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| x Literature review | Hymenoptera Online Database |
A literature review is a body of text that aims to review the critical points of current knowledge and or methodological approaches on a particular topic. Literature reviews are secondary sources, and as such, do not report any new or original...
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| x Binomial nomenclature |
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Hymenoptera Online Database |
The formal system of naming species is called binominal nomenclature (especially in zoological circles), binary nomenclature (especially in botanical circles), or the binomial classification system. The essence of it is that each species name is in ...
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| x Water quality |
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USGS National Water Information System |
Water quality is the physical, chemical and biological characteristics of water. It is most frequently used by reference to a set of standards against which compliance can be assessed. The most common standards used to assess water quality relate to...
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| x Stream gauge |
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USGS National Water Information System |
A stream gauge, or stream gage, refers to a site along a stream where measurements of volumetric discharge (flow) are made.
Automated direct measurement of streamflow discharge is difficult at present. In place of the direct measurement of...
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| x National Register of Historic Places |
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National Register Information System |
The National Register of Historic Places (National Register) is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation. Having a property on the National Register makes its...
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| x dust | The Inventory of North American Dust Storms | ||
| x Climate |
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The Inventory of North American Dust Storms |
Climate encompasses the statistics of temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, wind, rainfall, atmospheric particle count and numerous other meteorological elements in a given region over long periods of time. Climate can be contrasted to...
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| x Scheduled Ancient Monument |
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CANMORE |
In the United Kingdom, a scheduled monument is a 'nationally important' archaeological site or historic building, given protection against unauthorised change. The protection given to scheduled monuments is separate from the Town and Country...
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| National Monuments Record of Scotland | |||
| x Archaeological site |
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CANMORE |
An archaeological site is a place (or group of physical sites) in which evidence of past activity is preserved (either prehistoric or historic or contemporary), and which has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline of archaeology and...
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| x Listed building |
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CANMORE |
A listed building in the United Kingdom is a building or other structure officially designated as being of special architectural, historical or cultural significance. It is a widely used status, applied to around half a million buildings.
A listed...
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| National Monuments Record of Scotland | |||
| x Historic Sites in Scotland | CANMORE |
There are thousands of historic sites and attractions in Scotland. These include Neolithic Standing stones and Stone Circles, Bronze Age settlements, Iron Age Brochs and Crannogs, Pictish stones, Roman forts and camps, Viking settlements, Mediaeval...
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| x Monument |
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National Monuments Record of Scotland |
A monument is a type of structure either explicitly created to commemorate a person or important event or which has become important to a social group as a part of their remembrance of past events. They are frequently used to improve the appearance...
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| x Ancient monument |
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National Monuments Record of Scotland |
An ancient monument is an early historical structure or monument (e.g., an archaeological site) worthy of preservation and study due to archaeological or heritage interest. In the United Kingdom it is a legal term, differing from the American term...
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| x Chemical element |
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Blue Obelisk Data Repository |
A chemical element is a pure chemical substance consisting of one type of atom distinguished by its atomic number, which is the number of protons in its nucleus. The term is also used to refer to a pure chemical substance composed of atoms with the...
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| x Journal archive | Searchable Ornithological Research Archive | ||
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| x Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design |
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LEED Projects & Case Studies Directory |
The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System, developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), provides a suite of standards for environmentally sustainable construction. Since its inception in 1998,...
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| x Genetics |
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Bird Base |
Genetics, (from Ancient Greek γενετικός genetikos, “genitive” and that from γένεσις genesis, “origin”), a discipline of biology, is the science of heredity and variation in living organisms. The fact that living things inherit traits from their...
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| x Geolocation | GeoNames |
Geolocation is the identification of the real-world geographic location of an Internet-connected computer, mobile device, website visitor or other. IP address geolocation data can include information such as country, region, city, postal/zip code,...
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| x Postal code |
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Free The Postcode |
A postal code (known in various countries as a post code, postcode, or ZIP code) is a series of letters and/or digits appended to a postal address for the purpose of sorting mail. Once postal codes were introduced, other applications became possible...
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| x Bird song | Macaulay Library |
Bird vocalization includes both bird calls and bird songs. In non-technical use, bird songs are the bird sounds that are melodious to the human ear. In ornithology, bird 'songs' are often distinguished from shorter sounds, which may be termed 'calls...
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| x North Carolina |
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North Carolina Breeding Bird Atlas |
North Carolina ( /ˌnɔrθ kærəˈlaɪnə/ (help·info)) is a state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North...
