Our Livini^ Resources — Index 



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,\f\rn>plnHiim. spuiiiuni (Eurasian walcniiiitoil). 237. 430. 443. 



444 

 mynle warbler (Dendroica coromiia). 20 

 Mynlicola onenhilis). 429 

 Mylilu.'s 



cdlifomiiiniis. 40S-9 



edulis, 408-9 



trossiihi.\. 408-9 



NABA (North American Butterfly Association). 171 

 NADP (National Atmospheric Deposition Program). 228 

 Nankoweap Creek, wmtering bald eagles {Haliaeeius leuco- 



(f/j/w/wi). 328. 329 

 narrow-headed garter snake [Thomnophis rufipuncfatiis), 'ill, 328 

 narrow-mouthed toad. Great Plains iGnsfrophvnte olivacea). 320 

 NASA. See National Aeronautics and Space Administration 



(NASA) 

 Nash\ ille WcU'bler ( Vennivora rufieaptUa). 20 

 Nassau grouper tEpinephehis '^rniilus). 282 

 National Academy of Sciences. 456 

 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 



Landsat MultLspectral Scanner (MSS). 470-71. 472 



Landsat satellite mapping. 463, 467-68. 473 



Mission to Planet Earth. Earth Observing System. 473 

 National Air Quality Research Program, National Biological 



Service (NBSl. 

 228 



National Atmosphenc Deposition Program (NADP). 228 

 National Audubon Society. 5 



Chnstmas Bird Coum (CBC). \5. 17. 21-23. 50. 53. 58. 64. 386. 



389, 437 



colonial waterbird protection. 53 

 National Benthic Sur\eillance Project. 408 

 National Biological Ser\ice (NBS). 4. 5. 271. 385 



amphibian population monitonng. I IS 



Gap Analysis Program (GAP). 462. 465. 467. 473 



Great Lakes Science Center. 242 



history of. 7-9 



name change. 9 



National Air Quality Research Program. 228 



non-native species monitonng. 431 



Southeastern Biological Science Center (SBSC). 445 



Southern Science Center. 270. 271. 276 



wetlands definition. 474 

 National Biological Sur\ey (NBS) 



created. 9 



name change, 9 

 National Contaminant Biomonitoring Program, 413 

 National Council of the Pulp and Paper Industry for Air and Stream 

 Improvement, 217 



National Ecology Research Center, 425 

 National Gap Analysis Program (GAP). See Gap Analysis Program 



(GAP) 

 National Insect Collection, National Museum of Natural History. 



162 

 National List of Plan! Speeies That Oeciir in Wetlands, 474 

 National Marine Fisheries Senice (NMFS). 5. 94-96 

 National Migratory Bird Harvest information Program. 71 

 National Museum of Natural History. National Insect Collection. 



162 

 National Natural History Museum, protozoa. 253 

 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 5. 94. 



96. 269-70 



Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR), 469. 473 



Coastal Change Analysis Program (C-CAP). 468 



National Benthic Surveillance Project, 408 



National Status and Trends (NS&T) Program. 408-1 1 



Sanctuanes and Reserves Division. 279 

 national parks 



air quality in. 228 



non-native species, 440 



vegetation change in, 224-28 

 National Park Service (NPS). 113. 400 

 National Park Service (NPS) Organic Act. 228 

 National Science Foundation (NSF). 193 

 National Status and Trends (NS&T) Program, 408-1 1 



Mussel Watch Project, 408 

 National Tropical Botanical Garden. 202 

 National Water Quality Assessment (NAWQA). 258, 467 

 National Wetlands Inventory, 4, 5, 207, 270. 290. 462. 463. 474, 

 475 



wetland functions and values, 475 

 National Wetlands Research Center, 276 

 National Wildlife Health Center (NWHC). 401-4 



national wildlife refuge system, dabbling ducks and, 37 

 National Wild Turkey Federation, 71 

 Native Americans 



Inupial Eskimos. 341 



whale harvesting rules. 95 



Yupik Natives. 32 

 Native Fish Work Group, 326 

 Natural Heritage Network. 5. 2IS. 219. 394. 400 



Central Scientific Databases, 206 

 Natural Heritage Programs. 200. 206-7. 39S 

 Natural Resource Conservation Service. 5 

 Nature Conservancy. 4. 1 18. 1 19. 190. 206-8. 392. 398. 399. 463 



science regions. 219 

 Nature Consenancy/Natural Heritage Network classification sys- 

 tem. 219 

 navigation channels, wetland loss and. 270 

 navigation dams, habitat change and. 234-36 

 NAWQ.\. See National Water Quality Assessment (NAWQA) 

 NBS, See National Biological Service (NBS); National Biological 



Survey (NBS) 

 necrotic enteritis, 404 

 needlegrass grasslands, valley, 465 

 needleleaf forest. 469 

 Nemoeapnia caroHna (stoneflyl, 185, 186 

 Nemoitra trispmosa (stonefly). 186 

 nene (Hawaiian goose) (Branta sandweensis). 377, 379 

 Neoperia elymene (stonefly), 186 

 Neopkmorbis, 249. 250 



earinanis. 251 



snuthi, 251 



timtiUus. 251 



umbilieaius. 251 

 Neotropical migrants. 298 



brown-headed cow bird {Molothrus ater) and. 299 



climate change and. 391 



population trends. IS. 89 

 Nesiomiris (leaf bug). 367 



nesting behavior, Arctic geese, global climate change and. 388 

 nest success 



birds, 25 



canvasbacks, 41 



ducks. Prairie Pothole region, 36-37, 300-302 

 Neviusia spp. (snow-wreath). 202 

 Newcastle disease. 404. 407 

 Newell's shearwater [Puffinus newelii). 377, 379 

 New Jersey tea [Ceanothus ameneanus). 231 

 News of The Lepidopterists' Sociery-. 168 

 Wi'wi.sXn'^diNotophthabnusperstriatHS). 129, 130 

 New York 



moss. 209-10 



plant waifs. 209 



vascular plants. 209-10 

 New York State Geological and Natural History Survey. 209 

 New York State Heritage Program. 210 

 New York State Museum (NYSM), 209. 260. 261 

 Nezara viridula (southern green stink bug), 366 

 Nicrophonts americanus (American burying beetle). 232 

 nighthawk 



common (Chordeiles minor). 19 



lesser (Chordeiles aeutipennis), 19 

 night-heron, biack-crowned (Nycticorax nycticorax), 54, 55 

 night-light counts, of Amencan alligator {Alligator 



mississippiensis) in. 

 127 



night lizard, granite {Xaniusia henshawi). 466 

 Nihoa finch {Telespyza ultima). 377 

 Nihoa millerbird {Acrocephalus familiaris kingi). 377 

 nitrogen 



atmospheric deposition of, 421-22 



deposition, subalpine tree growth and, 316 



fertilizer, 424 

 NOAA. See National Oceanic and Atmosphenc Administration 



(NOAA) 

 noddy. Hawaiian (Anous minutus melanogenys). 377, 379 

 Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 



1990,428.445 

 nonindigenous species. See non-native species 

 non-native species. 427-59 



Africanized bees, 448-51 



algae. 444 



American Somoa, 433 



amphibians. 433-36 



aquarium industry and. 429 



aquatic. 428-30, 443 



