Attributions
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"The central role of species concepts is to delineate the units of nature and thus provide the essential frame work for understanding biological diversity." - J. Cracraft, Species - the units of biodiversity
The aim of this site is to compile a list of applications that support the identification process - i.e. the determination of the scientific name - of organisms and to evaluate them.
The compilation focuses primarily on applications for the use in the German-speaking part. Since most life forms do not recognize political borders and thus are native elsewhere, applications from or for other language areas are included as well.
Eine Anwendung wird nach ihrer Herangehensweise einer der folgenden Kategorien zugeordnet:
The user is asked to supply characteristic key feartures of an organism. That information is used as a filter which helps to narrow down possible species names
The user supplies media which is processed and analysed. The result usually is a list containing potential species names
Applications or information that can help with the determination process in other ways
Folgende Informationen werden von einer Anwendung erfasst:
Geografische Region und (taxonomische) Gruppe, die durch die Anwendung angesprochen werden
Autoren Information
Hyperlink zur Homepage der Anwendung sowie, wenn vorhanden, den mobilen Anwendungen
Note regarding application logos:
Logos of applications that are displayed on this site are if possible integrated directly. In such a case, the original image is merely displayed on this site. In some cases it was necessary to modify the logo or to create it by the means of a screenshot. Ownership and copyrights are unaffected and remain with the corresponding authors. The type of integration is indicated for each application.
If an application can be used without restrictions, I will evaluate the application according to the following criteria:
If I use an application frequently, I will provide results as application test. Therein, the suggestions provided by the application are compared with my determination result. You can find more information on the corresponding pages.
The user supplies media which is processed and analysed. The result usually is a list containing potential species names
The user is asked to supply characteristic key feartures of an organism. That information is used as a filter which helps to narrow down possible species names
Applications or information that can help with the determination process in other ways
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