Title: Development phase of the CABI Invasive Species Compendium complete
[CABI 13 July 2011] -- Invasive Species are a major threat to the global economy and the environment, costing billions of dollars to control each year. This new resource is an online, open access reference work covering recognition, biology, distribution, impact and management of the world's invasive plants and animals. The Invasive Species Compendium currently covers over 1,500 species (including 465 invasive plants) with over 7,000 basic summary datasheets and 1,500 detailed datasheets. You can also access over 800 full text articles (in pdf format) and 65,000 abstract summaries, with plans to add 10,000 more by the end of 2011. This new resource has been built upon a brand new technical platform which enables our experts to update the datasheets and bibliographical data on a weekly basis.
The Invasive Species Compendium (ISC) has been developed in partnership with our consortium members; you have been given access to this site as you are affiliated with our Invasive Species Development Consortium group. The development phase of the ISC project is now complete and the resource is now available to use freely from www.cabi.org/isc.
