We invite you to take part in the work of the Third All-Russia scientific-practical conference "Prospects of Development and Problems of Contemporary Botany", to be held in Novosibirsk November 10-14, 2014. The Conference organizers welcome the participation of foreign scientists. Main topics of the conference: Plant systematics and phylogeny; Geobotany and geobotanical mapping; Mycology, algology, lichenology and bryology; Population biology; Molecular biology, biotechnology and phytochemistry; Conservation of plant biodiversity, rational nature management; Plant introduction. ... [Information of the supplier]
The Wollemi Pine is one of the world's oldest and rarest tree species belonging to a 200 million year old plant family. It was known from fossil records and was presumed extinct until it was discovered in 1994 in the Wollemi National Park just outside Australia's largest city, Sydney. The mission of Wollemi Pine International is to conserve the Wollemi Pine for future generations and to raise awareness of conservation internationally. Through public participation, we will repopulate the Wollemi Pine and return royalties to fund conservation of the Pines in the wild and other threatened and endangered species. ... [Information of the supplier]
The Zoological Institute is one of the oldest scientific institutions in St. Petersburg. In 2007 the institute became 175 years old although history of establishment of collections at the institute and the museum began much earlier, i.e. since the time of Peter the Great, who purchased exhibits for the Kunstkammer, the first Russian museum established by him in 1714. The first museum catalogue (1742) lists approximately 4000 representatives of mammals, birds, amphibians, fishes, insects and invertebrates, deposited in scientific collections of the Kunstkammer. The 18th century was the age of great expeditions including the famous academic expeditions of P.S. Pallas in the southern regions of Russia and Siberia. Extensive material collected during numerous marine and land expeditions of the early 19th century filled depository of the Kunstkammer. The official opening of the Zoological Museum took place in July 1832, which is accepted as the time of its foundation. Later the museum was transformed into the Zoological Museum of the Academy of Sciences. Its scientific collections comprise approximately 60,000,000 items. The Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a leading research institution is one of the most significant zoological institutions in the world. ... [Information of the supplier, modified]
This "electronic biological library" provides access to a large number of electronic publications about the fauna and flora of Russia and adjacent territories mostly from the 20th century but dating back to 1848 plus some volumes of Linnaeus' Systema naturae (some 500 titles, as of March 2013). The web site, like most of the titles listed, is only available in Russian; most titles come in djvu format. ... [Editorial staff vifabio]
Das Ziel der Website "Plantarium" ist das Identifizieren von Wildpflanzen in Russland und den Ländern, die früher Teil der Sowjetunion waren. Im Projekt werden von den Pflanzen und den für die Bestimmung notwendigen Merkmalen so viele Bilder wie möglich gesammelt; es sind nicht nur Arten aus allen Regionen Russlands berücksichtigt, sondern auch aus den Nachbarländern. Im Gegensatz zu herkömmlichen Bestimmungsbüchern verwendet Plantarium keine dichotomen Schlüssel; stattdessen können Sie eine beliebige Anzahl von Merkmalen eingeben und bekommen als Ergebnis alle Arten, die diese Kriterien erfüllen. ... [Information des Anbieters, übersetzt und verändert]