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
• Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Roster of Experts
• Directory of Entomologists with Pacific Interests
• 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).
• Fauna Europea (FAEU) Expert Database
• Register of UK Taxonomic Expertise
• Worldwide list of entomologists
• Directory of Taxonomists working in Asia
• Database of Indian Ocean Taxonomists
• The Coleopterists Society (a society devoted to the study of beetles)
• World Dipterists Systematists
• Index Herbaria - global directory of public herbaria and associated staff
• IUCN Species Survival Commission - science-based network of about 7,000 experts on various taxa
• Lichenologist Directory - International Association of Lichenologists
• Homepages of Arachnologists
• American Society of Plant Taxonomists
• List of Canadian Systematists
• Nomenclature Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES)
• Iowa State Entomology Index of Internet Resources
• Society for the Management of Electronic Biodiversity Data (SMEBD)