| Patuxent Science Meeting 2006 Poster Abstract |
| | Systematics and invasive species - Strengthening the Federal capacity |
| | Reynolds RP, Sitnik M |
| | Systematists are now challenged to provide even basic biological information for most potential |
| | invasive pests, parasites and pathogens. Impediments to systematics are a lack of facilities |
| | and funds, lack of expertise, and a lack of complete biodiversity informatics. Successful |
| | prediction and response to emerging invasive species requires an active and sophisticated |
| | systematics enterprise, but development and maintenance of such Federal programs have not |
| | been fully realized. The Systematics Subcommittee of the Federal Interagency Committee on |
| | Invasive Terrestrial Animals and Pathogens (ITAP) was established to help strengthen the |
| | systematics resources for Federal agencies by advocating coordinated and expanded |
| | interagency programs embracing research, collections and bioinformatics to promote effective |
| | management and regulation of invasive species. This poster briefly reviews the mission, goals, |
| | Friday, September 22, 2006 |