Our intention was not to create another country-level checklist, rather we envisage that ILORA will assist in novel research on alien plant invasions in India and can be transformed into a nationwide collaborative platform for stakeholders. Here, we introduce the Indian A lien Fl ora Info rm ation (ILORA) Version 1.0 Database, a dynamic and open-source repository of comprehensive information on taxonomy, introduction pathway, use and biogeography of 1747 alien vascular plant species of India.
Such a comprehensive database is lacking in India (but see Inderjit et al., 2018). Easy access to such information at a finer scale is of paramount importance for developing country-level policy interventions and facilitating research and development concerning the alien species of a country. Further, data extraction often involves intensive and informed query-directed search processes to garner species-specific information. Some of this information, although retrievable from global databases, often lack resolution at the national or regional levels (but see The Global Naturalized Alien Flora database, hereafter GloNAF van Kleunen et al., 2019). Khuroo et al., 2012), the biological and ecological attributes of these alien plant species remain scattered across a multitude of databases rendering their access tedious. While country-level checklists of alien flora exist in India (e.g. This necessitates the creation of a country-level repository of alien flora as the first step towards identifying emerging invaders and managing the ones that have already been established (Pagad et al., 2018). The emerging economies, like India, are facing the greatest threat of invasion as a consequence of increasing globalization of trade as well as the changing climate (Lenzen et al., 2012). It is freely accessible via an online data repository as well as through a dedicated website ( ).īiological invasion has been described as a defining feature of the Anthropocene (Van Kleunen et al., 2015).
The database is envisaged to become a nationwide collaborative platform for a wide spectrum of stakeholders. It has a provision to incorporate user-submitted data, which will allow increasing the resolution of the database as well as the expansion of its capacity. The database is dynamic and will be updated regularly. The database, the first of its kind for the Indian alien flora, will provide easy access to high-quality data and offer a ready reference to comprehend the existing scenario of alien plant species in the country. This paper describes the detailed methodology of curating these data along with the rationale behind selecting these variables. We have curated data for 14 variables related to ecology, biogeography, introduction pathway, socio-economy and distribution of 1747 alien vascular plant species from 22 national and global sources to produce the Indian Alien Flora Information (ILORA) version 1.0 database. Such a comprehensive database for alien flora is lacking in India. While country-level checklists of alien taxa are important, databases having their biological and ecological attributes are of paramount importance for facilitating research activities and developing policy interventions. On this post of Ekta Kapoor, there are a lot of reactions from users.Biological invasions pose an unprecedented threat to biodiversity and ecosystems at different spatial scales, especially for a biodiversity-rich developing nation like India. No one can understand what this thing is. This video is becoming increasingly viral on social media. She looks like a thin shadow when viewed from close quarters.
In the video, when a bike rider goes near that person and hits the light, that figure stops and starts staring at him. At the same time some people are calling it ‘witch’. Some are calling him an ‘alien’ and some a ‘ghost’. Sharing the video, Ekta Kapoor wrote, “It is very scary for those who sleep alone at night.” It is seen in the video that a strange human figure is walking on the Chhada Dam bridge. Ekta Kapoor shared this video on her (Ekta Kapoor Instagram) Instagram account. Ekta Kapoor’s condition deteriorated after watching this video. The video is of Hazaribagh in Jharkhand, in which an alien-like creature in Jharkhand video is seen moving on the road. A video is becoming increasingly viral on social media, which has shocked everyone’s senses.