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The
Diversity of The World of Life
Excellent On-Line
References
For
Life in General
The
Tree of Life: A collaborative web project, produced by biologists
from around the world. On more than 2600 World Wide Web pages, the
Tree of Life provides information about the diversity of organisms on
Earth, their history, and characteristics.
University
of California, Berkeley Museum of Paleontology: With
thorough descriptions, in words and pictures, of all groups of life, both
existent and extinct, well-organized by "clades" (with a
thorough explanation of the modern science of "cladistics").
For
Plants in General
The Vascular Plant Family Access
Page: From the University of Hawaii Botany Department (with
reference to both temperate and tropical species)
Systematic Botany:
The definitive study, from the
Department of Evolutionary Biology at Uppsala Universitet, Sweden
For
Animals in General
The Animal Diversity Web:
From The
University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
For
Fish
FishBase:
Database (including pictures) of world species, assembled with the help
of many partners and with the
support of the European
Commission and other sponsors
Pennsylvania Fishes:
Work about North American species, written
by award-winning author Linda Steiner, illustrated by graphic artist Ted Walke,
and published by The Pennsylvania Fish & Boat
Commission
For
Birds
Birds
of the World: By Professor David W. Winkler, Cornell University Department of
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, & Colleagues
Bird
Families of the World: From Creagrus@Monterey Bay, A Website
by Don Roberson (with Monterey County, CA birds & cetaceans)
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