Biodiversity Weblift
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A Guide to Searchable Databases Online
About the Biodiversity Weblift
| This
weblift is intended for scientists, conservationists
and others who need information about species and
their distributions. Its primary goal is to provide
a convenient mechanism by which
resource
managers, scientists, conservationists, and citizens
can make queries on searchable databases and other
on-line resources that include information about
various.
The catalogue of biodiversity databases is being assembled by searching existing databases for key geographic terms. Institutions and their appropriate databases are listed below when they are found to include references to species from localities in Haiti or its marine jurisdiction. All of the resources that are listed below contain information on Haitian biodiversity. We welcome comments and input from users, whom we invite to suggest additional databases that we have not yet included. We are working to include data about all taxa that occur in Haiti. The links to biodiversity resources given below will connect users directly to the host institutions that maintain the databases. Links are provided at two or three hierarchical levels depending on the structure of the host institution's web site. There is always a link to the institution's homepage, and it should be consulted by users who are visiting the host web site for the first time. Whenever possible, we provide a link at an intermediate level that gives instructions for use of the search mechanism in that institution. At the third level, there is a link directly to the search form of the database. The third-level connections will be convenient for persons who are already familiar with online searchable databases. This weblift is part of a network of websites that were designed to provide Caribbean-based scientists and conservationists with tools to access data of Caribbean origin no matter where it is located. The Haitian Weblift is the best one to use to find data specifically related to Haiti. Those who are searching for data from throughout the Caribbean should use the Caribbean Biodiversity Weblift below. The network includes a growing number of sites designed specifically to access data relevant to other Caribbean countries, each in the local language. They will be the most useful tools for queries related to the biodiversity of individual countries. |
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| Scanned image of a herbarium sheet showing a specimen of Stevensia minutifolia collected in the Massif de la Selle, Haiti. Detailed information about the specimen including ecological information and mapping data are available on-line from the Herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden using the links below. Click on the thumbnail to see a larger image. Courtesy of the International Plant Science Center of New York Botanical Garden. | ||
Currently, the network includes the following components:
Biodiversity Weblift of the Dominican Republic (in Spanish) at Grupo Jaragua
Cuban Biodiversity Weblift (in Spanish) temporarily hosted by Grupo Jaragua
Caribbean Fishes Weblift at Caribbean Fishes Specialist Group
Haitian Biodiversity Weblift, below
Online Databases that Contain Haitian Biodiversity Information
Multi-institutional resources:
NEODAT - Inter-Instituional Database of Fish Biodiversity in the Neotropics
List of databases
Search Tettigonioidea, the katydids or bushcrickets
Search Grylloidea, the crickets
Search Acridomorpha, the grasshoppers and locusts
World List of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans
Search the World List of Isopods
Resources in universities, herbaria, and natural history museums:
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
About the Biodiversity Group
Search fishes (via NEODAT; select ANSP from the institution drop-down menu)
American Museum of Natural History
About the fish collection
Search fishes (via NEODAT; select AMNH from the institution drop-down menu)
Auburn University, Museum of Natural History
About the fish collection
Search fishes as guest (sign-in required)
Search fishes (via NEODAT; select AUM from the institution drop-down menu)
California Academy of Sciences
About the Botany Department
Search the database of type specimens of vascular plants
About the Herpetology Department
Search amphibians and reptiles
About the Ichthyology Department
Search the on-line Catalogue of Fishes, a guide to current names of all fishes
Search fish collection (via NEODAT; select CAS from the institution drop-down menu)
Cornell University, Museum of Vertebrates
Field Museum of Natural History
Florida Museum of Natural History
About fossil vertebrate databases
Search fossil vertebrates
About mollusk collection databases
Search mollusks
About fish collection databases
Search fishes
Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology
About fish collection searches
Search fishes (via NEODAT; select MCZ from drop-down menu)
Search mollusks
Muséum National de l’Histoire Naturelle (database forms in French and English)
Naturistoriska RiksMuseet (in Swedish and English; some parts in Spanish)
About the fish collection
Search fishes
About the collection of botanical types
Search the collection of botanical types
About the herbarium and its databases
Search the entire database of plants and fungi
Search vascular plants
Search type specimens of vascular plants of the West Indies
Search orchids of the West Indies
Search the flora of Navassa Island, West Indies
About the Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Biology
Search fishes (via NEODAT; select ROM from the institution drop-down menu)
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History
Search fishes
Search type specimens of fishes
Search wood samples
Search type specimens of birds
Search type specimens of ferns
Search flowering plants
Search mosses, hepatics and lichens
Search algae
Search the World List of Isopods
University of Kansas, Natural History Museum
University of Michigan, Museum of Zoology
About the fish catalogue searches
Search fishes
About the collections of amphibians and reptiles
Search type specimens of amphibians and reptiles
The weblift was developed in collaboration with
The Center for Applied Biodiversity Science at Conservation International.