......... various: which bird is the female»? :-)
Odds & ends
GENERAL
- Biodiversity in Central and Eastern Europe». Gives detailed status on biodiversity, legislation and programmes. (Both in English and Russian).
- Arctic Bird Library» in World Conservation Monitoring Center (WCMC)
- Natural History Book Service (NHBS)»
- Asian Wetland Inventory»
- Pleistocene birds of the Palearctic»
SATELLITE TELEMETRY
- ARGOS»: Tracking platform and info about satellite telemetry. Argos data online»
- The site Biotelemetry» maintains a Directory of biotelemetry equipment manufacturers».
- Garmin International» (GPS stuff)
- Article about Satellite Telemetry»: A New Tool for Wildlife Research and Management
- Natural tubular teflon tape: Bally Ribbon Mills»
DATA PROGRAMS
- ESRI»: GIS and mapping software
- GIS Tools»: Extensions for ArcView
- Ecology Software Server»: Software for habitat analysis, diversity indices, simulation, general population dynamics, capture/recapture, survival, energetics, statistics, home range, telemetry, data collection, etc.
MAP SERVICES
- Google Earth» puts a planet's worth of imagery and other geographic information right on your desktop
- World Wind» lets you zoom from satellite altitude into any place on Earth. Leveraging Landsat satellite imagery and Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data, World Wind lets you experience Earth terrain in visually rich 3D, just as if you were really there.
- "Norgesglasset»": a nice map service covering the whole Norwegian mainland (in Norwegian, Sámegillii and English).
AND MORE, ESPECIALLY ON THE LWfG....
- Lesser White-fronted Goose stamps»
- In 1996 was a film produced about the first satellite telemetry studies on the Lesser White-fronted Goose. See the short introduction text about the film Man - my worst enemy».
- Norwegian Boradcasting corporation has some news»
- Game hunters guide: Lesser White-fronted Goose»
- Battling to save endangered species».
- CMS supports work in Kazakstan»
.......FROM NEWSPAPERS:
Norway: Aftenposten: Liten gås går mot glemsel» (09.03.2003)
See the latest» bird news from Finnmark, northern Norway
