486 



Index — Our Living Resources 



atmosphenc carbon fixation, forest cover loss and, 472 



Atnpifx piitula, 220 



Atrytone arogos iowa (arogos skipper). 175 



Airyhmopsis hmimo (savanna skipper i. 232 



AuauLitnu riiralis (stonefly), IH6 



Audubon Christmas Bird Count (CBC). See Christmas Bird Count 



(CBC) 

 Audubuns crested caracara {Caratam plancus aiuiuhonii). in 



Flonda. S2-83 

 Audubon's warbler {Demlnucti mnmaui iiiuliihi'iii). 20 

 auk (Family Alcidae). 50 

 auklet 



Cassin's (Piyihonimplms aleulicus), 46, 51 



crested {Aelitia cristatella). 51 



least \Aerhio piisilla). 5\ 



rhinoceros {Cerorhinea momicerata). 46 

 Aulacoseira sp., 257 



Aureoiaria grandiflora (giant false-foxglove), 231 

 Auriparus flavieep (verdin). 20 

 Aiislurina plci^iala (gray hawk). 67 

 avens. mountain {Geum peckii). 394 



AVHRR (Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer). 464, 473 

 avian diseases. 402. 40.^. 407 



avian botulism. 401-2. 403. 404 



avian cholera. 402. 403. 404 



avian pox virus. 378. 380. 403 



avian tuberculosis. 403. 407 



changes in disease patterns. 401-3 



duck^lague. 402. 403, 407 



habitat change and. 401-4 



Hawaiian bird.s and. 378. 380 



host-agent interactions. 401 



human interactions and. 403-4 



magnitude of losses. 403 



major die-offs. 404 



prevention of. 404 



salmonellosis. 403 



western duck disease. 401 

 avocet. American {Reeunirostra arnericona). 59. 62 

 Aylhya 



affinis (lesser scaup). 19, 35. 36. 237 



aimncumi (redhead). 35. 36. 266. 275-77 



collaris (nng-necked duck). 35. 36. 266. 420 



mania (greater scaup). 35. 36 



valistneriu (canvasback). 16. 35. 40-42. 236. 237. 23S. 266 



Babbitt. Bruce. Q 



badger. American {Toxidea taxus\ 108-9 



badlands bighorn sheep {Ovis canadensis audohonii). 332 



Baird's sandpiper {CaHdris bairdU). 59. 62 



Baird's sparrow {Animodianms hairdii). 21. 299. 303 



Balaena mystiectus (bowhead whale). 95, 96 



baldcypress (Taxodium disiichum), 216 



bald eagle {Haliaeetus leiicocephalus). 16. 44. 66-67. 243. 309. 



387, 389, 415. -/66 



causes of death. 68 



eggshell thickness. 413 



persistent contaminants and. 413 



wintering. Colorado River comdor, 328-30 

 Bald Eagle Protection Act (1940). 66 

 ballast water discharge, non-native species and. 429 

 Baltimore onole (Icterus galbula). 21 

 banana poka {Passiflora mollissima). 370 

 band-tailed pigeon (Columha fasciata). 19. 322 

 bandwing grasshopper {Pardalophora haldemant). 164 

 Banff National Park, 99 

 bank swallow [Ripana nparia). 20. 299 

 Baptisa ausinilis (fabaceae). 203 



Barbary dove (ringed turtle-dove) Strepiopelia hsoria. 438 

 barbel iBarhus barhus). 241 



Barbour's map turtle {Grapteniys harhouri). 1 19. 120 

 Barhus barhus (barbel). 241 

 bark ancle [Anolis distichus), 434 

 barking frog {Hylactophryne augiisti). 320 

 bam owl iTyio alba). 67. 231 

 bam swallow ifiirundo ruslica). 20. 299 

 barred owl (Strix varia). 67. 387 

 barred sand bass {Paralahrax nebulifer), 410 

 bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica). 62 

 Barton Springs salamander (Eurycea sosorum). 125 

 Barirunua longicauda (upland sandpiper). 79, 58-59. 62, 297. 299. 



