- NatureServe@
Source for information about rare and endangered species and threatened ecosystems.
dir.yahoo.com/.../Animals__Insects__and_Pets/NatureServe
- Earth Floor: Biomes
Featuring a description, graphical summary, climograph guide, and links to the major terrestrial biomes.
www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/biomes.html
- Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA)
Study launched by the United Nations to examine the processes that support life on earth, including the world¿s grasslands, forests, rivers and lakes, farmlands, and oceans.
www.millenniumassessment.org
- WorldBiomes.com
Covering five of the major world biomes. Also includes a FAQ section, news section, links to related sites, discussion boards, maps, and more.
www.worldbiomes.com
- North York Moors National Park
Features park information, details of the Authority services, a learning and fun zone, and an online park shop.
www.moors.uk.net
- Planet Earth@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Science/Planet_Earth
- Introduction to Biomes
Sections on a variety of ecosystems.
www.runet.edu/~swoodwar/CLASSES/GEOG235/biomes/intro.html
- Blue Planet Biomes
Teacher-student project featuring the world's major biomes, with descriptions of their plants, animals, and climate.
www.blueplanetbiomes.org
- CyberZoo: Biomes
Created through a collaborative effort among various educators, this guide to biomes is targeted towards the learning experiences of K-12 students.
lsb.syr.edu/projects/cyberzoo/biome.html
- World Builders: Introduction to Biomes
Part of a university outline, this site offers a variety of links, lesson plans, and science notes.
curriculum.calstatela.edu/courses/builders/lessons/less/biomes/introbiomes....
- Alliance for the Wild Rockies
Works to protect rivers, wilderness ecosystems, biological corridors, and native wildlife in the northern Rockies.
www.wildrockiesalliance.org
- Biomes
Descriptions and information relating to the world's biomes; split into eight different classifications.
users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/B/Biomes.html
- WWF Living Planet Report@
Learn how the WWF measures the health of the planet's ecosystems and humanity's demands upon those ecosystems. Also find current and past Living Planet Reports.
dir.yahoo.com/.../World_Wildlife_Fund__WWF_/Living_Planet_Report
- Enchanted Learning: Habitats/Biomes
Offers animal printouts and map coloring pages for a number of the world's terrestrial and aquatic biomes.
www.enchantedlearning.com/biomes
- USGS South Florida Information Access (SOFIA)
Provides an improved scientific information base to resolve or prevent complex resource conflicts or environmental problems in specific ecosystem sites.
sofia.usgs.gov
- Baileys' Eco-Regions
A description of the ecoregions of the United States.
www.fs.fed.us/land/ecosysmgmt/ecoreg1_home.html
- Biomes of the World
Paper discussing the rationale for hierarchical organization of the world's environments by Dennis Paulson.
www.ups.edu/biology/museum/worldbiomes.html
- World's Biomes, The
Introduction to the Earth's major biomes, communities classified according to the predominant vegetation and the adaptations of organisms to that particular environment.
www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome
- Endangered Ecosystems of the United States: A Preliminary Assessment of Loss and Degradation
Reports that looks at biodiversity loss, and recommends conservation plans to counter damage. From the U.S. Geological Survey.
biology.usgs.gov/pubs/ecosys.htm
- Major Biomes of the World
Part of the Virtual Geography Department Project, this module presents basic content on the distribution and nature of the world's major biomes.
www.radford.edu/~swoodwar/CLASSES/GEOG235/biomes/main.html
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