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  1. Science Not Stamp Collecting (2009)

    Subject
    Biology; Environmental science

    Video recording of a lecture by Professor Stephen Hopper at the Royal Society on the importance of botany from 1759 to 2059. Arranged in collaboration with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew to celebrate their...

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  2. Classifying Living Things: The How and Why of the Five-Kingdom Classification (2003)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 32 minutes), £35.00

    Shows how biologists today classify living organisms into five kingdoms - Plants, Animals, Fungi, Protoctista and Monera - and outlines the principles of taxonomy. Covers development of the five-kingdom...

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  3. Domains of Life, The (2 Parts) (2000 Video)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, 2 videocassettes. VHS. col. 13, 19 min.

    Shows biological classification using DNA and micro-fossil evidence. Uses animation and micro-imaging of representive organisms from the domains of life - archaea, bacteria and eucarya.

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  4. Biosource Videodisc (1995 Video)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videodisc. PAL or NTSC.

    An overview of the plant and animal kingdoms with 10,000 full-colour illustrations, photos and animations, organised by phyla.

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  5. Classification of Life (1995 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    CD-ROM

    Describes the two main classification schemes in current use: Woese and Whittaker. Woese divides all organisms into three domains, which represent three main pathways of evolution: the archae, the bacteria...

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  6. Origins and Classification of Life: A Multimedia Exploration (1995 Multimedia)

    Producer
    Peter Davies; David Robinson
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    CD-ROM

    Multimedia presentation on the origins and cliasificaiton of life, which includes five modules of the TLTP Biodiversity Consortium project (see above).

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  7. Systematics and Classification (1995 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    CD-ROM

    Methods of classification: defines the types of character states used in classification and looks at the differing use of characters in cladistics, phenetics and numerical taxonomy. Illustrates the...

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  8. Terrestrial Biomes: An Overview (1995 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    CD-ROM

    An introduction to the terminology and classification of world vegetation systems, presenting a problem-orientated approach to vegetation mapping. The student is asked to construct an hierarchical concept...

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  9. Demotax (1988 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    CD-ROM

    DEMOTAX demonstrates the value of using a computer in numerical taxomony, for the following operations: 1) calculation of similarities from the student’s own data; 2) clustering of strains and associated...

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  10. Five Kingdom Classification, The (1987 Video)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 23 mi.

    Shows how biologists classify all living organisms into five basic categories or kingdoms: plants, animals, fungi, protista and monera. Explains how and why the five-kingdom system was developed from the...

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