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Horizon Scan for Vertebrates in Trade

January 23, 2025

This is a dataset summarizing filtering criteria and rapid risk assessments for ~25,000 species undertaken during a data-driven horizon scan of imported fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. The files represented in this dataset are the following:
1) 'species_filtering_metadata_table.xlsx' is the tabular summary of all intake list species names and the reason for inclusion/exclusion.
2) 'review_scores.xlsx' is the tabular summary of taxa expert risk assessment scores for species included after filtering.
These data will be relayed to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service for further assessment and prioritization related to import regulation.

Publication Year 2025
Title Horizon Scan for Vertebrates in Trade
DOI 10.5066/P1RKCVOJ
Authors Wesley M Daniel, Helen R Sofaer, Catherine S Jarnevich, Richard A Erickson, Brett A Degregorio, Peder S Engelstad, Jonathan (Contractor) A Freedman
Product Type Data Release
Record Source USGS Asset Identifier Service (AIS)
USGS Organization Wetland and Aquatic Research Center - Gainesville, FL
Rights This work is marked with CC0 1.0 Universal
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