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Information
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Description
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1. Geography
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| Mapping |
Find or convert coordinates of geographic
place names in
NZ. |
www.linz.govt.nz/rcs/
linz/pub/web/root/core/
placenames/ |
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New Zealand topographic maps online. |
www.nztopoonline.linz.govt.nz/ |
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Download and/or purchase NZ topographic
data, maps,
aerial photos, etc. |
www.linz.govt.nz/rcs/
linz/pub/web/root/core/
Topography/
TopographicData/ |
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| 2. Land |
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| Conservation status |
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Conservancy
information |
DoC GIS digital topographic and conservancy
data. |
extranet.doc.govt.nz/bip/ |
| DoC permits |
Information on low- and high-impact collecting
permits. |
www.doc.govt.nz/About-DOC/Permits/ |
Land conservation
status |
National analysis of biodiversity protection
status
(Rutledge et al. 2004). New Zealand’s indigenous cover: recent
changes and biodiversity protection needs (Walker et al. 2005). |
www.landcareresearch.co.nz/
databases/lenz/ |
| Land ownership |
High-resolution spatial imagery and land
ownership
information. |
www.terralink.co.nz/ |
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| Environment and Atmosphere |
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| LENZ |
Land Environments of New Zealand classification
(LENZ) (Leathwick et al. 2003). |
www.landcareresearch.co.
nz/databases/lenz/ |
| Land use change |
Motu Economic & Public Policy Research
Institute is
currently compiling a database to build an empirically based economic
model of land use change in New Zealand. |
www.motu.org.nz/
land_use_change
database.htm |
Land and soil
resources |
Integrated series of databases, including
the New Zealand Land Resource Inventory (NZLRI), the National Soils
Database (NSD) and derivatives including Fundamental Soil Layers (FSL),
digital soil maps, and other spatial databases including S-Map, a
new Cooperative Soils Information System for spatial analysis of soils. |
www.landcareresearch.co.nz/
databases/ |
| Ross Sea Region GIS |
An on-line GIS containing soils, topographic
data and
125m satellite imagery for the Ross Sea Region of
Antarctica. |
gis.massey.landcare.cri.nz/
rsr/soils/ |
| Climate |
Climate surfaces for New Zealand (Leathwick
et al. 2002). |
www.landcareresearch.co.
nz/databases/lenz/ |
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The National Climate Database (CliDB)
at NIWA is New Zealand’s national repository of high-quality
climate data (back to 1852). |
www.niwascience.co.nz/
services/clidb/ |
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4. The New Zealand
Flora |
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| Plants and Lichens |
Landcare Research’s ‘Plants
Portal’: gateway to plant
resources and databases, including Flora of NZ series
online; Allan Herbarium (CHR) specimen database
CHIRP. |
www.landcareresearch.co.nz/
databases/ |
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National Vegetation Survey (NVS) database
of
indigenous and exotic plants in ca 45,000 vegetation
survey plots. |
nvs.landcareresearch.co.nz/ |
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Nga Tipu Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants
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with the names of plant taxa that are wild in New Zealand; and Nga
Tipu Whakaoranga - People Plants Infobase – with information
on the traditional uses of New Zealand native plants. |
nzflora.landcareresearch.co.nz/ |
| Fungi and Microorganisms |
New Zealand Fungi database (NZFUNGI) with
all major
groups of non-lichenised fungi represented. Includes
information relating to taxonomy and plant pathology.
International Collection of Micro-organisms from Plants
(ICMP) - cultures of the world’s bacterial and fungal plant pathogens
and of other micro-organisms closely associated with plants. |
www.landcareresearch.co.nz/
databases/ |
5. Biodiversity
Resources and
Distribution |
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Biodiversity
resources |
Internet portal to biodiversity resources
in New Zealand. |
www.biodiversity.govt.nz/
resources/ |
Global recording
network |
Global Biodiversity Information Facility
(GBIF). |
www.gbif.org
(see also the GBIF data
portal at www.gbif.net) |
Local recording
network |
NZ Biodiversity Recording Network: a web-based
online data storage and retrieval system for public and non voucher
or non plot based institutional input of observations and records
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www.nzbrn.org.nz |
Distributional
mapping |
Web-based GIS and dynamically generated
distribution
maps of New Zealand biota (TFBIS project 62): make
distribution maps of New Zealand plants, lichens and
fungi, based on observations and specimens held in the
National Vegetation Survey (NVS) databank, and plant,
lichen and fungi collection databases held by Landcare
Research, easily accessible to the public, via the internet,
free of charge (Contact: Jerry Cooper, Landcare Research). |
www.biodiversity.govt.nz/
land/nzbs/tfbis/tfbis/
projects/ |
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6. Taxon Records,
Synopses and Keys |
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Terrestrial
invertebrates |
Keys and specimen record databases to
a wide range of
terrestrial invertebrate groups, including Acari, Araneae,
Coleoptera, Diptera, Hemiptera, Hymenoptera,
Lepidoptera, Onychophora, as well as a BioControl
Voucher Collection, the curation status of specimen
holdings in New Zealand, and educational resources
