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Ucl.ac.uk has 249 URLs listed in 213 Dmoz categories.

Human Evolutionary Ecology Group
Research group convened by Ruth Mace at University College London studying human behaviour and life history as adaptations to local environments. Summaries of research projects and details of graduate study opportunities.
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/heeg/
Top/Science/Biology/Ecology/Evolutionary_Ecology

House Dust Mites and the Built Environment
A study of the Pyroglyphidae including their ecology, physiology and their hygrothermal environment in beds and bedding.
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett-housedustmites/Publications/Publications/review10Oct02.pdf
Top/Science/Biology/Flora_and_Fauna/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Acarina/Acariformes

The Water Flea
Information on this branchiopod which is used in environmental monitoring as well as palaeoecological investigations.
http://www.homepages.ucl.ac.uk/%7Eucfagls/thewaterflea/
Top/Science/Biology/Flora_and_Fauna/Animalia/Arthropoda/Crustacea/Branchiopoda/Cladocera

Ostracods
Information on these ubiquitous organisms including their fossil record, classification, biology and life cycle with a number of images of individual species.
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/GeolSci/micropal/ostracod.html
Top/Science/Biology/Flora_and_Fauna/Animalia/Arthropoda/Crustacea/Ostracoda

General Information on Heliconius Butterflies
Provides references and web resources.
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/taxome/jim/helicinf.htm
Top/Science/Biology/Flora_and_Fauna/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Rhopalocera/Nymphalidae/Heliconiinae

Heliconius Postman and Rayed Mimicry Rings
Photographs of Mullerian mimicry in Heliconius species in Peru.
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/taxome/jim/Mim/helicon.htm
Top/Science/Biology/Flora_and_Fauna/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Rhopalocera/Nymphalidae/Heliconiinae

Batesian Mimicry in Papilio dardanus
Photographs showing how this species mimics unpalatable butterfly species in the family Danaidae.
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/taxome/jim/Mim2/dardanus.html
Top/Science/Biology/Flora_and_Fauna/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Rhopalocera/Papilionidae/Papilioninae

Batesian Mimicry in Papilio memnon
Photographs showing how this species mimics unpalatable swallowtail species.
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/taxome/jim/Mim2/memnon.html
Top/Science/Biology/Flora_and_Fauna/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Rhopalocera/Papilionidae/Papilioninae

Find the Mantis
Photograph of a well camouflaged African praying mantis.
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/taxome/jim/Mim/mantis.html
Top/Science/Biology/Flora_and_Fauna/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Mantodea

Müllerian Mimicry in Dendrobates Frogs
Some photographs of Dendrobates imitator frogs in Peru and the species they resemble.
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/taxome/jim/Mim2/dendrobates.html
Top/Science/Biology/Flora_and_Fauna/Animalia/Chordata/Amphibia/Anura/Dendrobatidae