Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) (?)
Integrated Taxonomic Information System or ITIS provides authoritative taxonomic information on plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world. source: http://www.itis.gov
NatureServe (?)
NatureServe is a non-profit conservation organization whose mission is to provide the scientific basis for effective conservation action. NatureServe and its network of natural heritage programs are the leading source for information about rare and endangered species and threatened ecosystems.source: http://natureserve.org
Google Search Results (?)
Google enables users to search the web, Usenet, and images. Features from Google include PageRank, caching and translation of results, and an option to find similar pages.source: http://www.google.com
State Wildlife Action Plan (SWAP) (?)
State wildlife action plans outline the steps that are needed to conserve wildlife and habitat before they become more rare and more costly to protect. Taken as a whole, they present a national action agenda for preventing wildlife from becoming endangered. source: http://www.wildlifeactionplans.org/
GAP Analysis Data (?)
Gap Analysis is a scientific means for assessing to what extent native animal and plant species are being protected. It can be done at a state, local, regional, or national level.source: http://gapanalysis.nbii.gov
NBII ClearingHouse Metadata Search Results (?)
The National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) Metadata Clearinghouse is an initiative to help users locate, evaluate, and access biological data and information from cooperating data partners and information sources.The Clearinghouse also provides access to software tools to use in analyzing, integrating, and applying biological data.source: http://nbii.gov/
Hawaii Natural Heritage Database (?)
The Hawai'i Biodiversity & Mapping Program (HBMP) is a research program within the Center for Conservation Research and Training (CCRT), Pacific BioSciences Research Center (PBRC) at the University of Hawai'i. HBMP is also a member of NatureServe, an international network of databases.source: http://hbmp.hawaii.edu/
Bishop Museum Natural Science Database (?)
The Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, designated the Hawai'i State Museum of Natural and Cultural History, is a museum of history and science in the historic Kalihi district of Honolulu on the Hawaiian island of O'ahu. Founded in 1889, it is the largest museum in Hawai'i and is home to the world's largest collection of Polynesian cultural and scientific artifacts. Besides the comprehensive exhibits of Hawaiiana, the Bishop Museum has an extensive entomological collection of over 13.5 million specimens, third largest collection in the United States.source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernice_P._Bishop_Museum
Fish & Wildlife Service - Pacific Island Office Database (?)
The Pacific Islands Fish and Wildlife Office is an Ecological Services office headquartered in Honolulu. The office is divided into three major sections: Endangered Species, Habitat Conservation, and Invasive Species/Marianas Terrestrial. Employees use the best available science and sound managerial techniques to further the Service's mission to conserve , protect, and enhance wildlife and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people.source: http://www.fws.gov/pacificislands/
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) (?)
Global Biodiversity Information Network Occurrence Data.
source: http://www.gbif.org/
NatureServe Conservation Status (?)
NatureServe is a non-profit conservation organization whose mission is to provide the scientific basis for effective conservation action. NatureServe and its network of natural heritage programs are the leading source for information about rare and endangered species and threatened ecosystems.source: http://natureserve.org
Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) (?)
The Encyclopedia of Life is an unprecedented global partnership between the scientific community and the general public. EOL's goal is to make freely available to anyone knowledge about all the world?s organisms. Anybody can register as an EOL member and add text, images, videos, comments or tags to EOL pages. Source: http://www.eol.org/
For detailed documentation, see http://wiki.infointl.com/nbiimashup/index.php/Encyclopedia_of_Life_(EOL)
NBII Data Access Wizard (?)
The NBII Data Wizard provides access to thousands of data sets. Most of the available data is in a spatial, or GIS, format and can be accessed in a variety of ways such as ftp, kml, wms.
NBII Virtual Globe (?)
"If a virtual globe map layer is available for a selected species, the map will be displayed here."
source: http://code.google.com/apis/earth/
Disclaimer: References to non-U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) products do not constitute an endorsement by the DOI. By viewing the Google Maps API on this web site the user agrees to these TERMS of Service set forth by Google.
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