WWW RESOURCES
General
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Southern African Collectors' Biographies
- Colorado State University's Entomology on the WWW. An excellent list of web sites and resources.
- Iowa State University's Entomology Index of Internet Resources. A searchable list of sites and resources.
- BIOSIS Taxonomy & Nomenclature Resources. Links to organizations, publications, software, collections, meetings and phylogenetic resources.
- Gordon Ramel's Entomology Page. An excellent introduction for laymen and students, with links to may resources.
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South African collecting permits
Biodiversity
- The Convention on Biodiversity
- Conservation International's world rankings for total biological diversity
- Conservation International's list of biodiversity hotspots
- The South African Museum's Biodiversity Explorer
- The Biosphere Data Project
- BIOSIS Biodiversity Resources
Biogeography
- MapQuest On-line Atlas
- Make a Map Draw your own maps of anywhere
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Defense Mapping Agency GEOnet Names Server (an international gazetteer)
- USGS Mapping Information: Geographic Names Information System (GNIS; US gazetteer)
- Animated Maps of Continental Drift
- GAP Analysis Homepage
Systematics
- World Directory of Systematic Entomologists
- ETI's World Taxonomist Database
- Biodiversity and Biological Collections WWW Server
- International Codens for Entomological Collections
- International Codens for Ich and Herp Collections
- The DELTA Home Page
- Willi Hennig Society
- Systematic Biology
- Biodiversity and Biological Collections
- Systematics Servers
Phylogenetics
- Phylogenetics Resources
- BIOSIS Taxonomy & Nomenclature Resources. Links to organizations, publications, software, collections, meetings and phylogenetic resources.
- The Tree of Life - insect phylogeny and much else.
- National Center for Biotechnological Information (e.g. Genbank)
Nomenclature
- New Entomological Taxa. A useful way to keep up to date with new taxa.
- BIOSIS Index to Organism Names
- BIOSIS Taxonomy & Nomenclature Resources. Links to organizations, publications, software, collections, meetings and phylogenetic resources.
- BIOSIS Biosystematics & Life Sciences Resources. An excellent search engine, produced by the publisher of Biological Abstracts and Zoological Record.
- The International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.
The Impacts of Exotic fish
- The Exotic Fish Introductions Debate
This is part of A Catalogue of South African Aquatic Insects