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Trees

      Titles Descriptions
  1. Australian National Plant Photographic Index
  2. Botany Encyclopedia of Plants and Botanical Dictionary
  3. British Trees
  4. Institute of Forest Genetics Dendrome Project
  5. Kew Royal Botanic Gardens
  6. Madagascar Plant Diversity
  7. Postcode Plants Database
  8. Silva Fennica
  9. Topica: Environment and Nature
  10. Tree Conservation Information Service
  11. Tree Council
  12. Tree Physiology
  13. Trees - Structure and Function
  14. Trees of Borneo
  15. Ultimate Web Pages about Tree Rings and Tree-Ring Research
  16. World List of Threatened Trees
  17. WWW Virtual Library: Forestry

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Australian National Plant Photographic Index
A large collection of photographic slides of the activities of the Australian National Botanic Gardens and Australian botany. The bulk of the collection consists of identified Australian plant species. It is possible to browse and search images of flowers and leaves from over 80 plant families, from Acanthaceae to Winteraceae.
     Author: Australian National Botanic Gardens
     Subjects: australian natural resources, flowering plants, plant distribution, plant images, trees
     DeweyClass: 580.94
     Resource type: image collection
Botany Encyclopedia of Plants and Botanical Dictionary
Gardening resource providing information about cultivation, propagation, varieties and hybrids. Features material on annuals, bulbs, succulents, fruit, grass, water plants, herbs, spices, houseplants, perennials, shrubs, bushes, trees, vegetables, vines, crawlers and wild flowers. Also includes a dictionary of botanical words, links to botanical gardens, associations, and societies.
     Author: J L Clairmonte Holdings
     Subjects: botany, flowering plants, horticulture, plant data, trees
     DeweyClass: 580
     Resource type: reference documents
British Trees
Information on various species of native British trees. Includes an index of common names, an index of Latin names, images, and a bibliography.
     Author: Unsworth, William D.
     Subjects: trees
     DeweyClass: 582.16
     Resource type: documents, images
Institute of Forest Genetics Dendrome Project
Collection of resources facilitating the study of forest tree genomes. Features genetic maps, a DNA sequencing database, an image database and genome software. Also includes newsletters, job opportunities, a TreeGenes database and information about meetings and courses.
     Author: University of California Davis
     Subjects: plant genetics, trees
     DeweyClass: 572.8
     Resource type: documents
Kew Royal Botanic Gardens
The mission of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is to enable better management of the earth's environment by increasing knowledge and understanding of the plant kingdom. Online information includes details of collections, scientific research, conservation, education, heritage and publications, as well as access to the Kew plant databases.
     Author: Kew Royal Botanic Gardens
     Subjects: botanical gardens, botany, natural history, plant biology, plant data, trees
     DeweyClass: 580.73
     Resource type: institution
Madagascar Plant Diversity
Details of several projects and publications about Madagascar, including biodiversity of the coffee family (Rubiaceae), legumes, orchids, phylogeny, tree species, and palms. Madagascar is one of the ecologically richest countries in the world. Its flora is diverse, peculiar, and unique. Of the estimated 12,000 species, over 80% are only found in Madagascar.
     Author: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
     Subjects: biodiversity, coffee, madagascar, plant distribution, trees
     DeweyClass: 580.691
     Resource type: documents, images
Postcode Plants Database
Provides lists of native plants and wildlife for any specified postal district in the UK. Information delivered includes common and scientific names, conservation status, and an indication of the suitability of each species for the garden. Also provides checklists of native plants, butterflies, bumblebees, and mammals.
     Author: Natural History Museum
     Subjects: british natural resources, butterflies, plant distribution, trees
     DeweyClass: 580.41
     Resource type: documents, images
Silva Fennica
Silva Fennica is a peer-reviewed international journal of forest science. It covers all aspects of forest research, with research articles, review articles, research notes, discussion papers, book reviews, and information on forthcoming events. There are tables of contents and abstracts for issues from 1994.
     Author: Finish Society of Forest Science
     Subjects: forestry, trees
     DeweyClass: 634.9
     Resource type: journal
Topica: Environment and Nature
An automated catalogue of numerous mailing lists relevant to natural history and life sciences, with descriptions and subscription details.
     Author: Topica
     Subjects: birds, botany, flowering plants, forestry, mammals, trees
     DeweyClass: 570
     Resource type: mailinglist index
Tree Conservation Information Service
Survey investigating tree species threatened with global extinction. Provides a searchable database offering information about the distribution, uses, ecology, threats, and conservation measures of species, in response to users entering the name of a family, genus, species, country, assessor, or red list category. Also offers details of the Global Trees Campaign, to which volunteers are invited to contribute.
     Author: UNEP-WCMC
     Subjects: trees
     DeweyClass: 582.1
     Resource type: documents
Tree Council
Organisation working to create an awareness of the value of trees and of the need for more trees and their better management. Includes information on planting, staking and managing trees, together with details of threats to trees such as underground conditions, development and vandalism.
     Author: Tree Council
     Subjects: trees
     DeweyClass: 582.1
     Resource type: documents
Tree Physiology
Tree Physiology is a monthly refereed journal which publishes technical reviews and original research reports on all aspects of tree physiology including: responses of forest, crop and ornamental tree species to acid rain, air pollutants, ultraviolet radiation and global warming; the genetic transformation and micropropagation of trees; tree growth, reproduction, nutrition, photosynthesis, and environmental adaptation; and the relation between tree structure and function. There is unrestricted online access to a sample selection of recent articles.
     Author: Heron Publishing
     Subjects: photosynthesis, trees
     DeweyClass: 582.16
     Resource type: journal
Trees - Structure and Function
A journal featuring original articles treating physiology, biochemistry, functional anatomy, structure and ecology of trees and other woody plants. Papers and reviews concerned with pathology and technological problems relevant to the structure and function of trees are also included.
     Author: Springer Science
     Subjects: plant pathology, trees
     DeweyClass: 582.16
     Resource type: journal
Trees of Borneo
Information about the 534 tree genera of the island of Borneo. Includes descriptions of the taxa and images of most of the genera.
     Author: Jarvie, James K.
     Subjects: indonesia, plant data, trees
     DeweyClass: 582.16
     Resource type: documents, images
Ultimate Web Pages about Tree Rings and Tree-Ring Research
A tree ring is a layer of wood cells produced by a tree or shrub in one year. This set of illustrated documents outlines the principles of dendrochronology, with further sections on resources, links, software, references, supplies and photo gallery about tree ring research.
     Author: Grissino-Mayer, Henri D.
     Subjects: forests, trees
     DeweyClass: 582.16
     Resource type: documents, index
World List of Threatened Trees
Access to the Tree Conservation Database, representing over 7000 tree species of global conservation concern. Searchable by family, genus, or species name, it provides taxonomic information, threatened status, country, selected references, and notes on ecology and economics.
     Author: World Conservation Monitoring Centre
     Subjects: nature conservation, taxonomy, trees
     DeweyClass: 582.16
     Resource type: documents
WWW Virtual Library: Forestry
Index to information resources on forestry. Includes forest genetics, tree breeding, soils and substrates, legislation, international agreements, events and publications.
     Author: Saarikko, Jarmo & Kolari, Kimmo K.
     Subjects: forestry, trees
     DeweyClass: 634.9
     Resource type: index