code: 55108

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 651-649-5266

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 651-649-5238

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: obrie031@tc.umn.edu

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: exotics@willow.ncfes.umn.edu

Distribution_Liability:

Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the U. S. Department of Agriculture, no warranty expressed or implied is made by the Agency regarding the utility of the data on any other system, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. The U. S. Department of Agriculture will warrant the delivery of this product in computer readable format, and will offer appropriate adjustment of credit when the product is determined unreadable by correctly adjusted computer input peripherals, or when the physical medium is delivered in damaged condition. Request for adjustment of credit must be made within 90 days from the date of this shipment from the ordering site. The U. S. Department of Agriculture, nor any of its agencies are liable for misuse of the data, for damage, for transmission of viruses, or for computer contamination through the distribution of these data sets.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: ASCII

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name: http://www.ExoticForestPests.org

Fees: none