iSpecies is a test of E O Wilson's idea of a web page for each species. The data displayed are generated "on the fly" by querying other data sources. iSpecies uses web services to talk to source databases, extract data, and assemble a page for each species. The code makes extensive use of XML. Essentially, each web service returns XML in one form or another, and XSL style sheets are used to transform the result into HTML. ... [Information of the supplier, modified]
PLoS Biology is an open-access, peer-reviewed general biology journal published by the Public Library of Science (PLoS), a nonprofit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world's scientific and medical literature a public resource. PLoS Biology's web site provides additional news and forums, as well as background information. ... [Information of the supplier, modified]
Our goal is to contribute to the development of a network of sustainable and ecological agricultural systems, which provide food, renewable resources and energy. The environmentally friendly nature of these systems ensures optimal soil and plant health, and promotes animal welfare, biodiversity, an efficient energy flow and nutrient cycle balance. ... [Information of the supplier]
Mendeley is a free reference manager and academic social network that can help organize research, collaborate with others online, and discover the latest research. Users can automatically generate bibliographies, collaborate easily with other researchers online, easily import papers from other research software, find relevant papers based on what he’s reading, access papers from anywhere online, or read papers on the go, with Mendeley’s new iPhone app. In the Biological Sciences, Mendeley comprises 12,459,724 papers and 8,127 research groups (as of March 2012). ... [Information of the supplier, modified]
Biologists can't deviate from their objective to make a detailed study of available resources while choosing bioinformatics resources for their specific needs. In fact, the selection of databases and tools has often been very unscientific. Shodhaka has initiated a need-based categorization of the resources to assist scientists, and brings you the initial results, after 3 years of research, in the form of a web-portal. The unique features would make the newly created portal a very useful starting point for most biologists bioinformatics work. ... [Information of the supplier]
This website is a database for Bioprojects. A BioProject is a collection of biological data related to a single initiative, originating from a single organization or from a consortium of coordinating organizations. BioProjects aggregate pointers to data to provide users with an entry point into diverse data types. [Information of the supplier]
The Amazon Tree Diversity Network is an electronic network of 143 botanists, ecologists and taxonomists that share data and information on tree diversity in the pan-Amazon (Amazonia s.s. and the Guyana Shield). Our drive is to gain a better understanding of the processes that drive (patterns of) alfa- and beta-diversity in the region and, through this knowledge, contribute to better conservation strategies for the region. Currently we work with data from botanical 1-ha plots (and sometimes different sizes), forest inventories, and herbarium collections. In 2003 the work of ATDN resulted the first accurate and robust map of tree alpha-diversity of the Amazon. We unravelled relationships between climate and diversity. The combination of the above results and use of functional groups, successfully tried in some of our Guyana plots, and now also in the Amazon, can perhaps help us to predict the effect of global change in these important and beautiful forests. ... [Information of the supplier]
The Society for Experimental Biology is delighted to announce that their 2013 Annual Meeting will take place in Valencia, Spain. The meeting will take place from Wednesday 3rd - Saturday 6th of July at the Valencia Conference Centre. Approved by the Society of Biology for purposes of CPD, this event may be counted as 72 CPD credits. ... [Information of the supplier]
Die DNFS verbindet die Vorteile dezentraler naturkundlicher Sammlungen (u.a. dezentrale Bildungsversorgung, Netzwerkbildung mit Universitäten und anderen Wissenschaftseinrichtungen in der Region, Sicherheitsaspekte) mit den Notwendigkeiten und Vorteilen einer nationalen Präsenz und Repräsentanz. Die Mitgliedsinstitutionen bezeichnen sich als Forschungssammlungen. Darunter verstehen sie das Vorhandensein einer großen, wissenschaftlich zugänglichen naturkundlichen Sammlung sowie zugehöriger Forschungslabore und Sammlungswissenschaftlerinnen und -wissenschaftler. Die DNFS fördert die Kooperation und Abstimmung zwischen den Mitgliedsinstitutionen, erarbeitet Synergien, unterstützt die Erarbeitung regionaler Schwerpunkte und Serviceaufgaben. Sie versteht sich als Ansprechpartner und Akteur für nationale und internationale wissenschaftliche, gesellschaftliche und politische Institutionen und relevante Prozesse. Die DNFS wird auch aktiv, wenn Sammlungen auch außerhalb der DNFS gefährdet erscheinen. ... [Information des Anbieters]
Environmental and biological research is becoming central to major societal challenges related to the Earth’s ecosystems and climate dynamics. To handle the scale and complexity of the scientific questions being addressed, there is a strong need to integrate knowledge because biological data are currently scattered and difficult to share. We propose here a coherent infrastructure to improve scientific data integration and preservation. The overall goal is to provide a sustainable, service oriented, national data infrastructure facilitating data sharing and stimulating data intensive science in the fields of biological and environmental research. ... [Information of the supplier]