Section: 5. Taxa | Biotope - Cumulative IMPacts of invasive ALien species (CIMPAL) version | LifeWatch ERIC Training Platform

  • The Alien Taxonomy Dataset Uploader will allow you to define which species are native or not, by uploading the list of alien species scientific names ‘manually’ prepared (via your own extractor or ‘personal’ database). 

    The input is a .txt file with TSV (tab separated values) with 2 columns, and its first row contains the headers:

    • scientificName (text): the scientific name of the alien species
    • dispersionRadius (numeric): a species potential daily range (as an individual trait, not an observation property), expressed in meter. A default value of 50 meters is used if the field is not provided.
    ATTENTION: Make sure to remove the empty lines at the end of file. To upload this file into the platform you must first convert it to a .zip file.

    To upload the .zip file with your dataset, press the three vertical dots at the end of the first line on the expanded file list, and choose ‘Upload file’ (e.g., Fig. 5). After the upload is complete, you must select the file before advancing to the next step. Dummy testing data is also available (taxa_cimpal.zip).