The NCBI taxonomy database contains the names of all organisms that are represented in the genetic databases with at least one nucleotide or protein sequence. Click on the tree if you want to browse the taxonomic structure or retrieve sequence data for a particular group of organisms." (...) "The NCBI taxonomy database is not a primary source for taxonomic or phylogenetic information. Furthermore, the database does not follow a single taxonomic treatise but rather attempts to incorporate phylogenetic and taxonomic knowledge from a variety of sources, including the published literature, web-based databases, and the advice of sequence submitters and outside taxonomy experts. Consequently, the NCBI taxonomy database is not a phylogenetic or taxonomic authority and should not be cited as such. ... [Information of the supplier]
BioNET is an international not-for-profit initiative dedicated to promoting taxonomy, especially in the biodiversity rich but economically poorer countries of the world. Working via local partnerships (LOOPs), BioNET strives to provide a forum for collaboration that is equally open to all taxonomists and to the other users of taxonomy. Working with partners locally and internationally, our work contributes to raising awareness of the importance of taxonomy to society, building and sharing of capacity, and meeting taxonomic needs via innovative tools and approaches. ... [Information of the supplier]
Wir, die Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik sind ein gemeinnütziger Verein für alle jungen und etablierten, professionellen und in der Freizeit wissenschaftlich tätigen Systematiker, die mitarbeiten und unsere Ziele unterstützen möchten. Die GfBS, gegründet im Dezember 1997 in Berlin, setzt sich vor allem für eine Stärkung der organismischen Biologie, der Taxonomie und der phylogenetischen Systematik ein, und natürlich für den Schutz der Organismen unseres Planeten. Die GfBS ist keine nationale aber überwiegend deutschsprachige Organisation, und die meisten Mitglieder kommen aus Mitteleuropa. Beteiligt sind Spezialisten für alle Organismengruppen. ... [Information des Anbieters]
The DELTA format (DEscription Language for TAxonomy) is a flexible method for encoding taxonomic descriptions for computer processing. It has been adopted by the International Taxonomic Databases Working Group (TDWG) as a standard for data exchange. DELTA-format data can be used to produce natural-language descriptions, conventional or interactive keys, cladistic or phenetic classifications, and information-retrieval systems. ... [Information of the supplier]
Der schleichende und unbemerkte Verlust an Arten von Tieren, Pflanzen und anderen Organismen durch Umweltzerstörung, Übernutzung, invasive Arten und mangelnde Wertschätzung ist eine globale Katastrophe. Um den Verlust überhaupt bemerken zu können, bedarf es zunächst einer genauen Kenntnis der noch vorhandenen Vielfalt. Genaue Kenntnis kann Schutz- und Nutzungsoptionen eröffnen. Das zuständige biologische Fachgebiet ist die Taxonomie. Es besteht jedoch ein Engpass an taxonomischer Expertise; zu konstatieren ist das Fehlen von ausreichenden taxonomischen Kapazitäten und Kompetenzen, d.h. von Referenz- und Forschungssammlungen, frei zugänglichen Datenbanken mit relevanten Informationen und vor allem von ausgebildeten Fachleuten, also von Taxonomen. Als Folge der Verpflichtungen, die Deutschland mit der Ratifizierung der Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) im Jahre 1993 einging, ist der Staat verantwortlich für einen gut ausgebauten Forschungsbereich der Fachgebiete Taxonomie und Systematik. Die Unterstützung dieses Bereiches ist somit als eine nationale Aufgabe zu betrachten. Starke und bedeutende Stiftungsprofessuren an herausragenden Universitäten sind erforderlich, um eine den neuen Anforderungen gewachsene Taxonomie in die Ausbildung der Studenten einzubringen und damit in ausreichendem Maße aktiven und vorwärtsstrebenden Nachwuchs für dieses Fachgebiet zu rekrutieren. ... [Information des Anbieters, verändert]
This site merges the book A Guide to Field Guides: Identifying the Natural History of North America by Diane Schmidt, Biology Librarian at the University of Illinois, and its companion Web site International Field Guides. After the publisher returned copyright to the book, the author decided to combine the two products and create a searchable database of field guides for plants, animals, and other objects in North America and around the world. Except where noted, all guides listed here were personally examined by the author. As used in this site, a field guide is a small, lightweight book used to identify plants, animals, or other objects. It is designed to be used outdoors and usually contains many illustrations, whether drawings or photographs, and limited text. Generally speaking, field guides are used by amateurs, hence the emphasis on visual identification. There are a number of different technical manuals, atlases, floras and faunas, handbooks, and keys for the use of professionals which are not listed here. ... [Information of the supplier]
BioSyst.EU represents European scientists dealing with topics of systematic biology. It considers itself as a collaborative counterpart to the Consortium of European Taxonomic Facilities (CETAF) where European Natural History Institutions have joined, whereas in BioSyst.EU individual scientists are to be represented via their national or regional societies. BioSyst.EU aims to provide a European platform to: a) hold joint meetings on a regular basis; b) promote research, teaching, and training in all areas of systematic biology, including phylogenetic, taxonomic, and biodiversity research; c) encourage collaboration and interchange among researchers, both individually and through their respective societies and institutions; d) coordinate national and international efforts without infringing on the autonomy of the member societies; e) encourage formation of additional national systematic societies, while continuing to represent systematists in countries still lacking formal societies and f) increase the profile and funding of systematic biology in the European parliament. ... [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 RWC is an open access knowledge base of global scope that offers access to rotifer nomenclature, taxonomy and classification, natural history collections, geographic distribution, environmental data, and bibliography for all currently accepted species-, genus- and family-group names in Phylum Rotifera. It serves as an authoritative source for all 4200+ nominal taxa of genus rank and below, that were named since the start of zoological nomenclature in 1758. It also provides a consistent framework for taxonomic data management; allowing collecting, integrating and arranging of complex future data and knowledge about the group. ... [Information of the supplier]
This site brings together the past editions of the botanical Code, presented as web-files, hyperlinked horizontally and vertically. By now, there is over a century worth of editions of the botanical Code. Since mid-2011 it is named the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants, but it is best known as the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (ICBN), a name it has borne from the 1950, Stockholm Congress to the 2011, Melbourne Congress. The history of the Code that governs scientific names of algae, fungi, and plants (traditionally named the botanical Code) may be taken to have started in 1867, although nomenclature itself obviously is considerably older. ... [Information of the supplier]
