Ecosystems Links
- The Buell-Small Succession Study A long term old-field permanent-plot ecological succession study on the New Jersey Piedmont.
- 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.
- A Mysterious Journey - Rainforest, Desert, Grassland Educational site about the 3 major biomes of the world, rainforest, desert and grassland.
- Ecosystem Management at the University of Michigan UM research and teaching related to ecosystems and their management, including ecosystem-based approaches to resource management.
- The World's Biomes Provide key facts regarding aquatic, desert, forest, grassland, and tundra biomes. Includes references and details reasons why it is important to know and recognize the key traits and attributes that make each biome unique.
- Biodiversity and mutualism in ecosystems A technical paper that describes the importance of biodiversity and mutualism (co-operation between different species) to ecosystem function and structural organisation. Explains how co-operative networks extend beyond the ecosystem, and effectively connect all species.. Implications for modelling artificial systems; Permaculture.
- 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.
- 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.
- WorldBiomes Covering five of the major world biomes.
- Woods Ablaze This edition of The Why Files examines the role of fire in natural systems, and the role of science in understanding wildfires.
- 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.
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