Taxonomic groups on which the work of the Conservation Biology Section has focused are chosen because of their particular vulnerability to anthropic pressure, their bio-indicator characteristics or the opportunities offered by the specific expertise of collaborators. They include mainly birds, mammals and superior plants.

Birds. Documents on the evolutionary biology, biogeography and ecoethology of seabirds, the biology of threatened species, the distribution, ecology, conservation status and needs of the European avifauna.

Mammals. Information on threatened species of Europe and Africa, notably ungulates and large predators, on data gathering methodologies, and on urban faunas, with particular reference to Brussels.

Bats. Among mammals, bats are singled out as a long-established field of study of the Institute. Documents include distributional databases, species information sheets, reviews of observation and monitoring methodologies.

Vertebrates. Documents, particularly photographic, on selected species of reptiles, amphibians or fish, for the most part threatened species or important bio-indicators.

Invertebrates. Photographic and methodological documents on a few groups of arthropods with useful bioindicator characteristics that are included in ecological evaluation, integrated management or environmental monitoring studies.

Plants. Documents, for the most part photographic, on selected groups with high bioindicator value, in particular, sedges and ferns, on threatened species and on species with high habitat specificity.

Orchids. Orchids are an important field of study of the Conservation Biology Section. Documents made available online include a direct access to the substantial collections of photographs of European orchids assembled in the course of this work, online consultation of taxonomic material, lists of publications, English translations of results, methodological reports.

The inventorisation and description of habitat types, and the use of the resulting typologies in conservation evaluation and implementation, constitute one of the two domains of activity of the Conservation Biology Section. The results are largely embodied in databases available online and in their satellite documents. Cross reference to these databases are offered here, together with methodological reports and working documents that have been generated in the course of their construction.

Geographical index to publications, databases and online documents of the Conservation Biology Section. Emphasis is on areas for which an ensemble of species-, site-, habitat-, or process-related studies was assembled in response to the requirements of conservation policies.

CONSERVATION BIOLOGY THEMES.

Definitions, reviews, reports, methodological worksheets indexed according to subjects of conservation biology interest. A short bibliography of publications, reports and major online sources of information of particular significance to conservation biology is included.