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BIOTA (living things)

Further Information

Notes (MWS) Pronunciation of Scientific names:

Scientific names are expressed in Latin. The individual words or parts of words may be derived from other languages, eg Greek, or the names of places or people, but the resulting words are always Latinised, so it's the pronunciation of Latin that is our concern.

There are four competing conventions for pronouncing Latin (as follows, each with the appropriate pronunciation of Julius Caesar):

Anglo-Latin JOO-lee-us SEE-ser
Classical Latin (or reconstructed ancient Roman) YOO-lee-us KYE-sahr
Church Latin YOO-lee-us CHAY-sahr
The northern continental European tradition YOO-lee-us T(SAY)-sahr

Anglo-Latin (Ommundsen) and northern continental European are the preferred conventions for Latin names. These differ from both Classical Latin, which will be familiar to those who learnt Latin at school, and Church Latin which will be recognised by those who sing in choirs.

Many people pronounce occasional scientific names in other ways, and local idiosyncracies often evolve among people who work together. Naturalists rarely worry about being "book correct", but these rules are useful to answer questions about which is "right".

Personally, what I hear and say seems stick fairly closely to Anglo-Latin, but I like to make an exception where the word is obviously two words joined together, when it can be helpful to emphasise the separate parts.		 Ommundsen, P.
Covington, M.A., 2005

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Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #refs #webs
Domain Eukaryota (eukaryotes) 8414 10912 100223
Superkingdom GRAFT-TRANSMISSIBLE AGENTS   5 15
Superkingdom MONERA (prokaryotes) 30 79 305
Superkingdom VIROIDS (virus-like particles) 1 8 4
Superkingdom VIRUSES (viruses) 3 24 543
Informal (Lower Plants) (Lower Plants) 7317 10466 73465

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Aliens

DAISIE European Invasive Alien Species Gateway: http://www.europe-aliens.org DAISIE European Invasive Alien Species Gateway

Biodiversity catalogs

Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guide: http://www.bioimages.org.uk Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guide

Conservation

Terrestrial
Land Use Consultants, 1997 Characterisation of farming of Natural Areas

Freshwater

Clegg, J., 1956 The Observer's Book of Pond Life
FreshwaterLife: http://www.freshwaterlife.info FreshwaterLife
Greenhalgh, M. & Ovenden, D., 2007 (fresh and brackish water species) Freshwater Life of Britain and Northern Europe
Ward H.B. & Whipple G.C., 1959 (USA) Freshwater Biology

Marine

The Marine Life Information Network for Britain and Ireland (MarLIN): http://www.marlin.ac.uk The Marine Life Information Network for Britain and Ireland (MarLIN)
Brackish water
Greenhalgh, M. & Ovenden, D., 2007 Freshwater Life of Britain and Northern Europe
Plankton
ICES Identification leaflets for Plankton: http://www.ices.dk/products/fiche/Plankton/INDEX.PDF ICES Identification leaflets for Plankton

Plant galls

British Galls: http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/british_galls/join British Galls
Galles par Plantes - Gallen volgens Waardplant: http://www.cebe.be/galles Galles par Plantes - Gallen volgens Waardplant
Plantengallen: http://www.plantengallen.com/engels.htm Plantengallen
Pflanzengallen: http://www.pflanzengallen.de Pflanzengallen
Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992 Plant Galls
Redfern, M. & Shirley, P., 2002 British Plant Galls - Identification of galls on plants and fungi
Redfern, M. & Shirley, P., 2011 British Plant Galls

Plant pathology

Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants

Software

Synoptic keys
DELTA - DEscription Language for TAxonomy: http://delta-intkey.com DELTA - DEscription Language for TAxonomy

General Works

Field Studies Council: http://www.field-studies-council.org.uk Field Studies Council
The Ecoport Project: http://www.ecoport.org The Ecoport Project
UK Wildlife discussion group: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ukwildlife/join UK Wildlife discussion group
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia
Davies, R., 2008 The Darwin Conspiracy - Origins of a Scientific Crime
de Queiroz, K., 2007 Species concepts and species delimitation
Harding, P.T. & Rose, F., 1986 Pasture woodlands in lowland Britain
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikipedia

