Expertise

The following databases provide links to taxonomic expertise. Some additional links to expertise are found in Chapter 11 of the European Global Taxonomy Initiative (GTI) Toolkit.

World Taxonomist Database of the Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification:
http://www.eti.uva.nl/tools/wtd.php
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Roster of Experts: http://www.cbd.int/roster/default.asp
Directory of Entomologists with Pacific Interests: http://www.pacificscience.org/pacentodir.html
The Taxonomic Resources and Expertise Directory (TRED) - a directory of taxonomic specialists for the biota of North America (North of Mexico), developed and maintained through a partnership between the Natural Science Collections Alliance (NSCA) and the USGS Biological Resources Division (BRD), to support the National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) and the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).: http://www.nbii.gov/datainfo/syscollect/tred/
Fauna Europea (FAEU) Expert Database: http://www.faunaeur.org/experts.php
Register of UK Taxonomic Expertise: http://internt.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/science/uksf/
Worldwide list of entomologists: http://entomology.si.edu/Entomology/Wrldlist/search.lasso
Directory of Taxonomists working in Asia: http://www.gti.nies.go.jp/directory/index.html
Database of Indian Ocean Taxonomists: http://www.ncbi.org.in/diot/
The Coleopterists Society (a society devoted to the study of beetles): http://www.coleopsoc.org/cole-mem.shtml
World Dipterists Systematists: http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/dipterists/
Index Herbaria - global directory of public herbaria and associated staff: http://sciweb.nybg.org/science2/IndexHerbariorum.asp
IUCN Species Survival Commission - science-based network of about 7,000 experts on various taxa: http://www.iucn.org/themes/ssc/index.htm
Lichenologist Directory - International Association of Lichenologists: http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/lichen/default.htm
Homepages of Arachnologists: http://www.arachnology.org/Arachnology/Pages/Scientists.html
American Society of Plant Taxonomists: http://www.aspt.net/
Database of Indian Taxonomists: http://www.ncbi.org.in/dit/index.html
List of Canadian Systematists http://www.nature.ca/prodserv/systemat/syslist1_e.cfm
Nomenclature Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) http://www.cites.org/eng/disc/NC.shtml
Iowa State Entomology Index of Internet Resources http://www.ent.iastate.edu/list/