Ecosystems,+Organisms,+and+Trophic+Levels

What is an Ecosystem? Graphic Organizer []

__**Websites:**__

[|Encyclopedia of Life] (open source) [] Read more about this Open Source Encyclopedia in this [|Utne Reader article]

[|Integrated Taxonomic Information System], contains authoritative taxonomic information on plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world. []

[|Animal Diversity Web] is an is an online database of animal natural history, distribution, classification, and conservation biology at the University of Michigan. []  ENature Online Field Guides [] [|The Birds of North America] is a joint online online database with the American Ornithologist's Union, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and the Academy of Natural Sciences. [] [|Butterflies and Moths of North America] primarily supported by United States Geological Survey. []

 [|UConn Plant Database] of trees, shrubs and vines. <span style="background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px; url: //www.wikispaces.com/i/a.gif);">[]

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px; url: //www.wikispaces.com/i/a.gif);">[|USDA Plants Database] provides standardized information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories. Plants can be searched by scientific name, common name, symbol, or family, then narrowed down by the state. <span style="display: block; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="background-position: 100% 50%; backgroundclip: initial; backgroundorigin: initial; cursor: pointer; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; padding-right: 10px; url: //www.wikispaces.com/i/a.gif);">[]

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px; url: //www.wikispaces.com/i/a.gif);">[|Animal Diversity Web] is an is an online database of animal natural history, distribution, classification, and conservation biology at the University of Michigan. <span style="background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px; url: //www.wikispaces.com/i/a.gif);">[]  <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">ENature Online Field Guides <span style="background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px; url: //www.wikispaces.com/i/a.gif);">[] <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px; url: //www.wikispaces.com/i/a.gif);">[|The Birds of North America] is a joint online online database with the American Ornithologist's Union, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and the Academy of Natural Sciences. <span style="background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px; url: //www.wikispaces.com/i/a.gif);">[] <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px; url: //www.wikispaces.com/i/a.gif);">[|Butterflies and Moths of North America] primarily supported by United States Geological Survey. <span style="display: block; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="background-position: 100% 50%; backgroundclip: initial; backgroundorigin: initial; cursor: pointer; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; padding-right: 10px; url: //www.wikispaces.com/i/a.gif);">[]

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px; url: //www.wikispaces.com/i/a.gif);">[|UConn Plant Database] of trees, shrubs and vines. <span style="background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px; url: //www.wikispaces.com/i/a.gif);">[]

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px; url: //www.wikispaces.com/i/a.gif);">[|USDA Plants Database] provides standardized information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories. Plants can be searched by scientific name, common name, symbol, or family, then narrowed down by the state. <span style="display: block; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="background-position: 100% 50%; backgroundclip: initial; backgroundorigin: initial; cursor: pointer; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; padding-right: 10px; url: //www.wikispaces.com/i/a.gif);">[]

__**Books in the SHS Library:**__

__The nature of Vermont : introduction and guide to a New England environment__ by Charles Johnson
 * 508.743**
 * JOH**

__Vermont life book of nature__ by Walter Hard
 * 574**
 * RO**

__The Atlas of the Living World__ by David Attenborough; explains where plants and animals live and why they exist, and traces the vital geographical dimensions of natural history in maps
 * 574.9**
 * A**

__The flora of New England; a manual for the identification of all vascular plants, including ferns and fern allies and flowering plantsgrowing without cultivation in New England__ by Frank Seymour
 * 581**
 * SE**

__**Reference Books at SHS:**__ __Encyclopedia of Biomes:__ contains entries that provide overviews of twelve of Earth's major biomes, providing information about the formation, climate, elevation, growing season, plants, animals and endangered species, food webs, human culture, and economy of each ecological community.
 * REF**
 * 577.8**
 * WEI**

__Animals, A Macmillan Illustrated Encyclopedia: mammals, birds, reptiles, fish and amphibians__ Contains articles that provide general information about over sixty families of reptiles, amphibians, and fish, with descriptions of representative species within each family; discussing size, breeding patterns, feeding habits, adaptation and behaviors, common and scientific names, and conservation status.
 * REF**
 * 590**
 * ANI**