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Invasive Species Resources

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10 Ways You Can Prevent the Spread of Invasive Species

Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay.

A Guide to Integrated Fish Health Management in the Great Lakes Basin: Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia - Chapter 19 (Jun 2002) (PDF | 26 KB)
Great Lakes Fishery Commission.
See also: Table of Contents for complete document.
A Review of Aquatic Plant Monitoring and Assessment Methods (2012) (PDF | 444 KB)

Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Foundation.

See also: AREF - Publications for more resources
African Swine Fever: What You Need to Know
National Pork Board.
An Invasive-Species Success Story: The Eradication of the European Grapevine Moth in California (Mar 2019)
Entomological Society of America. Entomology Today.
Invasive insect and arthropod species make for a lot of scary headlines—think emerald ash borer, spotted lanternfly, and Asian longhorned tick, just to name a few. But success stories in invasive-species response are out there. They just need to be told. One of those success stories is the eradication of the European grapevine moth (Lobesia botrana) in northern California after it was found there in 2009. A cooperative, multipronged response effort kept infestations from running wild, and it was declared eradicated in 2016, two years after the last adult moth was caught in the region. The story of this effort is recounted, along with analysis of the invasion’s dynamics, in a study published in January in the Annals of the Entomological Society of America.
An Ounce of Prevention: How to Stop Invasive Insects and Diseases from Devastating U.S. Forests (Feb 2007) (PDF | 556 KB)
Nature Conservancy. Global Forest Partnership. Forest Health Program.
See also: Invasive Species Research Reports for more resources
Animal Factsheets: Cane Toad

Australian Museum.

Asian Carp

Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council (Michigan).

Asian Clams - Lake George Fact Sheet No. 53 (Feb 2014) (PDF | 143 KB)
Fund for Lake George (New York).
Audit of Non-Native Species in England
English Nature.
Avian Influenza - Frequently Asked Questions

American Veterinary Medicine Association.

Avian Pox: A Disease That Can Affect Any Bird (PDF | 166 KB)
National Wild Turkey Federation.
Beech Leaf Disease - A New Problem for Ontario Trees

Nature Conservancy Canada.

Biodiversity and Human Health Benefit from Invasive Species Removal (Jun 13, 2017)
Island Conservation.
Restoring islands through the removal of non-native invasive mammals is a powerful biodiversity conservation tool. This new study now shows that human communities on islands could benefit from restoration actions, which can potentially reduce or eliminate the burden of diseases transmitted to people by invasive species. Simply put, removal of invasive species can benefit human health in addition to ecological health.
Biology and Control of Aquatic Plants: A Best Management Practices Handbook (2014)

Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Foundation.

This third edition has been specifically designed with water resource managers, water management associations, homeowners and customers and operators of aquatic plant management companies and districts in mind. The goal in preparing this handbook is to provide basic, scientifically sound information to assist decision makers with their water management questions.

Black Walnut Mortality in Colorado Caused by the Walnut Twig Beetle and Thousand Cankers Disease (Aug 2009)
Plant Management Network. Plant Health Progress.
Chinese Tallow (Popcorn Tree): Exotic Ornamental Gone Wild (PDF | 247 KB)
Bay County Conservancy (Florida).
See also: Invasive Exotic Plants for more publications
Citrus Canker: The Pathogen and Its Impact (2002)
American Phytopathological Society.
Citrus Huanglongbing: Understanding the Vector-Pathogen Interaction for Disease Management (Dec 2007)
American Phytopathological Society.
Combating Light Blight
International Potato Center.