SKIS: Annotated Taxonomic Checklists for Birds, Mammals, and Plants

SKIS is a biodiversity information management system for building annotated taxonomic checklists. The system includes data files for birds, mammals, and plants, and the program SKI_IN.EXE allows data management and export to spreadsheets or databases. The dataset is provided by SCIOPS and is available via FTP.

Use Cases

• Building hierarchical taxonomic checklists based on the Biological Classification system.
• Managing biodiversity data for birds, mammals, and plants using the SKI_IN program.
• Exporting annotated checklist data to spreadsheet or database programs for further analysis.

Strengths

• Includes data files for three major biological groups: birds, mammals, and plants.
• The SKI_IN program provides data management facilities for export and organization.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

SCIOPS

Collection Method

Data capture via a biodiversity information management system.