Evaluation of online information sources on alien species in europe: The need of harmonization and integration

Environmental Management

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1137-1146

  Gatto, Francesca ^a   Katsanevakis, Stelios ^a   Vandekerkhove, Jochen ^a   Zenetos, Argyro ^b   Cardoso, Ana Cristina ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; European policy; Interoperable web services; Online databases; Standardization

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; CONTINUOUS MONITORING; DISTRIBUTED RESOURCES; INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS; ON-LINE INFORMATION; ONLINE DATABASE; ONLINE INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

BIODIVERSITY; DATABASE SYSTEMS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; STANDARDIZATION; WEB SERVICES; WEBSITES;

COMPUTER AIDED NETWORK ANALYSIS;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATABASE; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; GIS; INTERNET; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NOMENCLATURE; POLICY APPROACH; STANDARDIZATION;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTEGRATION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; ONLINE SYSTEM; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARDIZATION; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EUROPE; FRESH WATER; FUNGI; INTERNET; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PLANTS; SEAWATER;

EUROPE;

EID: 84878863437     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-013-0042-8     Document Type: Article

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