LibGuides @ URI: Ecology and Wildlife Biology: Biodiversity

On the Web

Animal Diversity Web.
Online encyclopedia which provides a classification of the animals down to the phylum level. Each phylum listed has a link to material about members of that phylum. Provided by Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan.

Biodiversity : A Reference Handbook. by Anne Becher
Call Number: URI Reference QH541.15 B56 B435 1998
ISBN: 0874369231

Overview of biodiversity, biographies, statistics, directory of organizations, and lists of print and non-print resources.
Encyclopedia of Biodiversity. by Editor-in-chief, Simon Asher Levin
Call Number: URI Reference QH541.15 B56 E53 2001
ISBN: 0122268652

Covers all areas relating to biodiversity: agriculture, conservation, economics, extinctions, habitats, and more. Index in Volume 5.
Global Biodiversity: Earth's Living Resources in the 21st Century. by Brian Groombridge & Martin D. Jenkins
Call Number: URI Reference QH541.15 B56 G76 2000
ISBN: 1899628150

Covers patterns and trends of marine and terrestrial biodiversity and climate. Maps showing areas of greatest diversity.
World Atlas of Biodiversity: Earth's Living Resources in the 21st Century. by Brian Groombridge & Martin D. Jenkins
Call Number: URI Reference QH541.15 B56 G762 2002
ISBN: 0520236688

Covers marine and terrestrial biodiversity. Many world maps, tables, and charts indicating degree of diversity in different regions. Several appendixes: phyla, crops, recent extinctions.