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	Biota (taxonomy) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In some systems of scientific classification, Biota or Vitae is the superdomain that contains all of life.
		Historically, what was not mineralia, could also be referred to as biota (ie.
		This page was last modified 23:38, 2 June 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Biota_(taxonomy) (62 words)

	Biota - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		biota (ecology)— the plant and animal life of a region
		Biota, Zaragoza— a municipality in Zaragoza province, Spain
		This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Biota (87 words)

	Biota - BIOTA-AFRICA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Biota is the plant and animal life of a region or area or geological period.
		The biota of the Earth is known as the biosphere.
		Biota - the flora and fauna of a region.
	xn--mcty9cuh151f.com /xcC1/biota.html (174 words)

	Michael J. Novacek
		Now, I don't mean to argue that any good, any matter of good taxonomy, could have justified or saved Project X-ray, but a little understanding about the taxonomy of bats, their diversity, their habits, may have succeeded in derailing this ill-begotten enterprise.
		Taxonomy is the practice of describing and naming life forms and arranging them in classifications that reflect patterns of relationships.
		Taxonomy may thus be regarded as an operational core of systematics.
	www.amnh.org /science/biodiversity/extinction/Day2/bytes/NovacekPres.html (2878 words)

	Biota Data Model & the ASC Information Model (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		This document analyzes the mapping of Biota's actual tables, fields, and relationships (as shown in detail in the Biota Data Model) on the entities and relationships of the ASC Information Model for Biological Collections (Association of Systematics Collections, Committee on Computerization and Networking, March 1993 Version).
		This analysis is intended to help potential and actual Biota users understand the relationships between the two models, and in the longer term, to lay the groundwork for interoperability between Biota data files and data files based on other modifications or implementations of the ASC model.
		In Biota, the [Loans] table may be used to record specimens (or lots) loaned to, borrowed from, donated to, or received as a gift or exchange from other individuals or institutions.
	viceroy.eeb.uconn.edu /BiotaPages/Biota_ASC.html (2124 words)

	Biota: The Biodiversity Database Manager
		Biota helps you manage specimen-based biodiversity and collections data by providing an easy-to-use graphical interface to a fully relational database structure.
		Biota's capable Import Editor helps you convert your existing data sets to Biota's relational structure, and a wide array of text and image file export tools provides easy access to your data for analysis and publication using other applications.
		Biota's features include unlimited user-definable fields; recursive specimen relations (e.g., herbivore-plant, parasite-host, DNA-specimen); automatic maintenance of a specimen determination "audit-trail"; flexible barcode/manual input for record entry, record retrieval, and loan management; and a password security system with multiple privilege levels.
	gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov /records/UCONN_Biota.html (403 words)

	L2 Conservation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		This lecture introduces the role of taxonomy in measuring biodiversity, in particular the discovery, description, and identification of species.
		Taxonomy is the discovery and description of species.
		Knowing the taxonomy of a group of organisms can be vital to their conservation.
	taxonomy.zoology.gla.ac.uk /~rdmp1c/teaching/L2/Conservation (872 words)

	G307.NOTES.CH3
		Taxonomy is not just naming groups of organisms - species and higher taxa reflect evolution.
		Diversity of the biota (all organisms alive and extinct) is measured both in time and in space.
		Taxonomy is the process of classifying organisms into groups based on their similarities and of naming organisms.
	www.wvup.edu /ecrisp/lec4phylogeny.htm (2988 words)

	Biota of North America Program (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Biota of North America Program (BONAP) of the North Carolina Botanical Garden was founded in 1969 by Dr. John Kartesz, with the goal of developing a unified system for assessing the North American biota.
		The purpose of the Biota of North America database is to develop a unified system for assessing North American biota and to use digital floristic synthesis for assessing exotic and weed plant distributions.
		The Biota of North America Program server shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein.
	www.nbii.gov /metadata/mdata/htmlfiles/unc_ncbg_d_bonap.html (983 words)

	SASB Correspondence -- Biodiversity Priorities
		These scientists are responsible for studies on the taxonomy and diversity of Australia's biota.
		Biological systematics encompasses the science of describing, classifying and naming organisms (known as taxonomy), as well as the science of reconstructing the evolutionary history of the organisms (known as phylogenetic analysis).
		Taxonomy provides the means of communicating about taxa, for example enabling the species and other taxa in different biodiversity studies to be accurately compared.
	www.science.uts.edu.au /sasb/Biodiversity.html (806 words)

	Australian Biological Resources Study - home page
		The Australian biota is estimated to consist of at least 2 million species of animals and plants plus a vast and unknown number of microorganisms.
		In that year the Australian Government established ABRS to coordinate research in taxonomy, the science which identifies, describes, classifies, and records the distribution of, our flora and fauna.
		The decision to establish ABRS was generally in accordance with recommendations from the Australian Academy of Science during the 1960s and consistent with the 1972 report of the House of Representatives Select Committee on Wildlife Conservation:
	www.deh.gov.au /biodiversity/abrs (611 words)

