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Terrestrial Ecoregions of the World
Terrestrial Ecoregions of the World: Maps, descriptions, and index to 687 ecoregions across the globe. Javascript required. (Ecosystems)
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/wildworld/terrestrial.html |
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The State of the Nation's Ecosystems
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. (Ecosystems)
http://www.heinzctr.org/ecosystems/ |
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World Wildlife Fund - Ecoregions
World Wildlife Fund - Ecoregions: Detailed descriptions and images of the world's ecoregions. Javascript required. (Ecosystems)
http://www.worldwildlife.org/ecoregions/ |
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WorldBiomes
WorldBiomes: Covering five of the major world biomes. (Ecosystems)
http://www.worldbiomes.com/ |
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The World's Biomes
The World's Biomes: Introduction to aquatic, desert, forest, grassland, and tundra biomes. School class project. (Ecosystems)
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome/ |
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Ecological Society of America Panel on Vegetation Classification
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. (Ecosystems)
http://www.esa.org/vegweb/ |
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Images of the Dry Tropics
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 (Ecosystems)
http://www.explorelifeonearth.org/drytropics.html |
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MBGnet
MBGnet: Descriptions and images of the biomes of the world, freshwater ecosystems, and marine ecosystems. From the Missouri Botanical Garden. (Ecosystems)
http://mbgnet.mobot.org/ |
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Len Webb Ecological Images Collection
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. (Ecosystems)
http://www.gu.edu.au/ins/collections/webb/ |
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Biomes - Living Worlds
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. (Ecosystems)
http://library.thinkquest.org/C0113340 |
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Ecosystem Information
Ecosystem Information: Information related to ecosystems in the Pacific and Yukon regions of Canada, including state of the environment reporting, environmental indicators, and programs and reports on ecosystem science, monitoring and research. (Ecosystems)
http://www.ecoinfo.ec.gc.ca/ |
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Millennium Assessment of Global Ecosystems
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. (Ecosystems)
http://www.millenniumassessment.org/ |
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Biodiversity and Mutualism in Ecosystems
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. (Ecosystems)
http://angelfire.com/sk/monkeypuzzle/mbiooverviewmain.html |
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The Buell-Small Succession Study
The Buell-Small Succession Study: A long term old-field permanent-plot ecological succession study on the New Jersey Piedmont. (Ecosystems)
http://www.ecostudies.org/bss/ |
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A Mysterious Journey - Rainforest, Desert, Grassland
A Mysterious Journey - Rainforest, Desert, Grassland: Educational site about the 3 major biomes of the world, rainforest, desert and grassland. (Ecosystems)
http://www.thinkquest.org/library/site_sum.html?tname=26634&url=26634/ |
Additional
Information: An ecosystem is a community of organisms and their physical environment interacting as an ecological unit. This ODP category is for web sites related to particular ecosystems, such as forests, rain forests, tundra, prairies, and deserts.
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