The database BiolFlor contains almost 3660 species and more than 60 traits. This data results from several projects conducted in the Department of Community Ecology (UFZ - Centre for Environmental Research) over the last 10 years. It was thus possible to rework and enlarge a previously existing database. However, the work on BiolFlor will not be finished, yet. We will continuously try to improve the database, correct errors and expand the coverage of traits and their states. Registered users will be able to download updates in the future. A full documentation of BiolFlor (in German with English summaries and data tables, table captions and figure legends) including CD-ROM and registration key can be purchased from the Landwirtschaftsverlag. ... [Information of the supplier]
These pages enable the rapid look-up of indicator values for vascular plants. They do not contain an introduction to the methodology of indicator values in general. Before using online index values a study of the original literature is recommended. The scaling of ecological indicator values was done according to ELLENBERG et al. 1992, the specific classification of several hundred species was adapted for Austria by KARRER. For online searches, the species names are best input as abbreviations, e.g.: 'ma bi' for 'Maianthemum bifolium', 'ur d' for Urtica dioica, etc. ... [Information of the supplier, translated and modified]
‘Botany in Pictures’ has set itself the aim of documenting the entire flora of Austria and the adjoining regions in pictures. In the meantime, our digital picture archive has grown to more than 30000 photos whereby we have been able to enlarge our own picture holding with numerous entries from other photo-botanists who have generously made their photos available to us. Thus, we can quickly expand ‘Botany in Pictures’ and continually show new pictures on the internet. Up to now, 1800 species have been documented in ‘Botany in Pictures’, with more than 2700 pictures. Many other pictures can be made available by request. ... [Information of the supplier, translated]
In the literature database of the Botanical Institute of the University of Innsbruck, articles from current journals and the new books and separata of the institute are registered. Up to the spring of 2006 ca. 50000 citations were already recorded; the database will be continuously expanded. One focal point is formed by geobotanical, bryological, and palaeobotanical journals; Vegetatio, Nova Hedwigia and several palaeobotanical journals for example, are complete from Volume 1 (as long as they are in the library’s holdings). The geographical emphasis is on Tyrol / Austria, thought the database is not restricted to this area. ... [Editorial staff vifabio]
FloraWeb is the online offering of the Federal Agency for Nature Protection (BfN) concerning wild plant species, plant communities, and the natural vegetation of Germany. At present the species selection is restricted to ferns and flowering plants (phanerogams), the extension to mosses (bryophytes) is planned. The entries come from current, actualised databases and projects of the BfN and its co-operating partners (see below) and thus are available to the public in their current form. Under the menu point “Plant species” ("Pflanzenarten") ca. 3500 species profiles with up to 55 individual items of information about taxonomy, biology, ecology, habitat, distribution, and inventory situation, endangerment and protection, as well as photos, can be accessed that are generated at the current time by means of dynamic accessing the underlying databases. The species descriptions can be accessed by name, by alphabetical name lists, or a systematic family tree. Information about distributions in Germany is available through dynamically prepared maps and the interactive GIS application FloraMap. In the sub-menu point “Properties” ("Suche nach Eigenschaften") all individual information items in searches can be freely combined. Again, the resulting species lists can be transferred to the map module FloraMap where one then has the possibility of displaying the spatial distribution of these groups of species in Germany. Under the menu point “Associations” ("Gesellschaften"), the likewise collected information about plant communities and their regional endangerment in Germany is stored in the profiles. These profiles of the vegetation units are extended through a database of phytosociological records under the name “VegetWeb”, which is to be continuously expanded. Under the menu point “Vegetation map” the units of the potential natural vegetation of Germany are displayed in profiles, with text explanations and photos, that will be expanded through the map display dynamically linked to the profiles. The data-offering thus defined in the area “Data service” will be expanded in “InformationsNetz” with explanations of the botanical connections and further information about the data sources. ... [Information of the supplier, translated]
