Plants : A Research Guide: Organizations

Association for public gardens in North America with over 500 member institutions. Formerly known as American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta.

Organization of professional zoo horticulturalists.

Organization for those interested in sharing knowledge of carnivorous plants.

International organization of horticultural scientists.

Statewide network of palm and cycad societies. Includes Virtual Palm Encyclopedia and Virtual Cycad Encyclopedia.

San Diego regional gardening and horticultural society. Publishes California Garden.

Integrated source for standardized plant information in the U.S. and its territories.

International organization focused on world-wide conservation of threatened plants. Botanic gardens make up the majority of membership.

Organization "dedicated solely to preventing the extinction of U.S. native plants." National headquarters located at San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, Beckman Center.

Website of the University of British Columbia Botanical Garden & Centre for Plant Research, which is dedicated to the conservation of plant life worldwide through scientific research, education efforts, and maintaining plant biodiversity.

A joint initiative between Fauna & Flora International (FFI) and Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI), the Global Trees Campaign is the only international campaign dedicated to saving threatened trees.

Non-profit focused on maintaining agricultural diversity through seed saving.

Listings and descriptions of plant species that threaten ecosystems of the Pacific islands. Site maintained by USFWS's Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry.

Website of the PCA, an organization dedicated to solving the problems of native plant extinction and native habitat restoration. Site maintained by Bureau of Land Management.

Guide to finding animal information online and at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Library

Guide to finding animal welfare, training, and enrichment information, online and at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Library.

Guide to finding conservation information, online and at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Library

Guide to finding plant, plant conservation, and botanical garden information, online and at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Library

Guide to finding veterinary and biomedical information, online and at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Library

Guide to zoo & aquarium information, online and at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance; natural history museum links

Website for the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Library & Archive.

Discover what's in the Library's borrowing and archive collections. Use a basic or advanced search to find books, e-books, journal articles, research monographs, conference proceedings, magazines, DVDs, and more. (Only SDZWA team members can check out collection materials, but the catalog is publicly accessible for anyone to explore.)

Journals available to team members through the SDZWA Library - search contents, view library holdings, access full text

Research databases available through the SDZWA Library, including journal information.

Explore the SDZWA Library's collection of fact sheets. Each includes in-depth information, a bibliography of cited sources, and links to more resources.

Custom literature searches and fact sheets for current priority species — for SDZWA team members, onsite access only

Peer reviewed and scientific works by San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance staff.

Explore the SDZWA Library's Research Guides collection. These topical guides share useful books and websites about Animals, Animal Welfare, Conservation, Plants, Veterinary Medicine, and Zoos & Aquariums.

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