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| x South Carolina |
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South Carolina Breeding Bird Atlas |
South Carolina ( /ˌsaʊθ kærəˈlaɪnə/ (help·info)) is an eastern U.S. state that borders Georgia to the south and North Carolina to the north. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that...
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| x Georgia |
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Georgia Breeding Bird Atlas |
Georgia ( /ˈdʒɔrdʒə/ (help·info)) is a state in the United States. One of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against British rule in the American Revolution, it had been the last of the Thirteen Colonies to be established, in 1733. Georgia...
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| x Specimen | Ornithological Information System |
In biology, a specimen is an individual animal, part of an animal, plant, part of a plant, or microorganism used as a representative to study the properties of the whole population of that species or subspecies. When a taxon is described, it is...
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| x National DNA database | United Kingdom National DNA Database |
A national DNA database is a government database of DNA profiles which can be used by law enforcement agencies to identify suspects of crimes.
The first government database (NDNAD) was set up by the United Kingdom in April 1995. The second one was...
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| Combined DNA Index System | |||
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| x Music video |
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Music video database |
A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music/song. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings. Although the origins of music videos go...
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| x Disease |
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Diseases Database |
A disease or medical condition is an abnormal condition of an organism that impairs bodily functions, associated with specific symptoms and signs. It may be caused by external factors, such as infectious disease, or it may be caused by internal...
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| x Mercury |
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Epa mercury products database |
Mercury (pronounced /ˈmɜrkjʊri/ MER-kyə-ree), also called quicksilver (/ˈkwɪksɪlvər/) or hydrargyrum (/haɪˈdrɑrdʒɨrəm/ hye-DRAR-ji-rəm), is a chemical element with the symbol Hg (Latinized Greek: hydrargyrum, meaning watery or liquid silver) and...
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| x Nicrophorinae |
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Nicrophorinae Literature Database |
Nicrophorinae is a subfamily of burying beetles or carrion beetles. There are 65 living species of this subfamily, and 3 fossil species.
The only tribe is Nicrophorini.
A fossil of N. humator dating around 10,500 years was described in 1962 by...
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| x Beetle |
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Coleoptera Taxonomic Literature Database |
Beetles are the group of insects with the largest number of known species. They are classified in the order Coleoptera (pronounced /ˌkəʊliˈɒptərə/; from Greek κολεός, koleos, "sheath"; and πτερόν, pteron, "wing", thus "sheathed wing"), which...
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| x Science |
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ScientificCommons |
Science (from the Latin scientia, meaning "knowledge") is, in its broadest sense, any systematic knowledge-base or prescriptive practice that is capable of resulting in a prediction or predictable type of outcome. In this sense, science may refer to...
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| x History |
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NSW State Heritage Register |
History is the study of the human past, with special attention to the written record. Scholars who write about history are called historians. It is a field of research which uses a narrative to examine and analyse the sequence of events, and it...
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| x Cultural heritage |
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NSW State Heritage Register |
Cultural heritage ("national heritage" or just "heritage") is the legacy of physical and intangible attributes of the past of a group or society that are selected from the past, and inherited, maintained in the present and bestowed for the benefit...
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| x Architecture |
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NSW State Heritage Register |
For a topical guide to this subject, see Outline of architecture.
Architecture (Latin „architectura“, from the Greek „arkitekton“, ὰρχιτεκτονική – arkhitektonike, from ὰρχι chief or leader and Τεκτονική builder or carpenter) is the art and science...
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| x New South Wales |
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NSW State Heritage Register |
New South Wales (abbreviated as NSW) is Australia's most populous state, located in the south-east of the country, north of Victoria, south of Queensland and east of South Australia. It was founded in 1788 and originally comprised much of the...
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| x Bird-wind turbine collision | Wind-Wildlife Impacts Literature Database | ||
| x Hotel |
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USFA Hotel/Motel Fire-Safe List |
This should be merged with the Hotel topic.
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| x Fire |
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USFA Hotel/Motel Fire-Safe List |
Fire is the rapid oxidation of a combustible material releasing heat, light, and various reaction products such as carbon dioxide and water. If hot enough, the gases may become ionized to produce plasma. Depending on the substances alight, and any...
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| x Theatre |
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Internet Theatre Database |
Theatre (or theater, see spelling differences) is a branch of the performing arts. While any performance may be considered theatre, as a performing art, it focuses almost exclusively on live performers creating a self contained drama. A performance...
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| x Film |
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Open Media Database |
Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects....
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