ITIS
From a partnership of U.S., Canadian, and Mexican agencies. Database of valid names
for the plants and animals of North America (and some beyond), compiled from numerous
sources. Search by common or scientific name.
Mammal Species of the World
Contains the names of the 4,629 currently recognized species of mammals, in a
taxonomic hierarchy that includes Order, Family, Subfamily, and Genus. Search by
common or scientific name, or browse the hierarchical tree. Not all common names
have been added. Includes some photos and maps.
Plants National Database
Sponsored by the National Plant Data Center. Searchable checklist of North American
plants, with impressive supporting material, including photos, distribution maps, and
references. Contributes information to ITIS, described above.
Species2000
Still in the early stages, this resource hopes to create a systematic database for
all the organisms of the world, as completely as possible. The idea is to merge the
various databases in existence, and to support the creation of more
databases. Established in 1996 by the International Union of Biological
Sciences.
Taxonomic Resources and Expertise Directory
(TRED)
Part of the National Biological Information Infrastructure, a directory of taxonomic
specialists for the biota of North America, and currently contains information
submitted by 925 taxonomic specialists. Data accessible via specialists' names or by
taxon. The same partnership produces the Directory of Research Systematics
Collections (/drsc/), a searchable database of 525 research collections.
The Tree of
Life
a collection of over 1630 World Wide Web pages containing information about the
diversity of life. Powerful display of the phylogenetic relationships between
organisms, with a rich collection of photographs and references. Still under
construction.
TreeBASE
sponsored by Harvard University Herbaria, Leiden University EEW, and the University
of California, Davis. Access to published datasets and descriptions from
phylogenetic studies. This resource is useful for support of advanced research.
Zoonomen
Database of valid names for birds. The lists of references are especially
useful.
Biology
Links: Evolution
Links to journals, software, academic departments, organizations, museums and
collections, molecular evolution, and phylogenetics. Maintained by the Department of
Molecular and Cellular Biology at Harvard.
Evolution Wing,
UCMP
Includes numerous biographies of important players, the fulltext of the Origin of Species,
and an introduction to systematics, from the University of California's Museum of
Paleontology.
The Talk.Origins
Archive:Evolution FAQs
Talk Origins is a Usenet group focused on the debates around evolution
vs. creationism. This section of the web site includes explanations of evolution,
the modern synthesis, macroevolution, selection, punctuated equilibria, etc. It also
houses the fulltext of Darwin's Origin of Species, a 15,044 keyword indexed
bibliography assembled and maintained by Martin R. Leipzig, and links to other sites.
Conservation Ecology electronic, peer-reviewed, scientific journal devoted to the rapid dissemination of current research on the conservation and restoration of ecosystems and the management of resources.
Biodiversity and
Conservation
Hypertext book by P. Bryant, University of California, Irvine. Includes tables,
charts, links to other resources.
Ecology Society of America: Links
Probably the best directory of ecology related links.
Ecology WWW
Page
An extensive directory of resources, arranged alphabetically. It's not annotated, so
you're pretty much on your own, though there is a search engine.
The Nature Conservancy's
Library of Conservation Science
Fulltext of 15 books, including Practical Handbook for Population Viability Analysis,
Terrestrial Vegetation of the United States, America's Least Wanted: Alien Species
Invasions of U.S. Ecosystems, etc.
Regional Climate
Centers
Six regional climate centers provide "convenient and timely access to accurate and
reliable climate information." Here you will find easy access to temperature and
precipitation trends in the U.S.
Theoretical Ecology
Preprint Database (Ecology Preprint
Registry)
Founded by the Theoretical Ecology section of the Ecological Society of America and
developed and hosted at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and
Synthesis. Though not exactly prolific, something to be aware of. Fulltext for only
some articles.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Has the best overview of U.S. ecosystems, endangered species, invasive species,
wetlands, etc.