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Searching
for ecological communities & systems
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Search for a
single ecological community by Name,
Location, Status
only or a combination
of these three. Additional search options (Search by System Grouping and Refine Results) are available on the Name search tab.
Beginning an
ecological community/ecological system search
- From the
NatureServe Explorer home page, click Search for
Ecological Communities & Systems.
- From here,
click Name, Location,
or Status. (You can search
by one or any combination of these.)
Searching
by name
- In the Ecological
Communities & Systems tab, click Name.
- Click Systems, Associations,
or All.
Note: Alliances are undergoing significant changes to meet the requirements of the revised 2008 USNVC standard. The old alliances have been removed from NatureServe Explorer until they can be updated. If you need descriptions of the old Alliances, contact mary_russo@natureserve.org. Look for new alliance descriptions in 2014, or contact don_faber-langendoen@natureserve.org for draft materials.
- Type the
scientific or common name for an ecological community or system.
- Click
- Scientific
for only scientific names
- Common
for only common names
- Either
for scientific OR common name
- Or, you can
search by system groupings.
- Click Search
Now to retrieve all the records that match the criteria
you added.
- View the
results.
Tips
for name searches:
- Use
a singular name, never plural. NatureServe Explorer searches by a
scientific or common name, which is always singular.
- Use
wildcards ( * ) with partial
names.
- Use
AND/OR for mutliple word searches.
- Use
ignore punctuation to broaden
your search.
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Searching
by location
Searching for USFS ecoregion locations is only available for Associations, while searching MRLC map zone locations is only available for Ecological Systems.
- In the Ecological
Communities & Systems tab, click Location.
- Click U.S.
states, Canadian provinces, USFS ecoregions, and MRLC map zones where you want to find ecological
communities or systems. For more information about these geographic units, see Distribution Data Sources.
- Click Search
Now to retrieve all the records that match the criteria
you added.
- View the
results.
Searching
by status
Searching by status is only available for Associations.
- In
the Ecological Communities & Systems
tab, click Status.
- Click all
statuses that you want.
- Click Search
Now to retrieve all the records that match the criteria
you added.
- View the
results.
Note:
If you choose more than one status, you will need to choose AND/OR.
See also:
Setting
user preferences
Understanding
the results
Viewing and changing search criteria
Searching for systems by system grouping
Example of an ecological community
& systems search
Combining species and ecological community
& systems searches
Using NatureServe Explorer
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