Biomes - Living Worlds - Fact sheets, photos, & video clips on the climate, location, animal & plant adaptations, land formations, & human influences of seven major terrestrial biomes: tundra, taiga, temperate forest, grassland, chaparral, desert, & rainforest. Go

A Mysterious Journey - Rainforest, Desert, Grassland - Educational site about the 3 major biomes of the world, rainforest, desert & grassland. Go

Images of the Dry Tropics - Photographs of plants, animals, & landscapes from dry tropical habitats in the Americas, Africa, Madagascar, & Asia. Dry tropical habitat types include tropical dry forest, tropical deciduous forest, thorn forest, spiny desert, savannah, cerrado, & caatinga. Go

The World's Biomes - Introduction to aquatic, desert, forest, grassland, & tundra biomes. So... School class project. Go

Terrestrial Ecoregions of the World - Maps, descriptions, & index to 687 ecoregions across the globe. Javascript required. Go

Millennium Ecosystem Assessment - Reports from international effort to inventory global ecosystems, their contribution to human development, & the effect of the ongoing degradation of ecosystem services on human well-being. Go

Len Webb Ecological Images Collection - Photographs by ecologist Len Webb depict a wide variety of native vegetation, fauna, landscapes, & soils, mainly in tropical & subtropical Northeastern Australia. Represents a wide range of ecosystem types. Go

Ecological Society of America Panel on Vegetation Classification - Constituted by the Ecological Society of America to support & facilitate the creation of standardized, scientifically credible North American vegetation type classification. Go

The Buell-Small Succession Study - A long term old-field permanent-plot ecological succession study on the New Jersey Piedmont. Go

MBGnet - Descriptions & images of the biomes of the world, freshwater ecosystems, & marine ecosystems. From the Missouri Botanical Garden. Go

WorldBiomes - Covering five of the major world biomes. Go

Biodiversity & Mutualism in Ecosystems - Technical paper on the importance of bio-diversity & mutualism (co-operation between different species) to ecosystem function & structural organization. Go

WWF - Ecoregions - Detailed descriptions & images of the world's ecoregions. Javascript required. Go

Ecosystem Information - Information related to ecosystems in the Pacific & Yukon regions of Canada, including state of the environment reporting, environmental indicators, & programs & reports on ecosystem science, monitoring & research. Go