Some Useful Links for Plant Ecologists

General Search Tools and Information Technology (at OU)

Ohio-U Library

http://www.library.ohiou.edu/find/

ISI Web of Knowledge

http://portal.isiknowledge.com/portal.cgi

OhioLink

http://olc1.ohiolink.edu/search/

E-journals available at Ohio-U

http://ud5sr2un3a.search.serialssolutions.com/

On-line Encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Google Scholar

http://scholar.google.com/

Ecology WWW Page (Links Page for Ecology)

http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~brach/Ecology-WWW.html

Research Data Access & Reference

Climate Data

http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/climatedata.html

Soils Data

http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/app/

Topographic Maps

http://www.topozone.com/

http://topomaps.usgs.gov/

General Plants Data

http://plants.usda.gov/

Tree Data (Silvics of North America)

http://www.na.fs.fed.us/spfo/pubs/silvics_manual/table_of_contents.htm

Statistics, Data Analysis, Software

The R Project (free: statistics and graphics)

http://www.r-project.org/

PAST (free: multivariate statistics)

http://folk.uio.no/ohammer/past/

PC-ORD software (pay)

http://home.centurytel.net/~mjm/pcordwin.htm

MVSP software (pay)

http://www.kovcomp.co.uk/mvsp/

The Ordination Webpage

http://ordination.okstate.edu/

Electronic Statistics Textbook

http://www.statsoft.com/textbook/stathome.html

Professional Societies

Ecological Society of America (ESA)

http://www.esa.org/

Botanical Society of America

http://www.botany.org/index.php

Society of American Foresters

http://www.safnet.org/

Society for Ecological Restoration

http://ser.org/

Society for Conservation Biology

http://www.conbio.org/

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

http://www.aaas.org/

American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS)

http://www.aibs.org/core/index.html

Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society

http://www.sigmaxi.org/

Torrey Botanical Society (TBS)

http://www.torreybotanical.org/

Association of Southeastern Biologists (ASB)

http://www.asb.appstate.edu/

Southern Appalachian Botanical Society (SABS)

http://www.newberrynet.com/SABS/

International Association for Vegetation Science (IAVS)

http://www.iavs.org/

Natural Areas Association

http://www.naturalarea.org/

Tree-Ring Society

http://www.treeringsociety.org/

International Assoc. of Wood Anatomists

http://legacy.ncsu.edu/classes/wps202001/IAWA/iawa.htm

State and Federal Agencies

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usdahome

USDA Forest Service

http://www.fs.fed.us/ (Main)

http://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/ (Northern Research Station)

http://www.fs.fed.us/ne/delaware/index.html (Delaware, OH)

United States Department of the Interior

http://www.doi.gov/

Ohio Department of Natural Resources

http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/

Non-Profit Groups

The American Chestnut Foundation (TACF)

http://www.acf.org/

http://www.oh-acf.org/

Rural Action (RA)

http://www.ruralaction.org/

Appalachian Regional Reforestation Initiative (ARRI)

http://arri.osmre.gov/

Ohio Invasive Plants Council (OIPC)

http://www.oipc.info/

Midwest Invasive Plants Network (MIPN)

http://www.mipn.org/

The Nature Conservancy (TNC)

http://www.nature.org/

Conservation International

http://www.conservation.org/xp/CIWEB/