GRIIS: Czechia Checklist of Introduced and Invasive Alien Species

GRIIS provides validated national checklists of introduced and invasive alien species. Jan Pergl from the Czech Academy of Sciences contributed this checklist for Czechia, covering all kingdoms of organisms in all environments. The checklists are living entities, reviewed by country or species experts and published through GBIF.

Use Cases

• Modeling invasion risk and spread based on verified species occurrence records.
• Assessing biodiversity threats and conservation priorities based on the checklist of alien species.
• Monitoring changes in species composition over time using the living checklist methodology.

Strengths

• Data is validated and verified by networks of country or species experts.
• Checklists cover all kingdoms of organisms occurring in all environments and systems.
• Checklists are living entities, enabling ongoing improvements and updates.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Botany

Collection Method

Based on a published methodology, supported by the GBIF Integrated Publishing Tool.

Geography

Czechia