Abstract
Background: Globally, China and the USA are thought to present the greatest biosecurity threat from invasive species given the invasive species they already contain and their trade patterns. A proportion of Chinese scientific publications are published in Chinese language journals in Chinese characters, thus, they are not easily available to the international biosecurity community. Information in these journals may be important for invasive species biosecurity risk assessment. Methods: To assess the need for retrieving information from non-international databases, such as Chinese databases, we compared quantitative and qualitative information on the presence and distribution of five invasive pest thrips species (Frankliniella schultzei, Selenothrips rubrocinctus, Scirtothrips dorsalis, Thrips hawaiiensis, and Thrips palmi) in China, retrieved from an international English language database (Web of Science/WOS) and a Chinese language database (Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure/CNKI). Such information is necessary for climate matching models which are used regularly for pest risk assessment. Results: Few publications on Frankliniella schultzei were found in either database. For the other species, more publications were sourced from CNKI than WOS. More publications on the provincial distribution of S. rubrocinctus and S. dorsalis in China were found in CNKI than the Crop Protection Compendium (CPC); the two sources had equivalent publications on T. palmi and T. hawaiiensis. The combined provincial distributional data from WOS, CNKI and CPC for the four species provided distribution records at a higher latitude than a recently published checklist—information that is important for optimised climate matching. Additionally, CNKI provided sub-provincial distributional data not available in CPC that will enable a more refined approach for climate matching. Data on the relative proportion of publications found in different databases were constant over time. Conclusions: This study, focusing on pest distributional data, illustrates the importance of searching in Chinese databases in combination with standard searches in international databases, to gain a comprehensive understanding of invasive species for biosecurity risk assessment.
Highlights
One consequence of globalization is the spread of invasive species [1–4]
China plays an important role in global trade, and information about pests and diseases in China provides an invaluable function to assess the risks of global invasive species [12,13]
Despite the importance of accessing invasive species information from China [13], there have been few studies that have evaluated the differences between international and Chinese databases in retrieving information related to biosecurity concerns
Summary
One consequence of globalization is the spread of invasive species [1–4]. The rate at which alien species invade new regions continues to grow [5] and for many of these invasive species, their establishment and geographical expansion is associated with a range of detrimental economic, environmental, and social consequences as they threaten native biodiversity, disrupt natural habitats, and cause significant economic loss [6–9]. Sustainability 2022, 14, 2920 the invasion continuum, to prevent the establishment of invasive species or to mitigate their impact if they do establish These actions may incorporate aspects of risk assessment, import standards, pathway risk management, surveillance and eradication, and if establishment cannot be prevented, long term pest management (e.g., [10,11]). A proportion of Chinese scientific publications are published in Chinese language journals in Chinese characters, they are not available to the international biosecurity community. Information in these journals may be important for invasive species biosecurity risk assessment. More publications were sourced from CNKI than WOS
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