EWINA_IPATHS : a global database of earthworm introductions' pathways into the US from 1945 to 1975

This dataset centralizes data of earthworm interception events at the US borders between 1945 and 1975.

These data come from the U.S. Bureau of Plant Quarantine, U.S. Department of Agriculture and were compiled by E. Gates in a list of papers (see references).

Each record in the EWINA_IPATHS database relates an interception event of introduced earthworms.

Interception events are described by the name of the intercepted species, its abundance, the date and place of interception, the geographical point of origin, the transportation mode (boat, plane, car), and the substrate in which the earthworms were found (e.g. soil, leaves, fish bait).

EWINA_IPATHS contains 1 016 events of earthworm interceptions.

Files:

• EWINAPATH.csv : dataset itself
• EWINAPATH_references.csv : list of references where the data come from. Merge to EWINAPATH.csv with the field source_ID.
• EWINAPATH_variables.csv: list of variables and their meaning.