The literature database of the vegetation ecology of central Europe of the Braunschweig University Library is a current database in which scientific publications about the flora and vegetation of Central Europe are indexed. Until now, the focus has been on Germany; indexing of the relevant publications for Austria, Switzerland, Northern Italy, and Slovenia is planned. The adjacent areas are also taken into consideration in the selection. Currently ca. 11000 publications have been indexed whereby the data are continually updated and expanded. A special feature of the database is that scientists who are active in this area can themselves enter records of their publications into the database via the World Wide Web. Their entries are stored directly in the database and are then immediately searchable worldwide. ... [Information of the supplier, translated]
VegetWeb is a phytosociological database, in which vegetation records can be searched online, displayed and downloaded for further handling. The development of VegetWeb is closely linked with the vegetation databases working group, which has been devoted, since 2002, to the collection, distribution and use of phytosociological data in Germany and the adjoining countries. Vegetation records have been collected worldwide for ca. 100 years using unified methods: on a test plot on the ground all visible plant species are recorded together with their cover-abundance values. The head data contain facts about the position, vegetation structure and location. Records are compared, analysed, and presented in vegetation tables (cross matrices of species x record). They form the foundation data for the definition and the boundaries of plant communities and are simultaneously condensed floral observation data. In Central Europe public archiving (in specialist journals) and the mutual use of vegetation records has a long tradition. In a phytosociological data base the records are digital and can be searched with great efficiency, filtered and linked to other databases – in the case of VegetWeb, online via the internet. The basic stock of VegWeb consists of 2353 records collected by the Federal Department for Nature Conservation from acid-soil beech woods (Luzulo-Fagion), in area terms the most important vegetation species in Germany, whose plant species diversity was thereby made available through detailed analysis. In 2003 the importation of the database BERGWALD added 4934 records from the Bavarian Alps which enabled the evaluation of the forest vegetation of an especially species rich region The architecture of VegetWeb was developed on Planto, taking into account the newest research findings from MoreTax and VegBank. This allows one to deal with the names of plant species in the sense of conceptual taxonomy. Since the species names used in the original records (e.g. Luzula albida) are stored in exactly the same way as their interpretations (e.g. Luzula albida » Luzula luzuloides), VegetWeb unites, while querying, the species taxonomy of all records encountered in the references of the German standard list of ferns and vascular plants by WISSKIRCHEN & HAEUPLER (1998). Thus, the usual, extremely time consuming, harmonising of the taxonomy in the records obtained by associations from various sources is automated. However, the original names and interpretations are in the database and can be accessed for every record in the form of an observation report. ... [Information of the supplier, translated]
This database contains 1834 plant species which are, or were, present in the Karlsruhe administration district, and some neighbouring regions. About 1750 of them are illustrated; the pictures show various aspects of the plants (flowers, fruits, habit, etc.). In almost all cases these are digital photos that were specially made for the database from 2001 to 2005. Wherever possible pictures of regional populations in the Karlsruhe area were used. The first version of this database was published as a CD-ROM ("Die Pflanzenwelt des nördlichen Landkreises Karlsruhe", M. Hassler 2004) and can be obtained from Verlag Regionalkultur (Ubstadt-Weiher). ... [Information of the supplier, translated and modified]
NatureGate’s services enable you to enjoy and learn about many aspects of nature in Finland. Our services provide a wealth of information about Finland’s plants, birds and butterflies, as well as many pictures of our featured species. You can even identify plants using the pride of our website: a unique species-identifying tool. We hope these services will be useful for you, and give you many new reasons to visit beautiful natural places in Finland. ... [Information of the supplier]
Das Internetportal des nationalen Daten- und Informationszentrums zur Schweizer Flora eröffnet Ihnen gegenüber der bisherigen Webseite neue Möglichkeiten. Hier einige Highlights: Sie können ihre Beobachtungen neu auch über unser Online-Feldbuch melden. Sie erhalten ein eigenes Konto und können so jederzeit Ihre gemeldeten Daten einsehen und bearbeiten. Die Angaben zu den Pflanzenarten wurden ausgebaut. Neben dem bisherigen Verbreitungsatlas stehen Ihnen nun auch sämtliche Artbeschreibungen aus der Flora Helvetica zur Verfügung. Neben Arten können nun auch Lebensräume nach der Klassifikation von Delarze & Gonseth ("Lebensräume der Schweiz") abgefragt werden. Neben den Merkblättern Artenschutz, finden Sie auch Infoblätter zu den invasiven Neophyten der Schwarzen Liste und Watch-Liste. Für aktive Artenschützer spannend: Sie können nachschlagen, in welchen Kantonen zu welchen Arten Aktionspläne existieren oder Massnahmen am Laufen sind. ... [Information des Anbieters]
