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Friday, April 01, 2011

Winter 2011 Access (NBII)

The winter 2011 issue of Access, the newsletter of the National Biological Information Infrastructure, is available <http://www.nbii.gov/portal/server.pt/community/access_newsletter/392>.

NEWS/FEATURES
*  ITIS Updates and Expands Its Coverage on Grasses
*  Latest Enhancements to Butterfly and Moth Site Net Sold Gains for USGS
*  Raptor Search Has A New Home!
*  The Inouye Database: An Interactive Bibliography of Pollination Publications
*  NBII Provides Leadership for Data Management Working Group

REGULAR COLUMNS
*  Invasive Species Toolbox – In Memoriam: Dr. Les Mehrhoff; IPANE Shares Its Training Manual Online; Explore and Provide Feedback on the Beta Version of the Alberta Risk Assessment Tool (RAT); Invasive Plant Atlas of the United States; Other Contributions in Memory of Les Mehrhoff
*  International Connections – Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS-USA) Passes 6.5 Million Records, Enables New Geospatial Data Tools