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The Moth Photographers Group exists as a non-profit, self-help organization for the purpose of aiding nature photographers and others in the identification of moths. The ultimate aim of the organization is to make available on the Internet photographs of a high percentage of the moths occuring in North America.
There is no charge for membership in the MPG. Participants agree to permit their photographs to be used on this website while retaining copyright ownership. [Information of the supplier]
Factual databases; Discipline based websites
http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/
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The genus Quercus (Fagaceae) is an ecologically important component of forest and perennial ecosystems throughout the northern hemisphere, with approximately 415 species worldwide and approximately 255 in the New World alone. All of the oaks of the western hemisphere form a single clade comprised of three distinct lineages, sections Lobatae (red or black oaks), Quercus (white oaks, which also includes the small Eurasian white oak clade), and Protobalanus (golden-cup oaks). The Oaks of the Americas ... [Information of the supplier]
Discipline based websites
http://quercus.lifedesks.org/
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Operation RubyThroat: The Hummingbird Project is an international cross-disciplinary education and research initiative of Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History in York, South Carolina USA. The project is designed primarily for K-12 teachers and their students from public and private schools in the countries of Central America and North America: the United States, Canada, Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. Participation may include home-schooled ... [Information of the supplier]
Discipline based websites
http://rubythroat.org/
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The Phycological Society of America (PSA) was founded in 1946 to promote research and teaching in all fields of Phycology. The society publishes the Journal of Phycology and the Phycological Newsletter. Annual meetings are held, often jointly with other national or international societies of mutual member interest. Phycological Society of America student awards include the Bold Award for best student paper at the annual meeting, the new Student Poster Award for the best student poster at the annual ... [Information of the supplier]
Academic societies, professional associations, working groups
http://www.psaalgae.org/
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This library of over 15,000 photographic images of plant species and plant habitats is intended for public as well as professional use. The web images may be used as presented for non-commercial purposes only, with appropriate attribution (see 'Detailed Instructions' section). Higher resolution, unprocessed electronic images are available by submitting your 'Wish List' to the image custodian. [Information of the supplier]
Picture databases
http://persoon.si.edu/PlantImages/
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PLANTS Database
The PLANTS Database provides standardized information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories. It includes names, plant symbols, checklists, distributional data, species abstracts, characteristics, images, crop information, automated tools, onward Web links, and references. This information primarily promotes land conservation in the United States and its territories, but academic, educational, and general use is encouraged. PLANTS reduces ... [Information of the supplier]
Factual databases; Picture databases
http://plants.usda.gov/
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Prairie Wildlife Research was established in 2001 as a non-profit organization with the mission to research and conserve wildlife species of the prairie and their associated habitats. PWR works throughout the Great Plains with federal and state agencies, universities, private landowners, and other non-governmental organizations to conduct timely, economical, and quality studies and projects that contribute to sound management decisions. PWR's focus includes all wildlife species inhabiting the prairie. ... [Information of the supplier]
Other institutions / organisations
http://prairiewildlife.org/
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This is a presentation of photographs with accompanying descriptions of some of the most extensive and important range cover types in North America. In addition to examples of major range plant communities (and dominant, associate, and indicator plant species) there is a review of the various units of vegetation with a historical survey of their origin and use in Range Management and Forestry. [Information of the supplier]
Discipline based websites
http://www.tarleton.edu/Departments/range
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The primary goal of this Web site is to enable users to identify crickets, katydids, and cicadas from America north of Mexico. The males of most species in these groups make loud, persistent calls that attract sexually ready, conspecific females. Because the songs are loud and species specific they are usually an easy means of identifying the caller. They also facilitate field and laboratory studies of many sorts. Secondary goals are to attract amateur and professional biologists to the study of ... [Information of the supplier]
Identification keys; Discipline based websites
http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/walker/buzz/
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The American Arachnological Society (AAS) was founded in August 1972 to promote the study of Spiders (Araneae) and other arachnids, to achieve closer cooperation and understanding between amateur and professional arachnologists. The Society publishes the Journal of Arachnology and the newsletter American Arachnology. The web site presents a photo gallery with pictures of all major arachnid groups. [Information of the supplier, modified]
Academic societies, professional associations, working groups
http://www.americanarachnology.org/
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