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Preface.. Abbreviations.. 1 Ecoinformatics: An Introductory Overview of Ecological Data and Information.. * Introduction to Information and Informatics.. * Online Resources for Managing Ecological Data and Information.. * Case Study I: Ecoinformatics Centre.. * Case Study II: ILTER.. * Case Study III: PEaCE Lab.. * Case Study IV: WPF Dynamic Data Display.. * Case Study V: An Integrated Modelling Site.. 2 Computational Biology, Ecological Economics and Ecoinformatics: Select Research Oriented Case Studies.. * Introduction to Research Areas.. * Case Study I: Gund Institute for Ecological Economics.. * Case Study II: KNB Informatics Research.. 3 Ecological Analysis, Synthesis and the Montreal Process: A Brief Study.. * Case Study: NCEAS.. * Case Study: The Montreal Process.. 4 Ecoinformatics Gcostrategies and Geospatial Information Imaging Systems: Select Case Study.. * Case Srudy I: Geosrraregies (A División of Ecoinformatics International Inc... * Case Study II: ASPRS.. * Case Study III: NASA: TERRA (EOS AM-1.. 5 Ecological Knowledgc System and Vegetation Classification Datábase: An In-dcpth Analysis.. * Case Study I: SEEK.. * Case Study II: VEGBANK.. 6 Ecosystem Visualizaron and Taxonomic Hierarchies: Select Case Studies and Research.. * Case Srudy: Spire.. * Visualisation of Taxonomic Hierarchies.. 7 Case Study: IUCN and Use of Ecoinformatics Science and Technology.. * Case Study: IUCN and Ecoinformatics' Use.. * An Overview of the IUCN Red List.. * Summary Staristics for Globally.. Threatened Species.. * The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.. Glossary.. Bibliagraphy.. Index

Ecoinformatics, or ecological informatics, is the science of information (informatics) in ecology and environmental science. It integrates environmental and information sciences to define entities and natural processes with language common to both humans and computers. However, this is a rapidly developing area in ecology and there are alternative perspectives on what constitutes ecoinformatics. Ecoinformatics characterise the semantics of natural system knowledge. For this reason, much of today's ecoinformatics research relates to the branch of computer science known as knowledge representation, and active ecoinformatics projects are developing links to activities such as the Semantic Web. Inglés