including ‘Insects & Spiders of New Zealand’, and ‘What
is this bug? A guide to common invertebrates’. |
www.landcareresearch.co.nz/
research/biodiversity/
invertebratesprog/ |
| Cicadas |
Virtual Identification to New Zealand
Cicadas |
http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/
research/biosystematics/invertebrates/
hemiptera/cicada/
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| Formicidae |
NZ Ants |
http://www.antweb.org/newzealand.jsp |
| Orthoptera |
New Zealand grasshoppers |
http://homepages.cyberxpress
.co.nz/visualmap/grasshopper.htm |
Terrestrial
invertebrates of
biosecurity concern |
Landcare Research, biosecurity research
on invertebrates, including important keys to the ants and mosquitoes
of NZ. |
www.landcareresearch.co.nz/
research/biosecurity/ |
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A Global Invasive Species Database, developed
by the
IUCN/SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG) as a
global initiative on invasive species led by the Global
Invasive Species Programme (GISP). |
www.issg.org/database/
welcome/ |
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MAF watchlist of pests and diseases. |
www.biosecurity.govt.nz/
pest-and-diseaseresponse/
pests-anddiseases-
watchlist |
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Invertebrates of human health concern. |
www.moh.govt.nz/
moh.nsf/wpg_index/
Aboutbiosecurityandquarantine |
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Digital key to insect pests of pipfruit
and stonefruit. |
www.hortnet.co.nz/key/ |
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Aphidwatch provides aphid flight records,
virus forcasts
and other aphid information to New Zealand farmers and
growers. |
www.aphidwatch.com |
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A guide to willow sawflies. |
www.hortnet.co.nz/
publications/guides/
willow_sawfly/
wsawfly.htm |
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Insects and mites on New Zealand native
plants. |
www.crop.cri.nz/home/
plant-synz/ |
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Forestry plantation wildlife, including
insects. |
www.insights.co.nz/
forest_birds_insects_
plantation.aspx |
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The ENSIS ‘BUGS’ database (not
to be confused with the BUGS bibliography) contains information about
all wood and bark boring insects intercepted at New Zealand’s
border from 1948 and 1999, and supplementary information about fungi
and egg masses intercepted between 1996 and 2000.
Contact: John.Bain@scionresearch.com |
www.ensisjv.com/
forest+health+and+
biosecurity.aspx?
PageContentID=453 |
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The Resistant Pest Database: database
of arthropods
resistant to pesticides. |
www.pesticideresistance.
org/DB/ |
| Earthworms |
Information on earthworms, particularly
in agriculture. |
www.crop.cri.nz/home/
products-services/
environment/
earthworms/ |
| Nematodes |
National Nematode Collection of New Zealand
(NNCNZ). |
www.landcareresearch.co.nz/
research/biodiversity/
invertebratesprog/nzac/
nncnz.asp |
| Soil invertebrates |
Identification key and colour images for
groups of New
Zealand soil invertebrates |
http://soilbugs.massey.ac.nz |
| Terrestrial amphipods |
Specimen record database to terrestrial
amphipods
(TFBIS project 56). Contact: Richard Webber, Te Papa. |
www.biodiversity.govt.nz/
land/nzbs/tfbis/tfbis/
projects/ |
| insect - herbivore associations |
Plant-SyNZ
- a comprehensive plant and herbivore association database |
http://www.crop.cri.nz/home/plant-
synz/database/databasehome.php |
| Molluscs |
Database and keys to terrestrial and freshwater
molluscs
(TFBIS project 51). Contact: Bruce Marshall, Te Papa. |
www.biodiversity.govt.nz/
land/nzbs/tfbis/tfbis/
projects/ |
Freshwater
invertebrate database |
NIWA Freshwater Biodata Information System
(FBIS),
containing fish, algae, aquatic plant and invertebrate
data and metadata gathered from New Zealand’s
freshwater streams, rivers and lakes. |
fbis.niwa.co.nz/index.do |
Freshwater
invertebrate guides |
NIWA Biodiversity of New Zealand Freshwater
Organisms, including invertebrate species checklists and
identification guides. |
www.niwascience.co.nz/
rc/prog/freshbiodiversity/ |
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A web-based searchable database of life
history,
physiological and habitat characteristics of New
Zealand stream macro invertebrates (TFBIS project
170). Contact: NIWA. |
www.biodiversity.govt.nz/
land/nzbs/tfbis/tfbis/
projects/ |
Images of freshwater
invertebrates |
CD of images of freshwater invertebrates. |
http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/
research/biosystematics/invertebrates
/freshwater_invertsCD/
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| DNA sequence data |
GenBank, the NIH genetic sequence database,
an
annotated collection of all publicly available DNA
sequences (search by gene sequence or taxonomic
name). |
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
Genbank/ |
| Pheromone database |
The Pherobase database of insect pheromones
and
semiochemicals. |
www.pherobase.com/ |
| Taxonomic database |
Names of genera and subgenera in Zoology
from 1758
to 2004 |
uio.mbl.edu/
NomenclatorZoologicus/ |
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7. Threatened
Species Status |
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Threatened
invertebrates |
DoC threatened species classification. |
http://www.doc.govt.nz/Conservation/
001~Plants-and-Animals/006~
Threatened-species/
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| 8. Online Literature Sources |
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| Entomology |
New Zealand Entomologist and The Weta
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ento.org.nz/
nzentomologist/ |
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Fauna of New Zealand |
http://faunaseries.landcareresearch.
