eprintid: 10100687 rev_number: 31 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/10/10/06/87 datestamp: 2020-06-15 10:28:08 lastmod: 2021-09-29 22:13:23 status_changed: 2020-11-06 18:39:27 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Kumschick, S creators_name: Bacher, S creators_name: Bertolino, S creators_name: Blackburn, T creators_name: Evans, T creators_name: Roy, H creators_name: Smith, K title: Appropriate uses of EICAT protocol, data and classifications ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B02 divisions: C08 divisions: D09 divisions: F99 keywords: Biological invasions, Environmental Impact Classification for Alien Taxa, management, policy-making, prioritisation note: Copyright Sabrina Kumschick et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. abstract: The Environmental Impact Classification for Alien Taxa (EICAT) can be used to classify alien taxa according to the magnitude and type of their environmental impacts. The EICAT protocol, classifications of alien taxa using the protocol (EICAT classification) and the data underpinning classifications (EICAT data) are increasingly used by scientists and practitioners such as governments, NGOs and civil society for a variety of purposes. However, the properties of the EICAT protocol and the data it generates are not suitable for certain uses. Therefore, we present guidelines designed to clarify and facilitate the appropriate use of EICAT to tackle a broad range of conservation issues related to biological invasions, as well as to guide research and communication more generally. Here we address common misconceptions and give a brief overview of some key issues that all EICAT users need to be aware of to take maximal advantage of this resource. Furthermore, we give examples of the wide variety of ways in which the EICAT protocol, classifications and data can be and have been utilised and outline common errors and pitfalls to avoid. date: 2020-10-15 date_type: published publisher: Pensoft Publishers official_url: http://doi.org/ 10.3897/neobiota.62.51574 oa_status: green full_text_type: pub language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1789026 doi: 10.3897/neobiota.62.51574 lyricists_name: Blackburn, Timothy lyricists_id: TBLAC15 actors_name: Austen, Jennifer actors_id: JAUST66 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: NeoBiota volume: 62 pagerange: 193-212 citation: Kumschick, S; Bacher, S; Bertolino, S; Blackburn, T; Evans, T; Roy, H; Smith, K; (2020) Appropriate uses of EICAT protocol, data and classifications. NeoBiota , 62 pp. 193-212. 10.3897/neobiota.62.51574 <https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.62.51574>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10100687/1/Blackburn_NB_article_51574_en_1.pdf