The Ecological Database of the British Isles has been constructed from a wide variety of sources by Dr Helen Peat and Professor Alastair Fitter at the University of York, with financial support from the British Ecological Society and the Natural Environment Research Council. It consists of data on over 1770 species of higher plants that occur in the British Isles, together with the bibliography of sources. This version has been realised by Dr Henry Ford. The data comprises information on taxonomy (family, genus, specific name, authority, and vernacular name, together with a synonomy), a suite of over 130 ecological and morphological characteristics, vice-county distribution in Britain, European distribution by country, mycorrhizal associations and fungal diseases. The data are obtained from the literature and therefore coverage varies greatly between species. Some data sets are incomplete at this stage. ... [Information of the supplier]
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]
SALVIAS (Spatial Analysis of Local Vegetation Inventories Across Scales) is a network of ecologists, conservation biologists, biogeographers, botanists and computer programmers interested in understanding large scale patterns of plant diversity. SALVIAS is a collaborative project devoted to the study of plant abundance, diversity, and distribution at local to global scales. Our mission is to facilitate novel research by linking local ecological attributes (from vegetation inventories) with taxon-level attributes (distribution and phenology as recorded in herbarium specimens, databases of growth, biomass, phytochemistry) and properties of the physical environment (climate, soils, ecosystem energy). ... [Information of the supplier]
Welcome to Plant Talk, the only magazine to provide – on a world scale – information, encouragement and advice on plant conservation. Read in over 120 countries, Plant Talk is a vital and unique source of concise, targetted information for professionals, students and all those with a serious interest in plants and the environment. Plant Talk was published in printed issues quarterly from 1995 to 2006 by Plant Talk Ltd, a not-for-profit company supported by six leading botanical and conservation institutes. In 2006, the company has re-focused and its plan is to continue a web presence and to launch a new online Plant Talk magazine on the internet in 2007. ... [Information of the supplier, modified]
For more than ten years I have been working on a book on bryophyte ecology and was joined by Heinjo During, who has been very helpful in critiquing multiple versions of the chapters. But as the book progressed, the field of bryophyte ecology progressed faster. No chapter ever seemed to stay finished, hence the decision to publish online. Furthermore, rather than being a textbook, it is evolving into an encyclopedia that would be at least three volumes, with the first being physiological ecology, but including an introduction to the broad classification of phyla and classes, morphology, structures, and life cycles. Communities, habitats, roles, and uses, among others, are in various stages of completion. ... [Information of the supplier, modified]
The LEDA Traitbase provides information on plant traits that describe three key features of plant dynamics: persistence, regeneration and dispersal. The following traits are currently accessible via the query application: Canopy height, Leaf distribution, Leaf dry matter content, Leaf mass, Leaf size, Specific leaf area, Seed mass, Shoot growth form, Woodiness. You need to register in order to use the LEDA Traitbase. ... [Information of the supplier]
CLO-PLA3 is a database of plant traits concerning clonal growth and vegetative regeneration of Central European flora. It is a result of team work in which participated: Karolína Bendová, Helena Gruberová, Magda Jonášová, Jan Karpíšek, Leoš Klimeš, Jitka Klimešová, Karel Knopp, Petra Konvalinková, Vojtěch Lanta, Adéla Pokorná. Support during building the database from 1994 was provided by Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (grants AV0Z6005908, AV0Z60050516), Grant Agency of the Czech Republic (grant 206/01/1039) and by European Commission (LEDA project under ESSD programme, contract number EVR1-CT-2002-40022). This web pages provide a free access to data for individual species of vascular plants based on literature records and field experience of the authors. If several records are available for a species, all of them are in the database. Each record is referenced so that the user can consult literature sources for original data. Individual records can be saved on user's computer. ... [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]
Rapid climate change threatens biodiversity – of alpine ecosystems in particular. The EU FP-5 project GLORIA-EUROPE has established a long-term monitoring network to study climate change-induced impacts on Europe's mountains. The major forthcoming step of GLORIA is the extension from the European to the global level. GLORIA is an initiative towards an international research network to assess climate change impacts on mountain environments. The challenge of GLORIA is to establish a long-term observation network that uses a standardised monitoring protocol in all major mountain systems on Earth. The aim of GLORIA's Multi-Summit approach is to establish a long-term observation network to obtain standardised data on alpine biodiversity and vegetation patterns on a global scale. Its purpose is to assess risks of biodiversity losses and the vulnerability of high mountain ecosystems under climate change pressures. ... [Information of the supplier, modified]
The Indian-based International Society of Environmental Botanists (ISEB) is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation and is a Scientific Member of International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS), Paris. Main goals of ISEB are to promote and coordinate research on plants in relation to environmental pollution, to encourage better interaction among researchers, teachers, and social activists, and to create awareness, especially among governmental policy makers and industry leaders. ... [Information of the supplier, modified]