	Taxonomy
		Early taxonomy was a classification system based on similarities between organisms.
		Modern taxonomy (also called systematics) is also based on an organism's traits and genetics.
		Below is a taxonomy of Martian fossils represented in M020-1821*.
	starrynightcafe.net /gallery/anomalyeleven/taxonomy.html (961 words)

	Taxonomy,
		Plant taxonomy is the science that deals with the identification, nomenclature, and classification of plants.
		The term plant systematics (or systematic botany) is often used synonymously with plant taxonomy (as is done here) but sometimes has the connotation of mainly using recently developed techniques such as chromosomal studies, electron microscopy, or molecular biology to answer questions about plant relationships.
		next stage in the process of evolutionization [of taxonomy] will extend a central role for the principle of descent into the realm of biological nomenclature." Cantino stated that "Phylogenetic nomenclature is the logical culmination of a revolution that began with Darwin.
	artemis.austincollege.edu /acad/bio/gdiggs/taxonomy.html (3476 words)

	IPY: International Polar Year
		Bryozoans form a diverse component of the fossil biota in marine and glacio-marine Cenozoic sedimentary rocks of West Antarctica.
		The total biota of the Pecten Conglomerate is indicative of interglacial conditions during the depositions of this sequence.
		Knowledge of the events leading to the isolation and cooling of Antarctica in the late Cenozoic is necessary to the understanding of the evolution of both fossil and modern-day Antarctic biota.
	www.ipy.org /development/eoi/details.php?id=153 (907 words)

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		Botswana There is a severe shortage of staff in all specialized fields of taxonomy and existing staff do not have sufficient academic training and experience in taxonomic research or on biodiversity issues.
		Taxonomy should underscore all national, regional and global programs for inventory and monitoring of biological resources in ecosystems and requirements for broad-scale environmental assessment; The need to develop initiatives for critical taxa.
		Italy reports that, while taxonomy has a great tradition in the country, at university level, it is currently declining due to competition with other fields of science.
	www.biodiv.org /doc/meetings/sbstta/sbstta-06/information/sbstta-06-inf-04-en.doc (6409 words)

	Watershed Connections - Biota - Amphibians and Reptiles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Taxonomy and Characterization class activity may be done in a variety of ways.
		For example, a taxonomy and characterization exercise may be undertaken after study of each of Class (Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds and Mammals.) Alternatively, the exercise may be undertaken after the four Classes have been studied.
		The method to adopt may be adapted depending upon situation.
	outreach.ecology.uga.edu /watershed/amphibians.html (1978 words)

	ETI BioInformatics - Links to taxonomy and online databases
		An on-going project to database and link all nomenclature, types, synonymy, current taxonomy, and distribution for grasses occurring from Alaska and Greenland to Tierra del Fuego.
		E-mail contributions on acute matters of taxonomy and biological nomenclature can be sent to sicista@hot.ee.
		A compilation of publications concerning taxonomy, nomenclature, and geographic distribution of extant hexacorallians.
	www.eti.uva.nl /tools/links/taxonomy.php (1143 words)

	Checklists of Biota in Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park
		This webpage, "Checklists of the Biota of Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park," is simply an alphabetical list of the scientific names of species recorded from the park.
		Plants Database is an excellent website for plant taxonomy and distribution for plants in the United States.
		ITIS Database website is an continually updated authority on current U.S., Canada, and Mexico species taxonomy.
	www.nps.gov /kaho/KAHOckLs/KAHOfipg.htm (495 words)

	Evaluation of ABRS & Biodiversity Program
		The role of biological collections which highlighted the plight of taxonomy in Australia and in particular the rapidly diminishing expertise in taxonomy and systematics in the universities.
		Also, many universities no longer teach taxonomy and fewer students are receiving funding for taxonomic research, so that recruitment of taxonomists also is in severe decline.
		Yes, as currently constituted, the ABRS program is an appropriate mechanism for developing an inventory of Australia's biota through its three major subprograms of research, training and presentation of taxonomic studies.
	www.science.org.au /reports/abrs.htm (2301 words)

	Biology 2402 Lecture Notes - Taxonomy and Systematics
		Taxonomy is the science of naming and classifying organisms.
		Systematics is the formal study of taxonomy within an evolutionary framework.
		Student of Plato and Aristotle, responsible for "Enquiry into Plants" and "The Causes of Plants," wrote about 500 kinds of plants - Daucus, Asparagus, and Narcissus are from Theophrastus.
	www.ualr.edu /botany/systnotes.html (1093 words)

	Taxonomy (biological names)
		Taxonomy Browser (NCBI) -- Easily visualize, or browse for, organism-specific data and articles using a convenient taxonomic tree structure, or alternately a name search.
		Germplasm Resources Information Network Taxonomy (USDA - ARS) -- GRIN Taxonomy provides hierarchal classification, geographic distribution, literature references, economic impact, and synonyms for over 79,500 botanical species.
		Books are shelved in subject categories, and are located using the library catalog, which is capable of keyword, author, title, subject, and location number searches.
	www.library.vcu.edu /guides/taxonomy_biological.html (744 words)

