ZooBank: the world register of animal
names (Taxonomic Databases)
This is the ZooBank prototype, providing access to 1.5 million scientific
names of animals. This prototype is based on Thomson Zoological's "Index
of Organism Names", which is the electronic archive of Zoological Record,
going back to 1978 (vol. 115). A project to digitise the remaining volumes
of Zoological Record back to 1864 (vol. 1), is nearing completion. These
names will therefore soon also be available through ZooBank. The next version
of ZooBank, coming later in 2006, will provide an interface for the voluntary
submission of animal names. If a mandatory registration system is eventually
adopted by the zoological community, we anticipate that in the very near
future ZooBank will become a complete, authoritative, record of all scientific
names of animals.
International Working Group on Taxonomic
Databases (Taxonomic Databases)
The International Working Group on Taxonomic Databases is a not for profit
scientific and educational association, affiliated to the International
Union of Biological Sciences, formed to establish international collaboration
among biological database projects so as to promote the wider and more effective
dissemination of information about the World's heritage of biological organisms
for the benefit of the world at large.
All Species Foundation (Taxonomic Databases)
The ALL Species Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to the
complete inventory of all species of life on Earth within the next 25 years
- a human generation.
ETI Bioinformatics (Taxonomic Databases)
ETI BioInformatics develops and produces scientific and educational computer-aided
information systems.
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) (Taxonomic
Databases)
Welcome to ITIS, the Integrated Taxonomic Information System! Here you will
find authoritative taxonomic information on plants, animals, fungi, and
microbes of North America and the world
The Tree of Life Web project (Taxonomic Databases)
The Tree of Life Web Project (ToL) is a collaborative effort of biologists
from around the world. On more than 4000 World Wide Web pages, the project
provides information about the diversity of organisms on Earth, their evolutionary
history (phylogeny), and characteristics.
The Prometheus Taxonomic Database (Taxonomic Databases)
The aim of the project is to construct a database system that will meet
the requirements of current taxonomy practices. In particular, it will allow
taxonomists to view and explore alternative classifications. The system
will support provision of single authoritative classifications for use by
non-taxonomists such as legislators. As a test application, taxonomists
at RBGE will produce a revision of a plant group using the Prometheus system.
MySQL (General Database Software)
The software available in MySQL Network and the MySQL
Community Edition is available under the "dual licensing" model. Under this
model, users may choose to use MySQL products under the free
software/open source GNU General Public License (commonly
known as the "GPL") or under a commercial
license.
IBM DB2 Universal Database (General Database
Software)
The evaluation period for this trial is 90 days
Oracle Database (General Database Software)
All software downloads are free, and each comes with a development license that allows you to use
full versions of the products only while developing and prototyping your
applications. You can buy Oracle products with full-use licenses at any
time from the online Oracle
Store or from your Oracle sales representative.
Hibernate
(Object Oriented Database Software)
Hibernate is a powerful, ultra-high performance object/relational persistence
and query service for Java. Hibernate lets you develop persistent classes
following common Java idiom - including association, inheritance, polymorphism,
composition, and the Java collections framework. Hibernate allows you to
express queries in its own portable SQL extension (HQL), as well as in native
SQL, or with Java-based Criteria and Example objects. Unlike many other
persistence solutions, Hibernate does not hide the power of SQL or JDBC
from you and guarantees that your investment in relational technology and
knowledge is as valid as always. Hibernate is downloaded more than 3000
times every day.
Ozone (Object Oriented Database Software)
The Ozone Database Project is a open initiative for
the creation of an open source, Java based, object-oriented database management
system.
HSQLDB (Object Oriented Database Software)
HSQLDB 1.8.0 final is out. A year of solid development since 1.7.2 brings
a more powerful engine that supports data up to 8GB, has better SQL capabilities
and runs with greater resilience. HSQLDB 1.8.0 is also the database engine
in OpenOffice.org 2.0, soon to appear on millions of desktops around the
world.
Db4o (Object Oriented Database Software)
db4o is the open source object database that enables Java and .NET developers
to slash development time and costs and achieve unprecedented levels of
performance. The unique design of db4o's native object database engine makes
it the ideal choice to be embedded in mobile devices, in packaged software
or in real-time control systems.
Versant (Object Oriented Database Software)
Using object databases for data storage brings powerful advantages to applications
that use complex C++ and Java object models, have high concurrency requirements,
and large data sets. It is difficult, time consuming, expensive in development,
and expensive at run time, to map the objects into a relational database
and performance can suffer. Versant Object Database 7.0 is designed to handle
the navigational access, seamless data distribution, and enterprise scale
often required by these applications.
Stony Brook
The home of the new morphometrics
IMP-Integrated Morphometrics Package
The
web site for the software of the book:
Geometric Morphometrics for Biologists: A Primer by Miriam Leah Zelditch,
Donald L. Swiderski, H. David Sheets and William L. Fink, Elsevier Academic
Press, 2004. £44.95 hbk (443 pages)
ISBN 0127784608
European Water Mite Research
This page will inform you about the water mite research in Europe.
The R Project for Statistical Computing
R is a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics.
It compiles and runs on a wide variety of UNIX platforms, Windows and MacOS.
Systematic Biology
Systematic Biology (SB) is the journal of the Society of Systematic Biologists.
SB is published six times per year: February, April, June, August, October,
and December. As stated in our constitution, the objective of this society
is the advancement of the science of systematic biology in all its aspects
of theory, principles, methodology, and practice, for both living and fossil
organisms, with emphasis on areas of common interest to all systematic biologists
regardless of individual specialization.
Evolution
The journal Evolution publishes articles in all areas of evolutionary biology.
Ecology
Established in 1920, Ecology publishes research and synthesis papers on
all aspects of ecology, with particular emphasis on papers that develop
new concepts in ecology, that test ecological theory, or that lead to an
increased appreciation for the diversity of ecological phenomena. Theoretical,
analytical, experimental, empirical, historical, and descriptive approaches
are all appropriate, though preference is given to research and synthesis
that leads to generalizations potentially applicable to other species, populations,
communities, or ecosystems.
The American Naturalist
Since its inception in 1867, The American Naturalist has maintained its
position as one of the world's most renowned, peer-reviewed publications
in ecology, evolution, and population and integrative biology research.
While addressing topics in community and ecosystem dynamics, evolution of
sex and mating systems, organismal adaptation, and genetic aspects of evolution,
AN emphasizes sophisticated methodologies and innovative theoretical syntheses--all
in an effort to advance the knowledge of organic evolution and other broad
biological principles.
