International and National Organisations

• International Association of Vegetation Science (US)

• British Ecological Society (UK)
 
• Specialist Groups
• CTI Centre for Biology (UK)
• CTI Centre for Land Use and Environmental Sciences (UK)

• Finnish Forestry (Finland)
• Netherlands Institute of Ecology (Netherlands)

• Ecological Society of Australia Incorporated (Australia)
• Political Ecology Society (US)

Research Centres and Projects

• Aberdeen University Department of Forestry: Research, education, programmes and further links. (UK)
• Jornada Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Project: Focuses on changes in the distribution of soil resources as an index of the impact of vegetation change--desertification--on semiarid lands. (UK)
• Royal Botanical Gardens Kew Scientific Research Programmes at Kew Gardens: Aim to develop, enhance and maintain Kew's contribution to innovative basic and applied botanical research, conservation, plant-based teaching, the maintenance of plant diversity, and to produce tangible and acknowledged results to improve environmental management. (UK)

• European Forestry Institute: Carries out various research projects including growth trends of European forests, development of a European forest sector model and potential sources for bioenergy. (Finland)
• International Union of Forestry Research Organisation: Research is the primary objective of this non-governmental organisation. Research divisions include forest environment, physiology and genetics and forest health. (Austria)

• Center for Earth and Planetary Studies Performs original research and outreach activities on topics covering planetary science, terrestrial geophysics, and the remote sensing of environmental change. Research: Types of projects include terrestrial geomorphology, planetary science, land cover changes and ecosystem dynamics. (US)
• University of Canberra Applied Ecology Research Group: Provides a varied research programme, includes research on the topics of resource policy and planning, vertebrate pest management and conservation biology & native species research. (Australia)
• Woods Hole Research Center Global Research in Ecology: Research includes tropical forest ecology, mapping global ecology resources and the carbon cycle. (US)

Data/Information Libraries

• Harvard University Biodiversity, ecology and the environment: A virtual library providing various options for usage, search, browse or input. (US)
• University of Texas; Biomes: Discussions of the large complexes of communities characterized by a distinctive vegetation type and climate. (US)
• University of Virginia EcoWeb: A useful source of information providing a search facility and best match results. (US)

Education Materials

• Theoretical Ecology Information Outlet: Simulation Server: Allows you to interactively investigate the behaviour of ecological models. Includes a predator prey model, a competition model and a plant-pollinator model.(UK)

• Franklin Institute Living Things (US)
 
• Individuals: Detailed photographic essay discussing various aspects of plant life and anatomy such as a virtual plant cell, plant science and also galls.
• Families: Discusses classification of plants and animals. Also holds indepth information relating to various vertebrates and invertebrates.
• Neighbourhoods: Photographic essay studying the topics ecosystems, biomes and habitats.
• The Circle of Life: Simplistic resource discussing definitions of life and circles of life relevant to various themes, i.e. forests.
• Missouri Botanical Gardens (US)
 
• Land Biomes, set 1: Virtual biome studies for desert, grassland and temperate deciduous forests, suitable for undergraduates.
• Land Biomes, set 2: Virtual biome studies for rainforest, tundra and taiga, suitable for undergraduates.
• Odyssey Expeditions (US)
 
• General Ecology: Provides basics and definitions, and also discussions of the transfer of energy, community structure and the species niche.
• Coral Reef Fish Ecology: Holds discussions relevant to the study of larval ecology, settlement and recruitment ecology and post recruitment ecology.
• Marine Ecology: Plain text resource referring to foraging ecology and reproduction ecology.

Electronic Journals

• International Association for Vegetation Science Journal Of Vegetation Science: Provides listings of articles published in each journal, only authors and titles available. Full text format is only available through subscription. (Sweden)

• British Ecological Society Journal of Ecology: Provides a complete listing of articles published, noting their titles and authors. Full text format is only available through subscription. (UK)
• British Ecological Society Journal of Animal Ecology: Provides a complete listing of articles published, noting their titles and authors. Full text format is only available through subscription. (UK)
• British Ecological Society Journal of Applied Ecology: Provides a complete listing of articles published, noting their titles and authors. Full text format is only available through subscription. (UK)
• British Ecological Society Functional Ecology: Provides a complete listing of articles published, noting their titles and authors. Full text format is only available through subscription. (UK)

• Carletone University Electronic Conservation Ecology: Provides title and author details for articles published in each volume. Summaries of the articles are also provided, but full text versions require subscription. (Canada)
• Ecological Society of Australia Australian Journal of Ecology: Provides a complete listing of articles published, noting their titles and authors. Full text format is only available through subscription. (Australia)
• Journal of Political Ecology: Title and author listings are freely available. Full text versions do not require subscription but may be viewed through acrobat reader. (US)

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