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Biodiversity
Links
 Links
to Research Projects Run by Universities and National
Environmental Organizations
Other Links:
(provided by Center for Biological Informatics of the U.S. Geological Survey
General
Biodiversity or biological diversity is the sum total of the variety of life
and its interactions and can be subdivided into 1) Genetic Diversity 2) Species
Diversity, and 3) Ecological or Ecosystem Diversity.
Genetic Diversity
This section of the NBII lists many of the most important National and
International website links that give the user fast comprehensive access to
information and data on the genetic diversity of the biosphere.
Species Diversity
All Biota | Viruses | Protists | Fungi | Plants | Animals
This section of the NBII gives the visitor
a taste of the tremendous variability of life, linking to selected WWW sites
that emphasize brief descriptions and images of the wide assortment of life to
be discovered within the biosphere.
Ecological or Ecosystem Diversity
This section of the NBII gives links to numerous websites that characterize
and give examples of the diversity of ecosystems and the everpresent diversity
of biotic and abiotic relationships inherent in our biosphere.
Geopolitical Perspectives
This section of the NBII provides links to numerous sites, both U.S. and
International, that give a geographic or political unit focus to biological
diversity. These links include websites with biodiversity information at
International, Regional, State and Local scales.
Systematics
Systematics, or taxonomy, is the branch of biological sciences that deals
with identification, description, naming and classification of the world's
biota. This section of the NBII provides the user with access to WWW sites that
provide biological names of organisms and their classification that shows the
evolutionary relationship among the species and taxonomic units included within
the classification system.
Collections
Collections are the assemblages of organisms, both living and dead, that are
organized and curated by scientists to provide the formal documentation of the
world's known biodiversity. They include museums, zoos, arboreta, botanical
gardens and private and public research collections used by scientists to more
fully understand and document the variability of the earth's biodiversity.
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Biodiversity
Course Links |
Geological
Time
- Check out this
site for a wonderful chart outlining the
different eons, eras, periods, and epochs
of geological time. It will be particularly
helpful to you as you read Chapter 1 of
our online text. And if you are interested
in fossils, you can even buy them on this
site.
New
York State Biodiversity
- This
site is currently being developed by the
New York State Biodiversity Project and
is maintained by the New York State Biodiversity
Institute. Its purpose is to make biodiversity
information available to New York residents,
and its focus is on our state's physical
characteristics, species, and biodiversity
issues.
Dinosaurs
- One stop shopping for all matters reptilian.
This site has historical and biological
information and graphics about the
dinosaurs, as well as a store where you
can add to your fossil collection.
State
of the Planet
- Check out this site to review our video
series, and to prepare for the test on its
material.
Climate
Change and Biodiversity Loss
- Link to Nature Magazine article of January,
2004
Convention
on Biological Diversity - Further
information on the relationship between
climate change and the loss of biological
diversity
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