Here are some USGS Web pages with more information on biodiversity and Anywhere:
NBII: National Biological Information Infrastructure
Portal of the National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) with links to diverse biological databases, information products, and analytical tools contributed by NBII cooperating organizations and agencies.
(Score: 2.000)
National Gap Analysis Program
Home page of the Gap Analysis Program (GAP) providing asessments of the conservation status of native vertebrate species and natural land cover types of the U.S. Links to projects, applications, status maps, and a searchable database.
(Score: 1.380)
Effects of fire suppression on ecosystems and diversity
Article from Status and Trends of the Nations Biological Resources on considerations in restoring a more natural fire regime in ecosystems adapted to frequent fires to maximize benefits while minimizing biological and social costs.
(Score: 0.690)
From microbes to mammals - invasive species
Articles from the July/August issue of People,Land & Water, the employee news magazine of the Dept. of the Interior, on lost natural resouces, loss of biodiversity, and damage to our biological heritage by invasive plants, animals, and microbes.
(Score: 0.690)
Gap analysis: a geographic approach to planning for biological diversity
Gap Analysis Program(GAP)is a cooperative program to gather national information about biological diversity by mapping vegetation (habitat types) and distribution of vertebrates to develop a framework for ecosystem management.
(Score: 0.690)
Impounded river systems
Article from Status and Trends of the Nations Biological Resources on the serious impacts to river systems due to damming and flow regulation, and rehabilitation, monitoring, and research on such rivers.
(Score: 0.690)
Nonindigenous species
Article from Status and Trends of the Nations Biological Resources on problems and legal issues of the human introduction of nonindigenous species including economic losses and loss of biodiversity with the extinction of native species.
(Score: 0.690)
Patuxent Wildlife Research Center monitoring program
Entry to biological monitoring projects studying the status and trends of the nations biota, identify endangered species and ecosystems, and plan for the future. Links to birds, butterflies, and amphibians, and project planning methods.
(Score: 0.690)
Truffles, trees, and biodiversity
Chapter from Our Living Resources on the importance of truffles and false truffles as food for many animals, distribution in the United States, and evidence for extinction of many truffles in the Great Basin.
(Score: 0.690)
Invasive species research
Links to research projects that will improve the ability to detect, monitor and predict the effects of invasive species, including exotic animals, on native ecosystems of the Pacific Southwest (California, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona).
(Score: 0.550)
Western Ecological Research Center (WERC)
Links to research at the field stations of the Western Ecological Research Center with direct links to web pages for wildlife videos, satellite telemetry, fire ecology, invasive species, herpetology field guide, and coastal ecosystems.
(Score: 0.550)
Coastal Prairie Research Program, National Wetlands Research Center
Coverage of the Coastal Prairie Ecology Research (CPER) Team, National Wetlands Research Center, providing scientific information to aid the conservation, management, and restoration of ecosystems in the greater coastal prairie region.
(Score: 0.476)
Genetics and molecular tools
Describes the value of molecular biology genetic tools in enhancing the delineation of the genetic diversity and the effects of environmental degradation on living species. Links to study which differentiated two species of sage-grouse.
(Score: 0.461)
Natural and human drivers of biodiversity in the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem
This study reconstructs past interactions among ecosystem factors, native species, and human land use in the Greater Yellowstone ecotsystem to provide a context for future management to sustain both ecological and human communities.
(Score: 0.459)
Insects of Hawaii
Chapter from Status and Trends of the Nations Biological Resources focusing on insects and other arthropods of Hawaii with discussion of loss of abundance and diversity of native species, introduced parasites, and extinctions.
(Score: 0.456)
Pacific Basin Information Node (PBIN)
Pacific Basin Information Node provides access to studies of biological resources associated with the Pacific Basin including tropical and subtropical islands and the surrounding marine environment.
(Score: 0.456)
Ohio Gap Analysis Project
Information on the Gap Analysis Program in Ohio, a geographic approach to planning for biological diversity by mapping native aquatic and terrestrial animal species and natural communities on present-day conservation lands.
(Score: 0.434)
Definition:
(a) The number and variety of organisms found within a specified geographic region. (b) The variability among living organisms on the earth, including the variability within and between species and within and between ecosystems. [American Heritage Dic. of the English Language, 4th ed.]
Used for:
biological diversity, diversity (biological)
