Covering five of the major world biomes.
Technical paper on the importance of biodiversity and mutualism (co-operation between different species) to ecosystem function and structural organization.
A long term old-field permanent-plot ecological succession study on the New Jersey Piedmont.
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.
Introduction to aquatic, desert, forest, grassland, and tundra biomes. School class project.
Maps, descriptions, and index to 687 ecoregions across the globe. Javascript required.
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.
Online book about the current status and trends of the environment of the United States, aimed at public policy makers and concerned citizens.
Constituted by the Ecological Society of America to support and facilitate the creation of standardized, scientifically credible North American vegetation type classification.
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.
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