Biodiversity catalogs

Encyclopedia of Life (EOL): http://www.eol.org/ Encyclopedia of Life (EOL)
Global Biodiversity Information Facility: http://www.gbif.org/ Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Integrated Taxonomic Information System: http://www.itis.usda.gov/ Integrated Taxonomic Information System
Species 2000 - indexing the world's known species: http://www.sp2000.org/ Species 2000 - indexing the world's known species
The ARKive Project: http://www.arkive.org/ The ARKive Project
Tree of Life (TOL) project: http://tolweb.org/tree/phylogeny.html Tree of Life (TOL) project
Wikispecies! A free directory of life: http://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikispecies! A free directory of life
Project: The Taxonomicon: http://taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl/ Project: The Taxonomicon
MARBEF - Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning: http://www.marbef.org (Checklists of marine organisms (searchable database).) MARBEF - Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning
Fauna Europea: http://www.fauneur.org Fauna Europea
Biodiversity & Biological Collections: http://biocollections.org/ Biodiversity & Biological Collections
BioInfo: http://www.bioinfo.org.uk BioInfo

Carbon

Crowle, A., 2007 Letting our carbon go free - the sustainable management of carbon and blanket peat in the English uplands

Cave life

Hunt, M. & Millar, I., 2001 Cave invert collecting guide
Cave Life in Britain: http://www.cambriancavingcouncil.org.uk/cavelife/index.html Cave Life in Britain

cladistics

Sokal, R.R., 1966 Numerical Taxonomy

Classic literature

D'Arcy Thompson, 1942 On Growth and Form
Darwin, C., 1872 On the Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life
Rothschild, M. & Clay, T., 1957 Fleas, Flukes and Cuckoos: A Study of Bird Parasites

Computers

Which? Advice: Computing: http://www.which.co.uk/advice/computing/ Which? Advice: Computing

Conservation

Net primary production co-opted by humans: the photosynthetic limits to global carrying capacity: http://www.civilizationsfuture.com/bsundquist/gcia.html Net primary production co-opted by humans: the photosynthetic limits to global carrying capacity
Aliens
RPS Ecoscope Applied Ecologists, 2006 Strategic control of non-native invasive aquatic plants
Heathland
Tucker, G., 2003 Review of the impacts of heather and grassland burning in the uplands on soils, hydrology and biodiversity
Marine
Beach, A. & Newland, B., 1999 Grey literature on the maritime environment: a select bibliography
Gubbay, S., 2006 Marine Protected Areas: a review of their use for delivering marine biodiversity benefits
Laffoley, D’d’A, Brockington, S., Gilliland, P.M., 2006 Developing the concepts of good environmental status and marine ecosystem objectives: some important considerations
Scott, M., 2008 Sea change: new measures to protect Britain's marine environment
Planning
Catchpole, R., 2006 Planning for biodiversity – opportunity mapping and habitat networks in practice: a technical guide
Pollution/Aquatic
ECUS, 2003 Prioritising designated wildlife sites at risk from diffuse agricultural pollution

Curation

Wagstaffe, R. & Fidler, J.H., 1957 The Preservation of Natural History Specimens

Field trips

Planning
GroupAccommodation.com: http://www.groupaccommodation.com GroupAccommodation.com

