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! Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley: The world's biomes. This is an introduction to the major biomes on Earth.
Professur Umweltbildung, Virtual College Berlin-Brandenburg, Germany: Basics of Ecology. A Tutorial (in German).
! Derek Briggs and Peter Crowther (eds.), Earth Pages, Blackwell Publishing: Paleobiology: A Synthesis. (PDF files). Series of concise articles from over 150 leading authorities from around the world. Navigate from the content file. Excellent! Go to: Palaeoecology.
! Sallie Chisholm, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT Open Courseware): Fundamentals of Ecology Slides and handouts (PDF files). Excellent!
Kevin J. Devito, University of Alberta: Wetland Ecology and Management. Lecture notes and readings for anyone interested in water management issues.
! William A. DiMichele and Robert A. Gastaldo (2008): Plant Paleoecology in Deep Time. PDF file, Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 95: 144-198. See also here (abstract).
! David R. Greenwood, Environmental Science Program, Brandon University, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada: Fossil plants as environmental indicators Lecture note, PDF file (3.6 MB).
Kerry S. Kilburn, Department of Biological Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA: Principles of Ecology. Ecology at the individual, population, community, and ecosystem levels of organization. Syllabus, calendar, study guide, and links to related materials. Go to: Notes and Links.
University of London External System, London, UK (This is is a division of the University of London that grants external degrees: Study in Economics, Management, Finance and Social Sciences (EMFSS), Biogeography. Go to: Chapter 3: Patterns in space. This PDF file reviews the various approaches that have been used to characterise the spatial patterns of plants and animals on the terrestrial land surface.
Maps101: Terrestrial biomes. PDF file.
Brian C. McCarthy, Dept. Env. & Plant Biology, Ohio University, Athens: Plant Community Ecology. Lecture notes. See also: Wetland Ecology & Delineation Methods.
Michael Palmer, Department of Botany, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK: General Ecology. Lecture notes.
Michael Pidwirny, Department of Geography, Okanagan University College, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada:
FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY.
The main purpose of Physical Geography is to explain the spatial characteristics of the various natural
phenomena that exist in Earth's hydrosphere, biosphere, atmosphere, and lithosphere. Go to:
The Universe, Earth, Natural Spheres, and Gaia,
Introduction to the Biosphere,
Introduction to the Atmosphere, and
Introduction to the Hydrosphere.
Easy to understand information.
George Sly, Union High School, Dugger, Indiana (Classrooms of the 21th Century): Teaching Tropical Rainforest Biology.
SpaceRef.com: NASA's astrobiology home page. For instance: Life in Extreme Environments.
TIEE TEACHING ISSUES AND EXPERIMENTS IN ECOLOGY. A peer reviewed publication of ecological educational materials by the Ecological Society of America.
Bill Tietjen, Bellarmine College: Ecology Biology 408. Go to: Ecology Labs. Lecture notes and links to related materials.
Wikibooks, the open-content textbooks collection:
Ecology.
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