Section: 6. CIMPAL paths of introduction | Biotope - Cumulative IMPacts of invasive ALien species (CIMPAL) version | LifeWatch ERIC Training Platform

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  • Biotope - Cumulative IMPacts of invasive ALien species (CIMPAL) version

    What this tutorial is about
    This tutorial will guide you during the use of the CIMPAL (Cumulative IMPacts of invasive ALien species) version of the Biotope vulnerability Workflow, which assesses the habitat vulnerability to the introduction and establishment of Invasive Alien Species (IAS) and the cumulative effects of their negative impacts. The tutorial will clarify how to prepare the input data, as well as the step-by-step use of the workflow.

    About the workflow
    You can access the workflow through My Lifewatch Platform at  https://my.lifewatch.eu under LifeWatch ERIC Products/ LifeWatch VREs/ Biotope/  Run a new workflow/ CIMPAL.
    For further information regarding the overall initiative that leaded to the design of the validation cases and the development of the workflows, please consult  the LifeWatch Internal Joint Initiative dedicated platform: https://www.lifewatch.eu/internal-joint-initiative/workflows/.

    Get in touch with the scientific team

    Heliana TeixeiraHeliana Teixeira, CESAM Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, Biology Department, University of Aveiro


    Julien RadouxJulien Radoux, UCLouvain 


5. Taxa
7. Weight file

6. CIMPAL paths of introduction

  • 6. CIMPAL paths of introduction

    In this step you will inform on the paths of introduction for each NIS taxa. A binary value (O or 1) indicates whether there a is possibility to introduce the taxa via the pathway in a .csv file (Fig. 8). One output will be created for each of the pathways in the file.

    You must upload a file with .csv extension with TSV. The possible pathways or vectors of introduction (the categories <path?> are defined by the user and may follow international CBD criteria) will be defined for each alien species. More than one pathway is allowed per species. The input is a .csv file in a matrix format with the first column listing the pathways of introduction categories and the subsequent n columns headers (first row) being the alien species scientific names <scientificName1>, which must match the names in the input file used in Alien Taxonomy Dataset Uploader (field scientificName):

    • row names (column 1) (text):“SpSciName”; “ALL”; <path1>; <path2>; <path3>; …
    • column headers (column 2 to n+1) (text): <scientificNameA>; <scientificNameB>; <scientificNameC>; ...
    • (matrix cells) binary value (0/1) (integer): indicates if the pathway of introduction applies (1) or not (0) to a given alien species. In row ‘ALL’ always indicate (1): this will allow you to generate the cumulative CIMPAL index for all species, not filtered by pathway of introduction.  

    dummy structure CIMPAL_paths

    Fig. 8. Structure of the CIMPAL_paths.csv matrix dummy file, as general example on how to present the CIMPAL paths of introduction.

    To upload the .csv file with your matrix, press the three vertical dots at the end of the first line on the expanded file list, and choose ‘Upload file’ (e.g., Fig. 7). After the upload is complete, you must select the file before advancing to the next step. Dummy testing data is also available (CIMPAL_paths.csv, shown in Fig. 8).

5. Taxa
7. Weight file