Geography

"Locate" page on Spider and Harvestman Recording Scheme website: http://srs.britishspiders.org.uk/portal.php/p/Locate "Locate" page on Spider and Harvestman Recording Scheme website
Dabbling with Google Maps and Google Earth: http://www.nearby.org.uk/google.html Dabbling with Google Maps and Google Earth
Geograph: http://www.geograph.org.uk Geograph
Google Earth: http://earth.google.com/ Google Earth
old-maps.co.uk: http://www.old-maps.co.uk old-maps.co.uk
Where's the path?: http://wtp2.appspot.com/wheresthepath.htm Where's the path?
Grab a Grid Reference...: http://www.bnhs.co.uk/focuson/grabagridref/html/index.htm Grab a Grid Reference...
Multi-Agency Geographic Information for the Countryside (MAGIC): http://www.magic.gov.uk Multi-Agency Geographic Information for the Countryside (MAGIC)
Getamap: http://getamap.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/getamap/frames.htm Getamap
A guide to coordinate systems in Great Britain: http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/gps/docs/A_Guide_to_Coordinate_Systems_in_Great_Britain.pdf A guide to coordinate systems in Great Britain
Vice-counties
OS grid reference to vice-county conversion: http://herbariaunited.org/gridrefVC/ OS grid reference to vice-county conversion
anon., 1969 Vice County Maps
Dandy, J.E., 1951 The Watsonian vice-county system
Dandy, J.E., 1951 The Watsonian vice-county system in practice

Geology

UK Onshore geology maps 1:50 000 scale in Google Earth: http://www.nearby.org.uk/blog/2010/01/03/uk-onshore-geology-maps-150-000-scale-in-google-earth/ UK Onshore geology maps 1:50 000 scale in Google Earth
KML — Onshore geology 1:625 000 scale (DiGMapGB-625): http://www.bgs.ac.uk/data/services/digmapgb625kml.html KML — Onshore geology 1:625 000 scale (DiGMapGB-625)

Journals

Abhandlungen und Berichte des Naturkundemuseums Gorlitz Journal
Acta Scientarum Naturalium Academiae Scientiarum Bohemicae Brno Journal
Annals and Magazine of Natural History Journal
Annals of Applied Biology (Ann. appl. Biol.) Journal
Biodiversity and Conservation Journal
Biological Conservation Journal
Biological Invasions Journal
British Wildlife Journal
Bull. Inst. Cat. Hist. Nat. Journal
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, part A Molecular and Integrative Physiology (Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol.) Journal
Current Biology Journal
Journal of Evolutionary Biology (J. Evol. Biol.) Journal
Journal of Micropalaeontology Journal
Journal of Natural History Journal
Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society Journal
Molecular Ecology Journal
Natura Somogyiensis Journal
Nature Journal
Oecologia Journal
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences Journal
Reichenbachia Journal
Science Journal
Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkude. Seria A (Biologie) Journal
The Quarterly Review of Biology Journal
Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Journal
Field Studies Journal
Hydrobiologia Journal
Folia Facultatis Scientarum Naturalium Universitatis Masarykianae Brunensis: Bio!ogy (Folia Fac. Sci. Nat. Univ. Masaryk. Brun., Bio!.,) Journal
Doriana Journal
Proceedings of the National Acedemy of Sciences, USA (Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA) Journal
Oikos Journal
Biology and Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy Journal
Bull. Soc. des Natur. d'Oyonnax Journal
Systematic Biology (Syst Biol) Journal
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, series B. Biological Sciences Journal
Journal (Water Pollution Control Federation) (J. Water Pollution Cont. Fed.) Journal
Freshwater
Aquatic Ecology Journal
Aquatic Invasions Journal
Marine
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom (JMBA) Journal
Microscopy
Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science Journal
Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science (New Series) Journal
Transactions of the Microscopical Society of London Journal
Plant pathology
Plant Clinic News Journal
Regional
Irish Naturalists Journal (Irish Nat. J.) Journal
Journal of the Natural History Society of London (J. Nat. Hist. London) Journal
Llanelli Naturalists Newsletter Journal
The Scottish Naturalist Journal
Proceedings of the Bristol Naturalists' Society Journal
Fleet Study Group Symposia (FSG) Journal
The Reading Naturalist Journal
The Naturalist Journal

Landowners

British Waterways: http://www.britishwaterways.co.uk British Waterways
Defence Estates Website: http://www.defence-estates.mod/uk/conservation_enviro/index.h

References

Pronunciation of Biological Latin: http://www.saltspring.com/capewest/pron.htm Pronunciation of Biological Latin
Latin Pronunciation Demystified: http://www.ai.uga.edu/mc/latinpro.pdf Latin Pronunciation Demystified
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