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The LifeWatch Alien Species Virtual Research Environment (Alien Species VRE) has been built and equipped in order to developing systems that support the scientist's work for experimental researches on alien species arrival and spread into different types of ecosystems (aquatic and terrestrial).

The Alien Species VRE is an example of the types of scientific studies that researchers on biodiversity and alien species could undertake.

The goal is to obtain a list of capabilities on the topic to be shared through the LifeWatch portal with all those interested in alien and invasive species.

Alien and Invasive Species

Alien Species VRE Services

The Alien Species VRE provides users with data relative to 13500 species belonging to 500 different terrestrial, freshwater, lagoon and marine sites. The data include several taxonomic groups from cyanobacteria to fish, amphibians, reptiles and mammals, inhabiting different habitats and their surroundings. This dataset was checked for quality: data cleaning and validation for taxonomic reliability and taxonomic consistency using different zoological and botanical taxonomic index and database (PESI, WORMS, and Catalogue of Life), and a semi-automatic data cleaning, through the tools available on the LifeWatch Italy Data Portal.