Biomes - Living Worlds - Fact sheets,
photos, and video clips on the climate, location, animal and plant
adaptations, land formations, and human influences of seven major
terrestrial biomes: tundra, taiga, temperate forest, grassland,
chaparral, desert, and rainforest.
The
Buell-Small Succession Study - A long term old-field permanent-plot
ecological succession study on the New Jersey Piedmont.
Ecological
Society of America Panel on Vegetation Classification - Constituted
by the Ecological Society of America to support and facilitate the
creation of standardized, scientifically credible North American
vegetation type classification.
Images
of the Dry Tropics - Photographs of plants, animals, and landscapes
from dry tropical habitats in the Americas, Africa, Madagascar, and
Asia. Dry tropical habitat types include tropical dry forest, tropical
deciduous forest, thorn forest, spiny desert, savannah, cerrado, and
caatinga.
Images
of the Dry Tropics - Photographs of plants, animals, and landscapes
from dry tropical habitats in the Americas, Africa, Madagascar, and
Asia.
Len
Webb Ecological Images Collection - Photographs by ecologist Len
Webb depict a wide variety of native vegetation, fauna, landscapes, and
soils, mainly in tropical and subtropical Northeastern Australia.
Represents a wide range of ecosystem types.
Millennium
Assessment of Global Ecosystems - International project and process
designed to improve the management of ecosystems and their contribution
to human development by helping to bring the best available information
on ecosystem goods and services to bear on policy and management
decisions.
A
Mysterious Journey - Rainforest, Desert, Grassland - Educational
site about the 3 major biomes of the world, rainforest, desert and
grassland.
The
State of the Nation's Ecosystems - Online book about the current
status and trends of the environment of the United States, aimed at
public policy makers and concerned citizens.
Terrestrial
Ecoregions of the World - Maps, descriptions, and index to 687
ecoregions across the globe. Javascript required.
World
Wildlife Fund - Ecoregions - Detailed descriptions and images of the
world's ecoregions. Javascript required.
WorldBiomes
- Covering five of the major world biomes.
The
World's Biomes - Introduction to aquatic, desert, forest, grassland,
and tundra biomes. School class project.
Gradual
Change Can Push Ecosystems into Collapse - Scientists report that
after decades of continuous change due to human activity, many of the
world's natural ecosystems appear susceptible to sudden catastrophic
change. (October 12, 2001)
Biodiversity
and Mutualism in Ecosystems - Technical paper on the importance of
biodiversity and mutualism (co-operation between different species) to
ecosystem function and structural organization. (December, 1997)
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