National Center for Biotechnology Information
- to the NCBI siteNational Center for Biotechnology Information
Learned societies
- KNNV This link opens in a new windowDe KNNV is the Royal Dutch Society for Natural History and Field Biology
- American Society for MicrobiologyThe American Society for Microbiology is the oldest and largest single life science membership organization in the world. Membership has grown from 59 scientists in 1899 to more than 43,000 members today, with more than one third located outside the United States. The members represent 26 disciplines of microbiological specialization plus a division for microbiology educators.
- Ecological Society of America This link opens in a new windowThe Ecological Society of America (ESA) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization of scientists founded in 1915 to promote ecological science by improving communication among ecologists.
TRY Initiative on Plant Traits
Main objectives
- Construction of a global database of plant functional traits
- Make the data available for the ecological community
- Support the design of a new generation of global vegetation models
State of database
- 3 million trait records for about 69000 plant species
- 206 participants from 106 scientific institutes worldwide
- 50 scientific projects using plant trait data via TRY
TEEB (The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity)
- Goto the TEEB siteMaking Nature's Values Visible
Pangea
The information system PANGAEA is operated as an Open Access library aimed at archiving, publishing and distributing georeferenced data from earth system research.
- Pangea This link opens in a new window
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