| Wikispecies Wikimedia Foundation project that aims to catalog all species. |
| World_Biodiversity_Database A growing taxonomic database and information system that aims at documenting all presently known species (about 1.7 million). Taxonomic trees, descriptions, synonyms, literature citations, and molec |
| World\'s_Boreal_Forests__Animal_and_Plant_Species Fact sheets and photos for mammals, birds, trees and other plants of boreal regions. |
| American_Institute_of_Aeronautics_and_Astronautics_(AIAA), AIAA organizes a number of conferences annually on a variety of space topics |
| Center_for_Advanced_Studies_in_the_Space_Life_Sciences Increase awareness of NASA's Life Sciences Program within the science community and to examine and discuss potential uses of microgravity and other aspects of spaceflight. |
| Dr__Goehlich\'s_Online_Space_Tourism_Lecture Dr. Goehlich is an expert on Space Tourism, and he teaches a weekly online course on the subject. Instructions to join in are found on this page. |
| Earth_&_Space_Week Provides the details of this event organised by European Commission and European Space Agency, to take place 12-20 February in Brussels, Belgium. This site is the portal for several events: Earth Obse |
| ESA_Conferences,_Symposia_and_Workshops Listing of future conferences, symposia, workshops and presentations organized by The European Space Agency (ESA). |
| Export_and_Licensing_Requirements_for_Space-Based_Programs Offers information on complying with space-related export control regulations imposed by the U.S. government agencies. In particular, the focus will be on the regulations and restrictions governing co |
| International_Institute_for_Asian_Studies 2nd Asian Space Conference 8-11 November 2005 Melia hanoi Hotel Hanoi Vietnam |
| MAKS_International_Aviation_and_Space_Salon Aviation and space exposition in Moscow, Russia. 2003: 19-24 August. Features extensive exhibition information and a permanent on-line exposition section. |
| MoonMarsWorkshop__2004_Site This is another site of the MoonMars Workshop, geared towards the 2004 event in Vancouver, Canada. |
| President\'s_Commission_on_Moon,_Mars,_and_Beyond This Commission began meeting after President Bush's January 2004 announcement that NASA will resume exploring the Moon and eventually Mars. |
| SatCom_Middle_East_2004 Satcom Middle East 2004 is a director level conference that tackles all the strategic issues, from satellite business applications to process management strategies. |
| Small_Satellite_Conference Annual AIAA/Utah State University Conference on Small Satellites. |
| Space_Foundation_Space_Symposia Presentation of upcoming Space symposia. |
| Space_Generation_Congress_-_Vancouver_2004 The Space Generation Congress (SGC), Vancouver 2004, will be held in October 2004 to support the world's youth in space exploration. |
| Space_Mission_Challenges_for_Information_Technology The SMC- IT Conference, held in Pasadena, California, will focus on current IT practice and challenges with applicability for future space missions. Sponsored by JPL. |
| Space_Week Offers overview and details of this worldwide yearly event (Oct. 4-10) supported by the United Nations. |
| SpaceOps_2004 Eighth International Conference on Space Operations, hosted by the Canadian Space Agency, May 17 - 21, 2004, in Montréal, Canada. |
| 35th_Lunar_and_Planetary_Science_Conference Official site of the 35th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) to be held in Houston in 2004. LPSC yearly attracts over 1000 planetary scientists to present the latest results of world |
| Yuri\'s_Night Annual worldwide party to celebrate Yuri Gagarin's first flight into space--as well as to promote space exploration. |
| (Australia)_Victoria_University Research Group in Mathematical Inequalities and Applications (RGMIA). Preprints, publications, links, people, meetings. |
| Ghent_University,_Belgium Research group for numerical functional analysis and mathematical modeling. Events, publications, research topics. |
| Home_of_the_Global_Analysis_Bonn The global analysis group at the University of Bonn. People, research and a description of global analysis with a list of important results from the field. |
| (Italy)_CNR,_Firenze Istituto di Analisi Globale e Applicazioni. People, meetings, research, resources. Site in English/Italian. |
| Landau_Center_for_Research_in_Mathematical_Analysis The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Research in analysis and related areas. People, events and preprints. |
| Newcastle_University,_UK Functional analysis group. Interests, publications and seminars. |
| Norwegian_University_of_Science_and_Technology Analysis research group. Complex and harmonic analysis, differential equations and functional analysis. People, publications and seminars. |
| (South_Korea)_Research_Institute_of_Mathematics Global Analysis Research Center. Funded by the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation. Lecture notes, preprints, and related links. |
| (UK)_Open_University Multivariate Research Group. Interests include multidimensional analysis. Members, publications. |
| (UK)_University_of_St__Andrews Analysis Research Group. Members, research interests. |
| (UK)_University_of_Warwick Analysis Research Area. Members, specialist topics. |
| University_of_Crete,_Greece The Fourier and functional analysis research group. Events, research, preprints and links. |
| University_of_Helsinki,_Finland Department of Mathematics and Statistics' analysis page. Events, research, and links |
| University_of_Kentucky,_USA Differential equations and complex analysis. People, research, publications and doctoral students. |
| University_of_Oulu,_Finland Abstract harmonic analysis research group. Members, research and seminars. |
| University_of_Sydney,_Australia Analysis research group. Harmonic analysis, functional analysis, analytic number theory, convex analysis and probability. Calendar, publications and people. |
| (USA)_Carnegie_Mellon_University Center for Nonlinear Analysis. People, publications, events, links. |
| Association_for_Canadian_Studies_in_Australia_and_New_Zealand Multinational association featuring funding opportunities, member listing, news, publications and links. |
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[Plantae] [Fungi] [Animalia] [Protoctista] [Biosphere]
Monthly Feature: The Plant Kingdom
This site is dedicated to the beauty and science of nature and to
the joys nature brings to those who explore it. The joy of seeing "familiar
faces" everywhere; the invigoration a nature walk brings to both body
and soul; the beauty and diversity of our Earthly co-habitants; and
the pleasure of eating something found along the way.
The material here is organized according to the biological principles of Taxonomy, or classification:
We live on a planet called Earth. Biologists call the Earth and its atmosphere -- the Biosphere. The Biosphere is composed of organic and inorganic matter. Organic matter (stuff containing carbon) is again divided into living and non-living objects.
All living beings are currently divided into
five Kingdoms. Four of these Kingdoms are depicted
above: Plantae, the plant kingdom,
studied in the field of Botany; Fungi, the kingdom of fungus and molds,
studied as Mycology; Animalia, the animal kingdom, the
domain of Zoology; and Protoctista, a catch-all for all
other "higher-order" organisms from single-celled microbes to large
seaweeds (algae). The fifth kingdom, Monera, consists of
bacteria -- small-celled microorganisms without true cell nuclei.
This Kingdoms of Life classification works well for people
interested in larger life-forms. Those who study the microscopic side
of life -- Microbiologists -- prefer to divide life into three
domains: two domains -- Archaea and Bacteria -- are
subdivisions of the Monera Kingdom, while all other living beings form
the third domain, Eucaryota. The UC
Museum of Paleontology at Berkeley provides a nice WWW exhibit on
the microbiologist's perspective.
