Biome descriptions:
Biogeography
of the Earth - Outline
Earth
Biomes Learning Module
Important
terms and concepts
The
World's Biomes (UC Berkeley)
Global
Biome Patterns (includes pictures; web site from U. Wisconsin, Stevens
Point)
NASA
Earth
Observatory Mission: Biomes
The
migrating boreal forest
Grasslands
initiative-
Major
biomes of the world (Radford University)
Biomes
of the World (University of Puget Sound)
Virtual
Desert
Virtual
Grasslands
Temperate
Deciduous
Forest
Rainforest
Tundra
Taiga
Freshwater
Ecosystems
Marine
Ecosystems
The
coastal
temperate rainforest bioregion
Specific locations:
Biogeographical
Provinces of Natural and Mixed World Heritage Sites
WORLD
HERITAGE SITES WHICH ARE BIOSPHERE RESERVES
World
Wildlife Fund's "Global 200"
Major
habitat types (corresponds to biomes)
U.
S. Long-Term Ecological Research Network
Individual sites:
(note: addresses have changed since last year. I have updated
some
but haven't completed the list.
To find the others, go to the site above and then click on the
individual
project name; from there
click on "web server" for the individual project.)
H.J. Andrews
Experimental
Forest, Blue River, Oregon
Arctic
Tundra, Toolik Lake, Brooks Range, Alaska
Baltimore Ecosystem
Study,
Baltimore,
Maryland
Bonanza Creek
Experimental Forest,
Fairbanks, Alaska
Central Arizona - Phoenix
Cedar Creek Natural History
Area,
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Coweeta Hydrologic
Laboratory,
Otto, North Carolina
Harvard Forest, Petersham,
Massachusetts
Hubbard Brook
Experimental
Forest, West Thornton, New Hampshire
Jornada Basin, Las
Cruces, New
Mexico
W.K. Kellogg Biological
Station,
Hickory Corners, Michigan
Konza Prairie Research
Natural
Area, Manhattan, Kansas
Luquillo Experimental
Forest,
near San Juan, Puerto Rico
McMurdo Dry Valleys,
McMurdo
Station, Antarctica
Niwot Ridge/Green
Lakes
Valley, near Boulder, Colorado
North Temperate
Lakes,
near Boulder Junction, Wisconsin
Palmer
Station,
Antarctica
Plum Island Ecosystem,
Massachusetts
Sevilleta National Wildlife
Refuge,
near Albuquerque, New Mexico
Shortgrass Steppe,
Nunn,
Colorado
Virginia Coast
Reserve,
near Oyster, Virginia
Florida
Coastal
Everglades
Georgia Coastal
Ecosystems
The
coastal
temperate rainforest bioregion
Iowa
Prairie
Network: frequently asked questions about prairie
The North
American
deserts
Other:
U.S. research and data centers
- Beltsville
Agricultural Research Center
- Remote
Sensing research at the USDA Agricultural Research Service
- National
Resources Conservation Service Data Clearinghouse
- EROS
(Earth Resources Observation Systems) home page
NASA
Earth
Observatory - Life Systems
Mission: Biomes
NASA Forest Ecosystem
Dynamics
Project
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Home
Page
U.S. Forest Service Home Page
Temperate
Deciduous
Forest Continuous Monitoring Program
National Center for Ecological
Analysis and Synthesis
Conservation Ecology--ESA
International large-scale experiments and research projects
- Primary
Production in the Global Ocean
- International
Geosphere-Biosphere Program.
- Global
Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems
- Land
Use and Climate Change Research Projects
- Global
observation of forest cover project
- Source
for Biogeochemical and Ecological Data - Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Net
Primary Productivity Database
- Global
Energy and Water Cycle Experiment Home Page
- Welcome
to the BOREAS Project
- Biospheric
aspects of Hydrologic Cycle
International
Fire Information Network-
UN
Environmental Prog. Global Resource Info Database
- Man
And the Biosphere (MAB) (Information Center for the Environment - ICE)
- Gap
Analysis Home Page
World Conservation Monitoring Centre
- World
Conservation Monitoring Centre
- Biodiversity
Profile of India
- Biodiversity
profile of Viet Nam
- Access
to other national biodiversity profiles
- World
Conservation Monitoring Centre - Forest Information
- World
Conservation Monitoring Centre - Marine Information
- World
Conservation Monitoring Centre - Biodiversity Map Library
- World
Conservation Monitoring Centre - Country Information Sources
- World
Conservation Monitoring Centre - Publications
- World
Conservation Monitoring Centre - Other Internet Sites, Latest Links
Tropical ecosystems
- Tropical
rainforest in Suriname (multimedia tour - worth a visit)
- Additional
rainforest links (also lots of other botany and field biology sites)
- Humid
Tropical Forest Inventory Project
- LBA
- THE LARGE SCALE BIOSPHERE-ATMOSPHERE EXPERIMENT IN AMAZONIA
- Amazon
quick-look LANDSAT images
- Biogeography
of Madagascar
- Conspectus
of the Vascular Plants of Madagascar Project
- Indonesian
Nature Conservation Database
- Association
for Tropical Biology
- Coral
Health and Monitoring Program Home Page
- Reef
resource page
- The
Great Barrier Reef
Indonesian wild fires
Indonesia
Fire
News On Line
Yahoo
listings
Fires
of wrath: the Indonesian fires
Tracking the
1998
Borneo wildfires
Indonesian
Nature Conservation Database - the fires
Australia and New Zealand
Vegetation
map of Australia
Environment
Australia On-Line-
Environment
Australia - Biodiversity Group
- CSIRO
Australia - Home Page
- Australian
Antarctic Division
- New
Zealand prehistory and biogeography
Africa
- Tracking
Environmental Change in West Africa
- Hydrology-Atmosphere
Pilot Experiment in the Sahel (HAPEX)
- GREATER
HORN OF AFRICA
- Africa
Data Dissemination Service
- Related
WWW Links
Canada
- Overview
of Canadian Soil Information System
- EcoZones,
EcoRegions, and EcoDistricts
Soil
Landscapes of Canada
Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network (Canada)
- Ecozones
and ESCs
- Ecological
Monitoring and Assessment Network (Environment Canada)
- Terrestrial
Ecozones of Canada
- Prairies
Ecozone-Description and Ecoregions
Chesapeake Bay
- Chesapeake
Bay Large Marine Ecosystem Research - Trophic Interactions in Estuarine
Systems
- G.M.Haramis,
Wildlife Biologist - Home Page
- Patuxent
Wildlife Research Center
- Home
page for Geography 318 (Natural Environment of Chesapeake Bay) - lots
of
links