Der Naturwissenschaftliche Verein für Bielefeld und Umgegend e.V. ist eine der größten und aktivsten naturforschenden Vereinigungen in Deutschland und hat 600 Mitglieder. Rückgrat des Vereines sind 14 Arbeitsgemeinschaften, die ein breites Spektrum der Naturwissenschaften abdecken. Sie stehen als Ansprechpartner für Natur- und Artenschutzfragen wie auch für schnelle Analysen, z.B. bei Pilzvergiftungen, jedem zur Verfügung. Auch im Rahmen von Landschaftsbeiräten oder beim Erarbeiten von Grundlagendaten zur Pflanzen- und Tierwelt setzen Mitglieder unseres Vereines seit über 100 Jahren an vielen Stellen ihre Fachkenntnisse ein. Die drei wesentlichen Ziele unserer Vereinsarbeit sind: a) Naturschutz; b) Regionalforschung und c) die naturwissenschaftliche Bildung. ... [Information des Anbieters]
Experimental Biology is the study of the form and function of animals and plants at all levels of organisation from the molecular and cellular to the whole organism. The ethos of Experimental Biology is one of interdisciplinary studies usually conducted within the context of the environment and evolution of the organism. The Society for Experimental Biology believes that the broad nature and lack of “ology” boundaries implicit in Experimental Biology give it a pivotal role in the development of Life Sciences which are of considerable benefit to its members and to society. In particular, Experimental Biology contributes to knowledge that can be applied to the development of agriculture and medicine and to understanding the impacts of human activity on living organisms and ecosystems. ... [Information of the supplier]
The mission of the International Association of Bryologists (IAB), as a society, is to strengthen bryology by encouraging interactions among all persons interested in byophytes. The International Association of Bryologists (IAB) is an organization established in 1969 at the XI International Botanical Congress in Seattle, Washington, U.S.A. The aim of the organization is to promote international cooperation and communication among bryologists, whether amateur or professional. This is achieved through sponsorship and arrangement of meetings and symposia that relate to the various aspects of bryology, and by IAB sponsored publications including The Bryological Times. The Association also supports the publication of reviews, lists, software, and compendia. ... [Information of the supplier]
Over the last 20 years, biodiversity research has been established and shaped as a young interdisciplinary research field. In light of the global biodiversity crisis, however, this research is under pressure related to time and expectations and investments are necessary. The German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) since October 1, 2012, and will become a hub for biodiversity research. The German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) concentrates expertise across city and state borders, brings together top scientists, connects theoreticians and empiricists of manifold research fields, focuses on theory and synthesis (synthesis centre sDiv), educates a new generation of scientists in transdisciplinary biodiversity research (graduate school yDiv) and communicates the importance of safeguarding biodiversity. ... [Information of the supplier]
Ecological societies of China, Japan, and Korea collaboratively established a federation to promote ecological science in East Asia. EAFES plans symposia, meetings, joint researches and other activities that could contribute to develop the ecological science and society in this region. [Information of the supplier]
ViBRANT recognised the need for a bibliography of life, i.e. a freely accessible bibliography of every taxonomic paper ever published. None of the currently available aggregators were satisfactory, so we have chosen to extend the Plazi bibliographic tool, RefBank. There are two primary reasons for this choice, first the original developer, Guido Sautter, is a partner in ViBRANT and second, RefBank contains a parsing tool that will turn Rod Page's "cryptic text strings" into structured references that can be easily transformed into any of the other conventional forms (see the Data Format Report). The bulk of RefBank's growth to date has come from ViBRANT contributed references, with 80,000 references being accumulated in the first six months of operation and another 85,000 references in the second six months. Work continues within ViBRANT to extract bibliographies from published works and parse them to generate more references. This work is to ensure that RefBank is seeded with sufficient references at launch so as to engage users. There was a significant development for RefBank in Autumn 2012 when it was the subject of a presentation and demonstration at TDWG 2013. Since when we have seen the addition of community contributed references. A more formal launch of RefBank, probably in conjunction with related ViBRANT developed tools, is planned for Summer/Autumn 2013. (http://vbrant.eu/content/communal-literature) ... [Miscellaneous as indicated]
The Norwegian Zoological Society (NZF) was founded in 1946 and is the only association in Norway which is interested in all groups of animals, from insects and crustaceans to mammals and birds. The association is open to anyone interested in zoology - both amateurs and professionals. Our main tasks is to disseminate information about wildlife and the conservation of wild fauna and its habitats. ... [Information of the supplier, translated and modified]
The Network of Knowledge BiodiversityKnowledge is being developed and communicated by the EU-project KNEU - Developing a Knowledge Network for EUropean expertise on biodiversity and ecosystem services to inform policy making economic sectors, funded under FP7 as coordination action (Grant No.265299). The project comprises a consortium of 18 leading institutions in Europe on biodiversity and ecosystem services research and governance. The consortium understands itself as a facilitator in developing the Network of Knowledge, aiming at a broad involvement from partners across the biodiversity knowledge landscape. ... [Information of the supplier]
BiNHum is a joint project of five natural history museums and research collections representing the Humboldt-Ring. These are the State Museums of Natural History Karlsruhe (SMNK) and Stuttgart (SMNS), the Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig in Bonn (ZFMK), the Bavarian Natural History Collections in Munich (SNSB), and the Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem (BGBM).The three-year project (2012–2015) will enforce collaboration and consolidate collection data of the Humboldt-Ring institutes and their associates by development of a joint data portal and efforts in data mining, standardisation, new data types as 3D images e.g., or data digitized by the sub-project MORPHYLL at the SMNS (DFG support code RO 3250/21, acquisition of ecophysiologically relevant morphometric data of fossil leaves), and data porting to current IT standards. Additionally, the portal will provide all accessible data to international projects as GBIF. ... [Information of the supplier]
Nach den Bakterien sind Pilze die am weitesten verbreitete Lebensform der Erde. Sie finden sich in der Tiefsee und im Hochgebirge, in Gesteinen und im Wasser, auf und in anderen Lebewesen, in Wüsten, Regenwäldern und an den Polen. Sie sind artenreicher als Pflanzen, Fische und Säugetiere zusammen, und Schätzungen zufolge sind mindestens 90 % ihrer Arten noch unentdeckt. Doch bereits mit dem kleinen Anteil der Arten, der derzeit wirtschaftlich genutzt wird, werden Hunderte von Milliarden Euro erwirtschaftet, sowohl in der Lebensmittelproduktion als auch in der Pharmaindustrie. Auch zahlreiche zelluläre Prozesse wurden erstmals an Pilzen entdeckt. Allerdings ist die grundlagen- und anwendungsorientierte Forschung auf nur wenige Organismen beschränkt und lässt das große Potenzial der Diversität bekannter und noch unbekannter Pilze ungenutzt. Ziel des LOEWE Schwerpunktes für Integrative Pilzforschung (IPF) ist es daher, die Expertise im Bereich der Diversitätsforschung und Modellorganismen-basierter Forschung in synergistischer Weise zusammenzuführen, so dass es zu einer nachhaltigen Stärkung der hessischen Wirtschaft und Forschung in einem expandierenden Forschungsfeld mit großem wissenschaftlichem und wirtschaftlichem Potenzial kommt. ... [Information des Anbieters]