Biodiversity and Ecosystems Management
Biodiversity of plants
Biodiversity of animals
ABRS Fauna Online
The Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS) provides online delivery of taxonomic and biological information on species known to occur in Australia.
Stiletto Flies: Therevidae: Diptera: Insecta (University
International research on the Therevidae fly family, "...critical
to the sound functioning of arid and semiarid environments," from
the University of Illinois.
- North America: Texas Natural History Collections
Ichthyology (fishes), Herpetology (amphibians and reptiles), Invertebrate Zoology, Entomology, Ornithology / Mammalogy (birds and mammals); specimens mainly from Texas and Northern Mexico.
- North America: Desert Animials and Wildlife
Includes photos, videos, and a variety of information about desert mammals, birds, fishes, insects, arthropods, birds, reptiles and amphibians.
Biodiversity of ecosystems
Biodiversity and ecosystems management
- International: Convention on Biological
Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, located in Montreal, Canada, provides documents, a calendar of activities, photos, videos on international and indigenous aspects of biodiversity.
- International: Fire
Effects Information System
Although this resource, developed by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), is primarily
aimed at the US, it has extensive information on dryland species (among
others) that will be useful for other regions.
- USA: National Science Foundation Long-Term
Founded in 1980, the LTER Program supports research on long-term
ecological phenomena in the US. LTER research sites that are arid or
semi-arid include the Jornada Experimental
Range, the Sevilleta National
Wildlife Refuge, and the Shortgrass