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Mediterranean Plants and Fire

Traits related to persistence and regeneration after fire are compiled for vascular plants in a Meditterranean environment. Dataset Location: Ecological Archives Site Location: Mediterranean Basin (Algeria, Cyprus, France, Greexe, Israel, Italy, Morocco, Palestine, Portugal, Spain, and Turkey) Methods: Data (quantitative, semi-quantitative, & qualitative) was collected from published articles from both...MORE

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Portal Long Term Desert Plant, Ant, and Rodent Manipulation

This dataset describes long-term (1977-2002) experimental manipulations of ant, plant and rodent species in a desert ecosystem, among other alterations to the system. Data Location: Ecological Archives Site Location: Chihuahuan Desert, near Portal, Arizona (31 o 56' 20.29" N, 109 o 4' 47.44" W) Sites Georeferenced: Yes (not part of...MORE

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North Temperate Lakes LTER Data Catalog

This web site hosts data collected at the North Temperate Lakes LTER in Wisconsin since at least 1981 organized by the Center for Limnology at the University of Wisconsin. Data Location: http://lter.limnology.wisc.edu/datacatalog/search Site Location: Lake Mendota, Lake Monona, and other lakes in the Yahara Lake District, southern Wisconsin; Trout Lake,...MORE

NatureServe

This web site hosts information about species and ecosystems of the Western Hemisphere, including several types of biodiversity data. Data Location: http://www.natureserve.org/getData/index.jsp Data Available: species, location, conservation status, commonness/rareness, spatial data Comments: This web site compiles data from a number of different programs, including: NatureServe Explorer; InfoNatura; Web Services for...MORE

Amphibians / Reptiles

Global Wood Density

This data set decribes wood density for trees throughout the globe, including >16000 entries of >8000 taxa from 205 references. Dataset Location: Dryad Sites Georefferenced: No Data Collected: species, wood density, region Citation: Zanne AE, Lopez-Gonzalez G, Coomes DA, Ilic J, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Miller RB, Swenson NG, Wiemann...MORE

Biomass Allocation and Growth Data of Seeded Plants

This data set compiles information regarding the biomass of leaf, stem, and root biomass for plants. Dataset Location: http://daac.ornl.gov/cgi-bin/dsviewer.pl?ds_id=703 Sites Georeferenced: No Methods: Data was compiled from the primary literature, along with a significant portion of data from Cannell (1982). Data Collected: species; age; height; leaf, root, shoot, stem &...MORE

TRY Database of Vascular Plant Traits

This data describes plant traits from throughout the globe and includes 1,000 traits for more than 64,000 plant species. Database Location: http://www.try-db.org/TryWeb/Home.php Sites Georeferenced: Yes (for many of the entries) Methods: Data is collected from previous studies and as a continued effort from the organizers. Data Collected: species, location, traits...MORE

Vertebrate Biodiversity Data Networks

VertNet consists of four global diversity databases housed on independent web sites: Mammal Natworked Information System, Ornithological Information System, HerpNET, and FishNet 2. Data Location: VertNet Comments: This large-scale data repository organizes extensive publically available data and diversity information from primary data contributors acting to construct their datasets in a...MORE

Amphibians / Reptiles

FishNet

This web site hosts data compiled from natural history museums and other biodiversity institutions to establish a global network of fish records. Data Location: FishNet 2 Sites Georefferenced: Yes Comments: Data is searchable by taxon and location [ HERE ]. FishNet is part of the VertNet cooperative data network. Example...MORE

Global Index of Vegetation-Plot Data (GIVD)

This web site hosts a metadatabase for worldwide vegetation data. Database Location: http://www.givd.info/index.php?id=558 Sites Georefferenced: Yes Comments: Registration is available for further access to the website [ HERE ]. Citation: Dengler, J., Jansen, F., Glöckler, F., Peet, R. K., De Cáceres, M., Chytrý, M., Ewald, J., Oldeland, J., Finckh, M.,...MORE