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.
Tropical ecosystems are the biologically richest places on the planet, yet what we know about them comes from scientific studies so specialized that the results rarely make the local news. “Most ecological studies last fewer than five years at a single study site, with measurements focused on an area of only ten meters squared,” explains Sandy Andelman, Vice President of Conservation International for the Tropical Ecology Assessment and Monitoring (TEAM) Network. “Ecology needs to scale up to address global climate change and other environmental threats.” Scaling up to global proportions is precisely what TEAM was created to do. This ambitious program is devoted to monitoring long-term trends in biodiversity, land cover change, climate and ecosystem services in tropical forests. Tropical forests received first billing because of their overwhelming significance to the global biosphere (e.g., their disproportionately large role in global carbon and energy cycles) and because of the extraordinary threats they face. About 50 percent of the species described on Earth, and an even larger proportion of species not yet described, occur in tropical forests. The idea behind TEAM is deceptively simple: to measure and compare plants, terrestrial mammals, ground-dwelling birds and climate using a standard methodology in a range of tropical forests, from relatively pristine places to those most affected by people. TEAM currently operates in sixteen tropical forest sites across Africa, Asia and Latin America supporting a network of scientists committed to standardized methods of data collection to quantify how plants and animals respond to pressures such as climate change and human encroachment. ... [Information of the supplier]
This German-language web site is the school and children’s page of Save the Rain Forest, a charitable, environmental organisation. It is an appeal to think about the protection of the rain forest in school and in free time, and offers various tips as well as general information about rain forest clearance. In addition, there are other offers suitable for children such as a rain forest quiz, online puzzles, and rain forest pod casts (audio) to download. ... [Editorial staff vifabio]
Sevilleta LTER is part of the National Science Foundation’s Long Term Ecological Research Network and is managed by the Department of Biology, University of New Mexico. The primary research goal is to understand how abiotic drivers and constraints affect dynamics and stability in an aridland ecosystem. [Information of the supplier, modified]
Anchialine (from Greek meaning "near the sea") refers to coastal caves formed in limestone or volcanic rock that are flooded with seawater. They include the longest submerged caves on Earth. These caves are inhabited by a diverse array of previously unknown species from a number of new higher taxa. While some are primitive "living fossils", others are closely related to deep sea species. Most lack eyes and pigment, owing to their existence in the perpetual darkness of underwater caves. While some closely related species are found in caves on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean, others, previously known exclusively from caves in the Atlantic Ocean, recently have been discovered in Western Australia. These highly irregular distributions suggest an origin many millions of years ago when the Earth's landmasses were interconnected. Since such anchialine cave animals are frequently limited to a single cave or cave system, pollution or destruction of these caves can result in the extinction of entire species. ... [Information of the supplier]
The National Park Service preserves unimpaired the natural and cultural resources and values of the national park system for the enjoyment, education, and inspiration of this and future generations. The Park Service cooperates with partners to extend the benefits of natural and cultural resource conservation and outdoor recreation throughout this country and the world. ... [Information of the supplier]
Nutzen Sie die Möglichkeiten dieser Website, um auf Ihrer nächsten Entdeckungstour durch Wiese und Wald die Zusammenhänge und versteckten Interaktionen der verschiedenen Wiesen- und Waldbewohner entdecken zu können! Auf dieser Website finden Sie vertiefende Informationen zu den Büchern aus der Edition "Natur erleben": - Tonspuren mit Geräuschen von Tieren und Naturräumen - Kurzfilme, die zeigen, was im Alltag schwierig zu beobachten ist oder gerne übersehen wird - Fotos, die Details aus den Lebensräumen veranschaulichen - Verschiedene Quiz unterschiedlicher Schwierigkeitsgrade, mit denen Sie spielerisch Artenkenntnisse gewinnen Und: Es lohnt sich, öfter mal reinzuschauen. Mit jedem neuen Band der Edition wird diese Website ergänzt und erweitert. ... [Information des Anbieters]
Open Landscapes 2013 will bring together researchers from all over the world that have a focus on open landscape habitats. The conference will cover a wide range of topics including ecological pattern and processes in undisturbed and disturbed ecosystems; consequences of global change for biodiversity and/or ecosystem services; plant-animal relationships; tools and targets for ecosystem restoration and innovative strategies for nature conservation. The focus will be given to all kinds of open landscape habitats including wetlands, coastal ecosystems, grasslands, wood-pastures, mountain ecosystems and agricultural landscapes. ... [Information of the supplier]
JournalMap is an ecological literature search engine that empowers you to find relevant research based on location and biophysical variables as well as traditional keyword searches. All publications are geotagged based on reported location information and plotted on a world map showing where the research was conducted allowing you to easily visualize the research occurring in specific areas and show you where data gaps might exist. In addition to being able to search for literature geographically, JournalMap opens up the possibility to search for literature from similar areas. In many parts of the world, there has been little formal study of the structure and dynamics of local ecosystems, turning resource management into a guessing game. However, research that has been conducted on landscapes that share similar soils and climates can, in many cases, be relevant to these understudied regions. ... [Information of the supplier]
Ambitious homepage - with reference to recent research - about everything you need to know about Amphibia and frogs in particular. The topics of this site span from frog diversity in different countries up to the latest news about frogs as well as documented photo albums. [Editorial staff vifabio]
Rettet den Regenwald ist eine gemeinnützige Umweltorganisation, die die Lobby - und Informationsarbeit zur Aufklärung über die Abholzung der Regenwälder als einen ihrer Schwerpunkte ansieht. Ihr zweiter Schwerpunkt setzt direkt in den Regenwaldländern an, wo sie den Kauf von Regenwaldflächen, Protestkampagnen der indigenen Bevölkerung und ähnliche Projekte unterstützt. ... [Redaktion vifabio]
