Australian Biological Resources Study

CD ROMs

ABRS identification series

The series has been designed to provide a user-friendly introduction to Australian plants, animals and other organisms, and forms part of a library of tools to identify and provide information about the Australian biota in all its rich variety. Each key or guide is designed and built through partnerships between ABRS and leading specialists in the group covered. The information is scientifically accurate, comprehensive and easy to use. Each key in the series is richly illustrated, and includes descriptive and distributional information. Guides to further information are provided. Through the use of glossaries and plain language, the guides are accessible and useful to all, requiring a minimum of prior knowledge.

ABRS Identification Series CD ROM
AusGrass — An interactive guide and identification tool to the 1300 species of native and naturalised grasses in Australia.

ABRS Identification Series CD ROM
The Families of Flowering Plants of Australia is an interactive identification guide. Identify any native or naturalised Australian flowering plant to family.

ABRS Identification Series CD ROM
Fabulous Flatworms: a guide to marine polyclads is an identification tool and guide to some 400 species based on the highly distinctive patterns and colours of these extraordinary animals.

ABRS Identification Series CD ROM
Key to Australasian Liverwort and Hornwort Genera
The first comprehensive, interactive key to the 181 genera of liverworts and hornworts known from Australia and New Zealand.

ABRS Identification Series CD ROM
Mites in Soil
Explore the hidden world of soil mites, with easy to use identification keys.

ABRS Identification Series CD ROM
On The Fly: The Interactive Atlas and Key to Australian Fly Families
This lavishly illustrated set of keys to families and higher levels is an extraordinary resource.

ABRS Identification Series CD ROM
Spiders of Australia, interactive identification to subfamily. An excitingly illustrated guide to the spiders of Australia (also covers most New Guinea and New Zealand groups).

ABRS Identification Series CD ROM
Wattle: Acacias of Australia.
An identification guide and information source for Australia’s nearly 1000 species of wattle.

ABRS Identification Series CD ROM
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What wasp is that?
An interactive identification key to the Australasian families of Hymenoptera
Identify 67 families of Hymenoptera that occur across Australasia.

101 Forest Fungi of Eastern Australia
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Brighton QLD 4017
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A relational database programme for the management of taxonomic, geographical, ecological, palaeontological, bibliographic and graphic data.

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