Biomes and Ecosystems  on the Web
Compiled February 2000, Updated April 2006  by Patti Tjomsland, Library Media Specialist	Back to Library Home Page
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Food Webs
Tundra Biome
    http://curriculum.calstatela.edu/courses/builders/lessons/less/biomes/tundra/tundraweb.html
Tiaga/Temperate Forest
    http://www.world-builders.org/lessons/less/biomes/rainforest/temp_rain/tempweb.html
Desert
http://curriculum.calstatela.edu/courses/builders/lessons/less/biomes/desert/hot-desert-chain.html
Coniferous Forests
http://curriculum.calstatela.edu/courses/builders/lessons/less/biomes/conifers/conifweb.html
Deciduous Forests
http://curriculum.calstatela.edu/courses/builders/lessons/less/biomes/deciduous/decweb.html
Tropical Rainforest
http://curriculum.calstatela.edu/courses/builders/lessons/less/biomes/rainforest/tropi_rain/rainweb.html
Ocean
http://curriculum.calstatela.edu/courses/builders/lessons/less/biomes/desert/cold-desweb.html

 

Biome Links

Don't Forget your Bibliographic information!

 
The World’s Biomes:  Includes information on aquatic, deserts, forests, grasslands and tundra.
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome/

Introduction to Biomes
http://www.runet.edu/~swoodwar/CLASSES/GEOG235/biomes/intro.html
Includes information on tundra, Taiga or Boreal Forest, temperate grasslands, Mediterranean scrub, desert scrub, tropical savanna, tropical broadleaf evergreen forest, temperate broadleaf deciduous forest

Habitats and Biomes --ThinkQuest
http://library.thinkquest.org/11922/habitats/habitats.htm

Major Biomes of the World from Fact Monster
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0769052.html

Tour of Biomes
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/biomes.html
Includes Tropical rain forest, Tropical Savannah, Mid-Latitude Deciduous forest,. Desert, Subarctic Taiga, and Polar Tundra.

Rainforest Action Network
http://www.ran.org/ran/

Enchanted Learning, Biomes  (this is an site for younger students, but has good information)
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/biomes/

The Evergreen Project:  Biomes of the World
http://mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/index.htm
Includes information on biomes, freshwater ecosystems and marine ecosystems.  This site has some information on animals in the various biomes discussed.

Canadian Ecosystems
http://www.mb.ec.gc.ca/nature/ecosystems/index.en.html
Includes information on Prairie ecosystems, boreal ecosystems
and the Arctic ecosystem.  This site has some information on the animals in the ecosystems covered.

Introduction to Biomes
http://curriculum.calstatela.edu/courses/builders/lessons/less/biomes/introbiomes.html
Some of the biomes have links to information on wildlife.

Biome Resource Page – Links to resources on Biomes.  Some duplication of what is listed here
http://www.jlhs.nhusd.k12.ca.us/Classes/Science/Net_Lessons/Biomes/Biomelinks.html#anchor296314

Blue Planet, Biomes
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/world_biomes.htm

Sierra Club:   21 Critical Ecoregions
http://www.sierraclub.org/ecoregions/
Alaska Rainforest, American Southeast, Arctic, Atlantic Coast, Boreal Forest, Central Appalachia, Colorado Plateau, Great Basin, Great Lakes, Hawaii, Hudson/James Bay, Interior Highlands, Mississippi Basin, N. American Prairie, Northern Forest, Pacific Coast, Pacific Northwest, Rocky Mountains, Sierra Nevada, Southern Appalachia, Southwest Deserts

Biome Links
http://rmhs.dist214.k12.il.us/classes/lepbilscience/biome.html

Graphics

Don't Forget your Bibliographic information!

The Amazing Picture Machine
http://www.ncrtech.org/picture.htm

Audubon Zoo in New Orleans -- pictures
http://photo.net/summer94/new-orleans-zoo.html

Electronic Zoo
http://netvet.wustl.edu/pix.htm

Animal Sites

Don't Forget your Bibliographic information!

Searching Tips:
If you know the area your animals live in try typing in that state or countries name and the word "wildlife."  For example, "Everglades wildlife."

Big Cats Online
http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/town/plaza/abf90/
It not only covers the 'Big Cats' - Leopard, Lion, Tiger, Jaguar, Cheetah and Puma, but also introduces all of the lesser known 'Wild Cat' species.

Tiger Information Center
http://www.5tigers.org/

Bat Conservation International
http://www.batcon.org/

Orangutan International
http://www.orangutan.org/

The Elephants of Cameroon
http://www.nczooeletrack.org/

The Bear Den
http://www.bearden.org/

The Raptor Center
http://www.raptor.cvm.umn.edu/

Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/
Click on the link to Biological Resources

Wildlife of Tasmania
http://www.dpiwe.tas.gov.au/inter.nsf/ThemeNodes/LBUN-5362MH?open
Information on frogs, mammals, birds and reptiles of Tasmania

Wild Things
http://www.snowhawk.com/wildlife.html
Links to many animal sites.  Great link to web cam of an eagle's nest.

Animal Information Database :  from Sea World
http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/index.htm

The Electronic Zoo
http://netvet.wustl.edu/ssi.htm
Gives lots of links to animal sites

National Wildlife and International Wildlife
http://www.nwf.org/

Primate Information Net
http://www.primate.wisc.edu/pin/

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