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The Hyaena Specialist Group consists of a small body of biologists concerned with research about, and conservation of, a small but ecologically important family of mammalian carnivores, the Hyaenidae. The Hyaena Specialist Group is one of over 100 similar groups of scientists and other specialists forming part of the Species Survival Commission of... |
Categories: Species Databases
Baboons are one of the most broadly-distributed and intensively-studied primate genera and – with the exception of macaques and humans – show perhaps the greatest ecological flexibility among primates. Due to these factors, baboons have much to contribute to the fields of primate socioecology and paleoanthropology. Unfortunately, comparative... |
PROTA is an international, not-for-profit foundation. It intends to synthesize the dispersed information on the approximately 7,000 useful plants of Tropical Africa and to provide wide access to the information through Webdatabases, Books, CD-Rom’s and Special Products.... |
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Categories: Species Databases | Data Sources
GBIF is a global network of data providers that builds biodiversity information infrastructure and promotes the growth of biodiversity information content on the Internet by working with partner initiatives and coordinating activities worldwide. Future generations depend on the efforts made today to develop methods for sustainably... |
Sub-Saharan Africa Biodiversity Network (SABIN) Categories: Species Databases | Data Sources
In 2007, the Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA) has started the SABIN (Sub-Saharan Africa Biodiversity Network) initiative. Its aim is the development, the installation and the maintenance of a network of databases on biodiversity, in cooperation with scientific institutions located in Sub-Saharan Africa. In 2008, this initiative... |
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This website provides a centralised storage location for information on the status of South African species. The database provides basic information pertaining to the relevant species such as descriptions of their habitat, common names and distribution ranges. Amongst others, it will provide information on the status of species under the various legislation... |
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Marine Species Database for Eastern Africa (MASDEA) Categories: Species Databases
MASDEA is a biogeographic/taxonomic database of marine species in the Western Indian Ocean/East Africa. The database was originally developed by Edward Vanden Berghe while working as project manager of the RECOSCIX-WIO project in Mombasa, and now maintained as a collaborative venture between the Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute and VLIZ.... |
Birdlife International - Search Species Categories: Species Databases
Through this search you can look for information on all birds of the world. You can find information on a particular species or sets of species by specifying a number of different search criteria. You can select species by either picking a family (listed in taxonomic order), entering free text for a genus, species or common name.... |
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This is the official site for the Tanzania Bird Atlas project - The website for mapping distribution and seasonality of birds in Tanzania.... |
African Mammals Databank (AMD) Categories: Species Databases
The African Mammals Databank is a GIS-based databank on the distribution and conservation of all the big and medium-sized mammals over the whole African continent. The databank has been implemented by the IEA (Institute of Applied Ecology), in co-operation with several institutions in Africa, during a three-year project funded by the European Commission,... |
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