Sage: Taxonomy and Biosystematics

Featured Sites

1. Biology Division, UCSD Key site
   The Web site for UCSD Biology. Features information on faculty research, educational programs and a growing number of class-specific Web sites.[Full Description]
   http://www-biology.ucsd.edu/
   
2. Guide to the Animal Kingdom for Students and Educators (BIOSIS/ZR Internet Guide) Key site
   Hierarchical listing of the major groups of animals, with short notes, representative taxa and links to Web sites. Follows biosystematic names used in Zoological Record.[Full Description]
   http://www.biosis.org/free_resources/classifn/classifn.html
   
3. Tree of Life Key site
   A project containing information about the diversity of organisms on Earth, their history, and characteristics, organized by a phylogenetic tree metaphor.[Full Description]
   http://phylogeny.arizona.edu/tree/phylogeny.html
   
4. Zoological Record Key site [UCSD Only]
   1864-present. Indexes approx 4,500 journals, books, conference papers, & selected dissertations in zoology. Approx 30% abstracts. Strengths include: good subject vocabulary, taxonomic hierarchies. SIO Library has printed indexes back to 1864.[Full Description]
   http://uclibs.org/PID/108800
   Getting Started with UC-eLinks
   
5. International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, 4th ed.
   The Code guides zoologists in arriving at correct taxonomic names for organisms. It is not a list of approved names. PDFs of the 1987 Official List and its 2001 Supplement are online as are updates for 2001-. [Full Description]
   http://www.iczn.org/iczn/index.jsp
   Official Lists from Bull Zool Nomenclature
   
6. Taxonomic Search Engine
   Web application that queries multiple taxonomic databases (ITIS, Index Fungorum, IPNI, NCBI, and uBIO) and summarizes the results in a consistent format. Results may take a minute or two.[Full Description]
   http://darwin.zoology.gla.ac.uk/~rpage/portal/
   Article from database creator in PLoS Biology
   

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