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Index — Our Living Resources 



vegetation. See also aquatic vegetation; land cover, plants; vascular 



plants 



federal data bases. 467-68 



general types. 46^-73 



monoitonng with satellite imagery, 467-73 



status, management of. 465-66 



m Utah, protection of. 463-64 



wetlands. 474. 47? 

 vegetation patterns 



changes in national parks. 224-28 



changes since European settlement, 469-72 



current estimates. 468-64 



future monitoring. 473 



satellite photos of. 462 

 Velogcnic Newcastle disease. 403 

 Verbascum ihapsus (mullem), 364 

 verdin (Aunparus flavicep), 20 

 Venfiivora 



celahi (orange-crowned warbler). 20 



pert'grina (Tennessee warbler). 20 



ruficapiUo (Nashville warbler). 20 

 vesper sparrow {Ponecetes gramineu.s). 2L 22. 231. 297. 299 

 Vfspiilii (yellowjacket wasp), 378-79 



pensylvanica (western yellowjacket wasp), 366. 371 

 Vestiaria coccineu Ci'iwi). 376. 37S. 379. 380 

 Villosci 



fahiilis (rayed bean), ISO 



iri.\ (rainbow). IW 

 violet-green swallow {Tachycnicta ihalassinu), 20, 466 

 vireo 



Bell's (V^rt'o /'('///(), 231, -/66 



Gray's {Vweo vicinior). 466 



Philadelphia ( Vireo phitadelphicii.s), 20 



red-eyed ( Vireo oUvaceus), 20. 25, 420 



solitan' {Vireo soUtarius), 20. 390, 391 



warbling {Vireo gilvus), 20. 231 



white-eyed (Vireo griseus). 20 

 Vireo 



M/(( (Bell's vireo), 231, 466 



gilvus (warbling vireo), 20. 231 



griseus (white-eyed vireo). 20 



olivaceus (red-eyed vireo), 20, 25. 420 



phlladelphicus (Philadelphia vireo), 20 



solifarius (solitary vireo), 20. 390, 391 



vicinior (Gray's vireo), 466 

 Virgin chub {Gila semimuia). 150 

 Virginia, acid lakes. 419 

 Virginia lespedeza {Lespedezn virginica). 231 

 Virgin Islands screech-owl {Onis niulipes newUmi), 67 

 Virgin spmedace {Lepidomedu moilispuxis mollispinis), 150 

 visual obstruction readings (VOR), 425 

 Vivparidae. 249 



Vulpes vulpes (red fox), 45, 51. 296, 302. 306. 407, 440 

 vulture. 16 



black {Coragyps atratus). /9, 67 



turkey (Catharles aura). 19. 67 



Wabash pigtoe {Fusconaiaflava). 180 

 wading birds, colonial waterbirds. 53-56 

 Waikiki Beach. 379 

 walleye 



Stizosfedion vilrt-um. 432. 443 



Stizosledi(Ui vitreum vitreian. lAl. 244 

 walleye pollock {Theragra chalcogramnia). 51, 52 

 wall lizard 



common {Podarcis muralis), 434 



Italian (Podarcis sicula), 434 

 walnut woodlands 



black. 465 



California, 465 

 walrus. Pacific (Odobenus rosmarus divergens), 338, 351. 356-57 

 wandering tattler {Heieroscelus incanus), 62 

 wapiti iCen-us elaphus). 115-16 

 warbler. 18 



Audubon's {Dendroica coronata auduboiii). 20 



bay-breasted (Dendroica caslanea), 20 



black-and-white (Mniotilta varia). 20 



Blackbumian {Dendroica fusca), 20 



blackpol! (Dendroica striata). 20. 391 



black-throated gray (Dendroica nigrescens). 20 



black-throated green (Dendroica virens). 20 



Canada ( Wilsonia canadensis), 20 



Cape May (Dendroica ligrina), 20 



chestnut-sided (Dendroica pensylvanica). 20 



hermit (Dendroica inctdoitahs). 20 



hooded ( Wilsonia citrina), 20 



Kentucky (Oporornis fonnosus). 20 



MacGillivray's (Opororrus tolmiei). 20 



magnolia {Dendroica magnolia). 20 



mourning (Oporomis philadelphui), 20. 391 



myrtle (Dendroica coronata). 20 



Nashville (Vermivora nificapilla). 20 



orange-crowned (Vermtvora celata). 20 



palm, 22 



pine (Dendroica pintis). 20. 22 



Tennessee (Vermivora peregrina). 20 



Townsend's {Dendroica townsendi). 20 



Wilson's (Wilstmia pusilla). 20 



yellow ( Dendroica petechia). 20, 299. 466 



yellow-rumped. 22 

 warbling vireo ( Vtreo gilvus). 20. 231 

 warmoulh iLcpi>niis giilitsiis). 432 

 warty back 



purple (Cyclonaias niberculata). 180 



Ihreeht^m (Obliquana reflexa). ISO 

 Washington state 



breeding seabirds, 43-48 



sea otter {Enhxdra lulns). 354. 355 

 wasp, 161 



Hawaii. 366 



western yellowjacket {Vesputa pensylvanica). 366. 371 

 waterbirds 



avian botulism and. 401-2 



changes in patterns of diseases affecting, 403 



colonial. See colonial waterbirds 

 water development 



Colorado River basin, bonytail and razorback sucker and. 325 



western riparian ecosystems and, 285, 286 

 water flea, spiny (Bythotrephes cederstroemi). 429, 444 

 waterfowl 



avian cholera. 402 



duck plague, 402 , 



monitoring. 15-16 



non-nalive species, 437-38 



translocation diseases. 407 

 Watertowl Parts Collection Suney. northern pintail estimates. 38 

 Waterfowl Protection Areas (WPAs). 302-3 

 water levels. Great Lakes, vegetation and. 247-49 

 watermilfoil. Eurasian {Myriophvllum spicatuni). 237. 430. 443. 



444 

 water quality. See also aquatic ecosystems; environmental quality 



agricultural runofl" and, 270 



clarity, zebra mussel {Drcissena polymorpha) and. 445, 447 



diatoms and, 257-58 



fish habitat change, 141, 143 



habitat change, 146 



Illinois River. 239 



monitonng, 233 



National Water Quality Assessment (NAWQA), 467 



protecting. 146 



protozoa and. 253 



species diversity and, 25 1 



zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) and, 445, 447 

 water supply systems, zebra mussel {Dreissena polymorpha) and. 



446,447 

 waterthrush 



Louisiana (Seiurus motacilla), 390. 391 



northern (Seiurus noveboracensis), 20 

 waterways 



acid deposition (acid rain) and, 418-19 



atmospheric pollution and, 421-23 



damming 

 habitat change and. 234-36. 287. 325 

 water quality and, 51-52 



discharge of PCBs into. 414 



habitat loss, 178 



water-level regulation policies, piping plover and. 78-79 



water quality, diatoms and, 258 

 wattle-necked softshell turtle {Palea sleindachneri). 434 

 wavy-rayed lampmussel (Liimpsilis fasciola). 180 

 waxwing, cedar {Bombycilla cedrorum). 20, 21-22. 23. 299 

 weeds 



aquatic. 429 



temperature change and. 394 

 weevil (Proterhinus sp.), 367 

 west coast, breeding seabirds. 43-48 

 West Dock causeway, andromous fish and, 341 

 western bluebird (Sialia mexicana). 466 