	NBII - Pacific Basin Information Node- More Taxonomy Page
		Taxonomy is the branch of science that focuses on the classification of living things.
		At the heart of this endeavor is nomenclature; that is, the scientific names that are applied to groups of living things.
		The current trend in modern taxonomy is to recognize 6 different Kingdoms within 3 Domains.
	pbin.nbii.gov /taxonomy/moretax.html (1199 words)

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		Thomsen, H. and Buck, K. Nanoflagellates of the central California waters: Taxonomy, biogeography and abundance of primitive, green flagellates (Pedinophyceae, Prasinophyceae).
		Ikävalko, J. and Thomsen, H. The Baltic sea ice biota (March 1994): A study of the protistan community.
		Thomsen, H. A., Garrison, D. and Kosman, C. Choanoflagellates (Acanthoecidae, Choanoflagellida) from the Weddell Sea, Antarctica, taxonomy and community structure with particular emphasis on the ice biota; with preliminary remarks on choanoflagellates from Arctic sea ice (Northeast Water Polynya, Greenland).
	www.akvatorsk.difres.dk /HAT/publications.htm (480 words)

	Official Home Page of the Biota of North America Program (BONAP) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Biota of North America Program (BONAP) of the North Carolina Botanical Garden, at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, was founded in 1969 by Dr. John Kartesz.
		The program's goal is to develop a unified digital system for assessing the North American biota.
		Our goal is to maintain the taxonomic, nomenclatural, and biogeographic data for all members of the biota.
	www.bonap.org (196 words)

	ECO-PROS Biodiversity Resources
		Website links and information on General Biodiversity, Genetic Diversity, Species Diversity (all Biota, Viruses, Protists, Fungi, Plants, Animals), Ecological or Ecosystem Diversity, Geopolitical Perspectives (geographic/political focus), Systematics/Taxonomy (identification, description, naming, classification of the world's biota), and Collections of the world's known biodiversity (museums, zoos, arboreta, botanical gardens, research collections).
		Taxonomy, or classification, is the most relevant to this site: much of this site is organized according to Taxonomic principles; in addition, closely related sciences such as Ecology, Geology, and Climatology provide other perspectives on the world we live in.
		Click on links for overviews and info on taxonomy, 4 of the kingdoms of life, and short essays on hiking excursions through nature.
	www.eco-pros.com /biodiversityresources.htm (1610 words)

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		Two major components are necessary to provide the support needed to properly inventory and monitor the nation’s biological resources.
		Field station personnel manage and curate a museum collection of vertebrates, including a unique collection of fishes from the Colorado River Basin and mammals from federal lands in the Rocky Mountain-Intermountain West.
		Areas that need more attention to keep pace with emerging trends include taxonomy of plants, invertebrates, and microbes; the use of genetic methods for taxonomy; automated identification services, and digital taxonomic identification keys.
	www.pwrc.usgs.gov /brd/stplantaxonomyandsystematics.doc (498 words)

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		The eyes are large, and the jaw is angled sharply upward (08).
		IN: Endangered and threatened biota of North Carolina.
		Endangered and threatened plants and animals of North Carolina; Proceedings of the symposium on endangered and threatened biota of North Carolina.
	fwie.fw.vt.edu /WWW/esis/lists/e254014.htm (2091 words)

	Panamanian Dynastinae: Species Records (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Panama information was assembled using BIOTA at the University of Nebraska State Museum, while the Costa Rican data was assembled at INBio in Costa Rica.
		The Panama data was assembled from various collections in the United States, Canada, and Panama, and it augments the principal block of information at the University of Nebraska State Museum.
		The BIOTA database at Nebraska contains all specimen-related information, but only the principal fields are presented here.
	www-museum.unl.edu /research/entomology/database/dbpan.htm (114 words)

	Kingdoms Of Life
		Known as the Ediacaran biota, these deposits date back 600 million years ago.
		In fact, some flattened protoctists discovered in the Ediacaran biota had characteristics resembling lichens.
		[Lichens are organisms resulting from genetic mergers betweeen protists and fungi.] All the Ediacaran biota became extinct by about 530 million years ago and were replaced be shelled Cambrian animals.
	waynesword.palomar.edu /trfeb98.htm (3618 words)

	Taxonomy Sites, Environmental Studies Program, CSU Fullerton
		This site has the objective of enumerating all known species of plants, animals, fungi and microbes on Earth as the baseline dataset for studies of global biodiversity.
		Directory of taxonomic specialists for the biota of North America (North of Mexico).
		The Tree of Life is a project containing information about the diversity of organisms on Earth, their history, and characteristics.
	hss.fullerton.edu /envstud/links_taxonomy.htm (466 words)

	Biological Disciplines: Systematics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Global Taxonomy Initiative: Shortening the Distance between Discovery and Delivery
		Class Excercise: The "Nuts & Bolts" of Taxonomy and Classification (Miami of Ohio Univ.)
		Taxonomy of Fungi in Glomales (Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi)
	www.nbii.gov /disciplines/systematics.html (319 words)

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