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Capacity of United States federal government and its partners to rapidly and accurately report the identity (taxonomy) of non-native organisms intercepted in early detection programs

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BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS
Volume 22, Issue 1, Pages 101-127

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SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-019-02147-x

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Biosecurity; Diagnostics; Early detection and rapid response (EDRR); Identification; Invasive species; Pests; Taxonomy

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The early detection of and rapid response to invasive species (EDRR) depends on accurate and rapid identification of non-native species. The 2016-2018 National Invasive Species Council Management Plan called for an assessment of US government (federal) capacity to report on the identity of non-native organisms intercepted through early detection programs. This paper serves as the response to that action item. Here we summarize survey-based findings and make recommendations for improving the federal government's capacity to identify non-native species authoritatively in a timely manner. We conclude with recommendations to improve accurate identification within the context of EDRR by increasing coordination, maintaining taxonomic expertise, creating an identification tools clearinghouse, developing and using taxonomic standards for naming and identification protocols, expanding the content of DNA and DNA Barcode libraries, ensuring long-term sustainability of biological collections, and engaging and empowering citizens and citizen science groups.

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