Taxonomie in Deutschland

Further interesting links/tools for taxonomists:

• 'EDIT Platform for Cybertaxonomy' gives an overview of different taxonomic online-tools. The interactive interface  facilitates taxonomic desk- and fieldwork.  Each of the components and cross-linkages is supplemented with a brief summary and links to respective homepages, demo-, download- and developer-websites.

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) is a data gateway that allows access to and input of observation data of animals, plants and microorganisms.

• GBIF Deutschland (GBIF-D): The German contribution to GBIF consists of eight nodes which cover different taxonomic groups: (Bacteria & Archaea, Plants, Algae and Protista, Fungi & Lichens, Insects, Invertebrates II, Invertebrates III, Vertebrates, Fossils)

• DEST (Distributed European School of Taxonomy) The main goal of DEST is to facilitate transfer of taxonomic knowledge on a European level by ofering qualitative education and preparing students for their future career in taxonomy.
• Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) an international collaboration plattform dedicated towards developing uniformed standards for exchange between biological databases.