The first international "Fascination of Plants Day" (May 18th 2012) will be launched under the umbrella of the European Plant Science Organisation. The goal of this activity is to get as many people as possible around the world fascinated by plants and enthused about the importance of plant science. vifabio is supporting this campaign by collecting the most important internet sources together for you.
You will find more biological web resources in our Internet Guide - a catalogue of annotated and evaluated internet sites.
Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) is an International Cooperative Information System which comprises an abstracting and indexing service covering the world's literature on the science, technology, management, and conservation of marine, brackish water, and freshwater resources and environments, including their socio-economic and legal aspects. The ASFA bibliographic database is the principal output of the system and it contains over 900,000 references, with coverage since 1971. About 3,500 new bibliographic references are added each month to the database. ..... ... [Information of the supplier]
The leading agricultural and applied life sciences database - CAB Abstracts is the most comprehensive bibliographic, abstracting and indexing database in its field. CAB Abstracts covers the applied life sciences, including agriculture, forestry, human nutrition, veterinary medicine and the environment. [Information of the supplier]
The ISEE Bibliography is an ongoing project of the International Society for Environmental Ethics. Among the topics dealt with are: biology, energy supply, atomic energy, environmental protection, geography, agricultural sciences, forestry, horticulture, fishing, domestic economy, nutritin science, philosophy. [Editorial staff vifabio]
The AGRIS initiative was set up by the FAO in the 70s and created a worldwide coooperation for sharing access to agricultural science and technology information. Based on available technologies, AGRIS was initially collecting bibliographic references for a central database. However, since the advent of the Internet in the late 90s AGRIS has become the brand name for a network of centres, which are promoting the exchange of agricultural science and technology information through the use of common standards and methodologies. The AGRIS open archives and bibliographical databases cover the many aspects of agriculture, including forestry, animal husbandry, aquatic sciences and fisheries, and human nutrition, extension literature from over 100 participating countries. Material includes unique grey literature such as unpublished scientific and technical reports, theses, conference papers, government publications, and more. ... [Information of the supplier]
Auf seinen speziellen Seiten für Kinder bietet das Bundesamt für Naturschutz ein Spiel, Malvorlagen und einige leicht verständliche Informationen zu Naturthemen an. Der Feldhamster Konstantin tritt als Maskottchen des BfN auf. [Redaktion vifabio]
BugwoodImages is a grant-funded project that was started in 1994 by the University of Georgia’s Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health. The website was launched in 2001 and has only grown and received much recognition since. BugwoodImages provides an easily accessible archive of high quality images for use in educational applications. It is made up of four major website interfaces. These are ForestryImages, IPMImages, InsectImages, and Invasive.org. The focus of BugwoodImages is on species of economic concern. Images cover invasive species, forestry, agriculture, integrated pest management, plants, insects, diseases, fungi, wildlife, fire and other natural resource issues. Images are reviewed for content and quality. In most cases, the images found in this system were taken by and loaned to us by photographers other than ourselves. Most are in the realm of public sector images. The photographs are in this system to be used! ... [Information of the supplier]
iNaturalist.org is a place where you can record what you see in nature, meet other nature lovers, and learn about the natural world. From hikers to hunters, birders to beach-combers, the world is filled with naturalists, and many of us record what we find. What if all those observations could be shared online? You might discover someone who finds beautiful wildflowers at your favorite birding spot, or learn about the birds you see on the way to work. If enough people recorded their observations, it would be like a living record of life on Earth that scientists and land managers could use to monitor changes in biodiversity, and that anyone could use to learn more about nature. That's the vision behind iNaturalist.org. So if you like recording your findings from the outdoors, or if you just like learning about life, join us! ... [Information of the supplier]
iKosmos macht aus jedem iPhone oder iPod touch einen Naturführer! Mit ikosmos.org von KOSMOS und NABU können Sie die Natur erforschen und erleben. Und das nicht nur im Internet! Nehmen Sie die zugehörige App mit in die Natur und bestimmen Sie unsere Tiere und Pflanzen. Schicken Sie Ihre Beobachtungen an ikosmos.org und teilen Sie sie zukünftig hier mit Freunden. Das Bestimmungsinstrument iKosmos bietet eine neue Möglichkeit für Lehrerinnen und Lehrer, das Bestimmen von Arten im schulischen und außerschulischen Kontext zu integrieren. Es sollen Anregungen gegeben werden, wie die App iKosmos und die Website für die Bestimmung von Muscheln und Schnecken sowie von Bäumen und Sträuchern von Lehrerinnen und Lehrern genutzt werden kann. Das Bestimmungsinstrument liegt in zwei Varianten vor: als Simulator auf der Website www.ikosmos.org und als Bestandteil der App iKosmos im Apple App Store. ... [Information des Anbieters, verändert]
The anymals+plants android app now enables you to take and contribute a picture of your sighting. You can share your pictures with the community, use them as hard proof of your sighting or simply enjoy documenting wildlife. The anymals.org website now features time-based browsing for all sightings. This feature is aware of all the filters you have entered. ... [Information of the supplier]
This website provides information and photos about mammals, birds, butterflies and wildflowers. It gives also Information about the Seasons of nature in New England and it includes a shopping area containing garden supplies, seeds and outdoor gears. In addition it suggests several different links to various interesting websites. ... [Editorial staff vifabio]