Projects & Roles | Ed Baker

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Projects & Roles

Roles


eMonocot Drupal Developer Introduction eMonocot aims to create a global online resource for monocot plants. It will provide a focus for taxonomists working on monocots and will help people discover information about monocots by providing tools for identification, up-to-date checklists, descriptions and links to other resources. eMonocot builds upon existing collaborations and projects within European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT) such as Palmweb and Scratchpads, in addition to CATE (including CATE-Araceae) and GrassBase – The online world grass flora.
ViBRANT Drupal Developer Introduction "Virtual Biodiversity Research and Access Network for Taxonomy" (ViBRANT) is a European Union FP7 funded project running December 2010 to 2013 that will support the development of virtual research communities involved in biodiversity science. Our goal is to provide a more integrated and effective framework for those managing biodiversity data on the Web. ViBRANT provides:
ICZN Webmaster & Development Officer Introduction The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) acts as adviser and arbiter for the zoological community by generating and disseminating information on the correct use of the scientific names of animals. Projects Redesign of the ICZN website. Creation of the ICZN podcast. Links International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature website
Phasmida SpeciesFile (Assistant Editor) Maintaining a taxonomic database of the world's phasmids (stick insects and leaf insects). Phasmida SpeciesFile
Phasmid Study Group Newsletter (Editor) Editor of the Phasmid Study Group's Newsletter. The Newsletter covers any topic relating to the order Phasmida, although more scientific, and longer articles are printed in the Group's journal Phasmid Studies. Submit an article to the Phasmid Study Group (PSG) Newsletter.
Blattodea Culture Group (Webmaster) Webmaster and Editor of the Blattodea Culture Group website.
NatSCA Webmaster Webmaster of the Natural Sciences Collections Association website.
A. R. Wallace Memorial Fund (Website Maintainer) Webmaster of the Alfred Russel Wallace Memorial Fund website.
Invertebrate Rearing Editor-in-Chief of the open access journal Invertebrate Rearing - dedicated to papers about the rearing of invertebrates (apart from stick insects and cockroaches). The journal is free to both read and publish in, although a small charge is made for hard (paper) copies.
IUCN/SSC Grasshopper Specialist Group

Projects


Beetles of Mauritius Creating an illustrated catalogue of the Mauritian Beetle fauna, the Beetles of Mauritius.
Phasmid Study Group Website Developing and maintaining the Phasmid study Group website, a comprehensive website covering everything to do with stick and leaf insects. On taking over development of the site I moved it to the EDIT Scratchpads system which has allowed me to develop a much larger and comprehensive site.
HyPhas Building a databse of the Hymenoptera parasites and parasitoids of the stick insects and leaf insects. Will include a taxonomic and specimen databse of the chrysidid subfamilies Amiseginae and Loboscelidiinae and host-parasite or host-parasitoid information for all hymenoptera species attacking phasmids. HyPhas - Hymenoptera parasitoids of Phasmids
The Pittioni Bee Collection Website making available the card index to the Pittioni Bee Collection.
The Cockroach Forum Administrator for the Blattodea Culture Group's discussion forum, The Cockroach Forum.
Mantis Study Group (Website Creation) Helping to maintain the website of the Mantis Study Group.
A. R. Wallace Correspondence Project Site Maintainer for the Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project.
Random Science Generator A collaboratively edited toy that generates comical and sometimes sensical stories about scientists. Random Science Generator
Cabinet of Orthopteroid Curiosities There are numerous sites that give wonderful amounts of genuine scientific knowledge about orthopteroid insects, but so far none dedicated to the lighter side. This site is dedicated to redressing that deficit. Cabinet of Orthopteroid Curiosities.