Web Site Notes
|
||
|
General
information and editorial notes
News and Notes Summary of the Scientific Committee Meeting Members of the Scientific Committee 2002 Nature Discovery Fund: Call for Applications 2003 Project Update: Seasonal Adaptations in Insects The University of Guelph Insect Collection Insect biodiversity in the Thelon Wildlife Sanctuary Canadian Research in Arctic Entomology is out in the Cold Requests for Material or Information Invited
|
One role of the Biological Survey is to act as a clearing-house or coordinating office, through current knowledge of relevant people and their individual projects, and other information. We are using our website increasingly to assist this goal. This issue of the newsletter highlights two sections of the website for your attention. The Survey Secretariat maintains a list of requests for cooperation, which encourages the exchange of information and specimens from locations across the country. Previously this was updated on an annual basis and published in the Spring issue of this newsletter. The list continues to be published in the newsletter, but it is now also posted on our website where regular updates are available. If you would like assistance in studying the Canadian fauna or can provide cooperation to others please see this section of our website. Go to http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/bsc/english/listofrequests.htm or follow the menu item ‘Requests for material or information’ or ‘Demande de matériel ou d'information’. Another tool available on the website for learning about people and their projects is a list of personnel interested in the systematics and faunistics of the terrestrial arthropods of Canada. Each entry indicates name, position, contact information; taxa and/ or ecological groups of interest; primary subjects of taxonomic interest, primary ecological approaches, and current projects. The information can be browsed through alphabetical name listings or by searching for specific taxa, ecological groups, cities where individuals are located and by keywords in the project field. Although the database has been updated whenever new information is received, many entries had not been revised since 1996, so we are currently undertaking a major update, including attempts to contact all those on the current list. We therefore invite you to look at your entry on our website and let us know what needs to be changed. An online form is available to submit updates or you can contact us through the usual methods (see inside cover). If you know of others who should appear in the list (such as students) we would be pleased to learn about them too. To find the database go to http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/bsc/english/listofworkers.htm or follow the menu item ‘List of workers (database)’ or ‘Liste des travailleurs (base de données)’. The home page of the Biological Survey of Canada is at:
|
|
| Back to top | Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods) home page |