co.nz/pages/index.aspx |
| Ecology |
New Zealand Journal of Ecology |
www.nzes.org.nz/nzje/ |
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Royal Society of New Zealand journals
(freely available
from 1994 – 2002), including Journal of the Royal
Society of New Zealand (vol. 24 – 35 available online),
New Zealand Journal of Botany (Vol. 1 – 43), New
Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics (vol. 37 –
48), New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater
Research (vol. 1 – 39), New Zealand Journal of
Zoology (vol. 21 – 32),New Zealand Journal of
Agricultural Research (vol. 37 – 48) and New Zealand
Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science (vol. 22 – 33). |
www.rsnz.org/publish/
online.php |
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Flora of New Zealand (vol. 1-5). |
floraseries.landcareresearch.
co.nz/pages/ |
| Agriculture |
Searchable database of Crop and Food Research
publications since 1992. |
www.crop.cri.nz/home/
products-services/
publications/
scientific.jsp |
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Agricultural and Veterinary archives,
including The New
Zealand Veterinary Journal, Proceedings of the New
Zealand Society of Animal Production, MAF (NZ)
Surveillance, Vetscript, and six series of Proceedings from Special
Interest Branch within the New Zealand Veterinary Association. |
www.sciquest.org.nz/ |
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AgResearch publications online, including
InTouch,
AgResearch NOW and AgFacts. |
www.agresearch.cri.nz/
ourpublications.asp |
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NZ Plant Protection Society Journals (vol.
49-58; 1996-
2005, plus selected articles in earlier volumes). |
www.hortnet.co.nz/
publications/nzpps/
journal.htm |
Biodiversity and
Conservation |
DoC Science and Research Publications,
including
ConScience newsletter, DOC Research and Development
Series, DOC Science Internal Series, DOC Technical
Series, and Science for Conservation. |
www.doc.govt.nz/
Publications/
004~Science-and-
Research/ |
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Te Taiao - the Biodiversity newsletter. |
www.landcareresearch.co.nz/
publications/newsletters/
tetaiao/ |
9. Other digital
resources |
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| Butterflies |
Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust
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http://www.monarch.org.nz/monarch/ |
| Insects on the Web |
AgResearch Educational Outreach. |
www.agresearch.co.nz/
scied/search/animal/fly/
teacher_fly_links.htm |
Lincoln University
Library |
Full list of natural resources databases. |
www.lincoln.ac.nz/libr/
dbases/dbnat.htm |
| Victoria University |
The New Zealand Electronic Text Centre
(ETC), a free
online archive of New Zealand and Pacific Islands texts,
heritage materials, manuscripts and journals. |
www.nzetc.org/ |
| Science publications |
NZ SCIENCE (formerly called STIX and SIRIS),
a userpays, electronic catalogue of New Zealand Science papers and
reports by the DSIR, CRIs, and The Royal Society of New Zealand from
1980. NZ Science is part of the Superindex collection. |
www.knowledgebasket.
co.nz/kete/db/
db.html
(see also:
www.knowledgebasket.
co.nz/siris/
lwforest.html) |
| National Library |
New Zealand National Bibliography. |
www.natlib.govt.nz/en/
services/6nznbpub.html |
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A wide range of digitisation initiatives
at the National
Library: including the EPIC database, a venture between
New Zealand libraries and the Ministry of Education
giving schools free access to 16,000 literature sources;
Index New Zealand (INNZ), an index of New Zealand
newspapers and almost 300 magazines about New Zealand and the South
Pacific; Matapihi, a database of digital collections of some major
New Zealand cultural
organisations; Discover Te Kohinga Taonga, an online
collection of New Zealand art and music; Te Puna Web
Directory, providing access to New Zealand and Pacific
Island websites; AnyQuestions, a nationwide Internet based reference
service for New Zealand school students; Timeframes, an online database
of heritage images from the Alexander Turnbull Library; Papers Past,
a database of over 600,000 pages from 19th century New Zealand newspapers
and periodicals. |
www.natlib.govt.nz/en/
digital/
www.tki.org.nz/r/epic/
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| 10. Other links |
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| Insect Jewellery |
Jewel beetle |
http://www.jewelbeetle.co.nz/ |
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