303 

 basidiomycetes (false truffles), 193 

 Basiliscus vitiaius (brown basilisk). 434 



basilisk, brown [Basthsi.ui. viuaius). 434 

 bass. 145 



barred sand (Paralahrax nehulifer). 410 



Flonda largemouth (Mieropterus sahmnde\ flondanus). 148 



Guadalupe (Micropteriis ireeuli). 147 



kelp (Paralahrax clalhralus). 41 1 



largemouth (Micropterus salnnndes). 148. 240, 261. 432 



northern largemouth (Micropterus salmoides salmoides). 148 



rock (Ambloplites rupestris). 261. 432 



smallmouth {Micropterus dolomieu), 147, 261 . 4!9. 432 



spotted (Micropterus pundulalus). 147, 432 



striped (Morone saxaiilis). 261. 262. 263. 265. 432 



white (Morone chrysops). 261, 263. 432 

 bat 



gray (Myolis griscsvens). 176 



Indiana (Myolis sodahs). 97-9S. 176 



Mexican long-tongued iChoenmvctcns nwxicana). 320 



red (Lasiurus borealis). 320 



Sanborn's long-nosed iLeptonycicris sanbonii). 320 



southeastern (Myotis auslronparius). 176 

 Batrachoseps 



pacificus (Pacific slender salamander). 466 



stebhinsi (Tehachapi slender salamander). 466 

 bay anchovy (Anchoa mitchilli). 261, 262 

 bay-breasted warbler (Dendrotca castanea). 20 

 BBIRD. See Breeding Biology Research and Monitoring Database 



(BBIRD) 

 BBS. See Breeding Bird Survey (BBS); Bureau of Biological 



Survey (BBS) 

 beaked whale, 94 



beakgrain (Diarrhena aincricana ohovata). 209 

 bear 



b\zck{Ursusamcruanus). 100-102, lOM. 322 



brown (Ursus arcios). 104. 337. 33S. 340 



Florida i Ursus americanus floridanus). 102 



gnzzly (Ursus arcios). 103-5. 228. 229. 312. 313. 320, 321. 338. 



347. 358 



Kodiak brown (Ursus arcios mnldendoiffi). 349-50 



Louisiana {Ursus americanas luleolus), 102 



polar ( Ursus mahiimus). 338. 35 1 -53 

 bearded seal (Erignaihus harbatus). 351 

 Beaufort Sea 



anadronious fish. 341-43 



polar bear ( Ursus maritimus ). 35 1 -53 

 bee. 161 



African (Apis mellifera sculellala). 448 



Africanized honeybee (ABB). 448-51 



bumble. 450 



European honeybee (EHB). 448-51 



honeybee (Apis mellifera). 85 



Italian honeybee (Apis mellifera liguslica). 448 

 beetle 



American burying (Nicrophorus amencanus). 232 



Coleoptera, 161 



Plagiihmysus. 367 

 Bell's vireo (Vlreo hellii). 231. 466 

 belted kingfisher (Ceryle alcyon). 420 

 benthic algae. 255 



Bering Island. Russia, sea otter (Enhydra lutris), 354. 355 

 Bessc\a hullii (kitten-tails). 231 

 Bewick's wren (Thryomanes bewickii), 20 

 Big Creek Reserve. University of Califomia. 169-70 

 bighead carp (Aristichrhys nobilis). 432 

 bighom sheep 



Ovis canadensis. 309. 332-33, 407 

 badlands (Ovis canadensis audohonii), 332 

 Califomia (Ovis canadensis califomiana). 332 

 desert 

 Ovis canadensis cremnobates. 334 

 Ovis canadensis mexicana, 320. 334. 335 

 Ovis canadensis nelsoni. 309, 320. 332. 333-35 

 restoration of. 332-33 

 in Rocky Mountain national parks, 332-33 

 Rocky Mountain (Ovis canadensis canadensis). 332 

 translocations. 332-33 

 bigmouth rocksnail (Lepioxis occuliata). 251 

 big sagebrush scrub, 465 



Big Spring spinedace (Lepidomeda mollispinis pratensis). 150 

 Bill Williams River. 287 

 biodiversity. See also genetic diversity; species diversity 



altered. Colorado River Basin. 151-52 



conserving. 6-7 



coral reef ecosystems. 283 



defined. 6 



