Distribution of the invasive plant species Heracleum sosnowskyi Manden. in the Komi Republic (Russia)

By

Chadin, Ivan
Dalke, Igor
Zakhozhiy, Ilya
Malyshev, Ruslan
Madi, Elena
Kuzivanova, Olga
Kirillov, Dmitrii
Elsakov, Vladimir

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2017

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

77

Pages

71-80

Subjects

European North-East Russia , geotagged photographs , Heracleum sosnowskyi , hogweed , human observation , invasive , Komi Republic , occurrence

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.77.11186

 

Abstract

Occurrences of the invasive plant species Heracleum sosnowskyi Manden. in the Komi Republic (northeastern part of European Russia) were recorded and published in the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF http://www.gbif.org) using the RIVR information system (http://ib.komisc.ru/add/rivr/en). RIVR stands for “Rasprostranenie Invasionnyh Vidov Rastenij” [Occurrence of Invasion Plant Species]. This citizen science project aims at collecting occurrence data about invasive plant species with the help of citizen scientists. Information can be added by any user after a simple registration (concept) process. However, the data published in GBIF are provided only by professional scientists. The total study area is approximately 19,000 km2. The GBIF resource contains 10894 H. sosnowskyi occurrence points, each with their geographical coordinates and photographs of the plants in the locus of growth. The preliminary results of species distribution modelling on the territory of European North-East Russia presented.