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<thesaurus 
	dc:URI="http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/establishment_means/" 
	dc:relation="" 
	dc:title="Establishment Means GBIF Vocabulary"
  dc:issued="2015-02-13"
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 <concept dc:identifier="native" dc:URI="http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/establishment_means/native" dc:relation=""
 dc:description="A species that is a part of the balance of nature that has developed over hundreds or thousands of years in a particular region or ecosystem. The word native should always be used with a geographic qualifier (for example, native to New England).">
  <preferred>
   <term dc:title="native" xml:lang="en"/>
  </preferred>
  <alternative>
   <term dc:title="indigenous" xml:lang="en"  />
   <term dc:title="reintroduced" xml:lang="en"  />
  </alternative>
 </concept>

 <concept dc:identifier="introduced" dc:URI="http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/establishment_means/introduced" dc:relation=""
 dc:description="A species introduced with human help (intentionally or accidentally) to a new place or new type of habitat where it was not previously found. Not all non-native species are invasive. In fact, when many non-native species are introduced to new places, they cannot reproduce or spread readily without continued human help (for example, many ornamental plants).">
  <preferred>
   <term dc:title="introduced" xml:lang="en"/>
  </preferred>
  <alternative>
   <term dc:title="exotic" xml:lang="en" />
   <term dc:title="alien" xml:lang="en" />
  </alternative>
 </concept>

 <concept dc:identifier="naturalised" dc:URI="http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/establishment_means/naturalised" dc:relation="" 
	dc:description="Subclass of introduced: The organism reproduces naturally and forms part of the local ecology.">
  <preferred>
   <term dc:title="naturalised" xml:lang="en"/>
  </preferred>
  <alternative>
  </alternative>
 </concept>

 <concept dc:identifier="invasive" dc:URI="http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/establishment_means/invasive" dc:relation="" 
	dc:description="Subclass of introduced: The organism is having a deleterious impact on another organism, multiple organisms or the ecosystem as a whole.">
  <preferred>
   <term dc:title="invasive" xml:lang="en"/>
  </preferred>
  <alternative>
  </alternative>
 </concept>

 <concept dc:identifier="managed" dc:URI="http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/establishment_means/managed" dc:relation="" 
	dc:description="Subclass of introduced: The organism maintains its presence through intentional cultivation or husbandry.">
  <preferred>
   <term dc:title="managed" xml:lang="en"/>
  </preferred>
  <alternative>
   <term dc:title="cultivated" xml:lang="en" />
   <term dc:title="captive" xml:lang="en" />
  </alternative>
 </concept>

 <concept dc:identifier="uncertain" dc:URI="http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/establishment_means/uncertain" dc:relation="" 
	dc:description="Origin of organism is uncertain">
  <preferred>
   <term dc:title="uncertain" xml:lang="en"/>
  </preferred>
  <alternative>
   <term dc:title="unknown" xml:lang="en" />
  </alternative>
 </concept>

</thesaurus>