Union-Endicott High School Library

Biodiversity Loss: Cascade Effects; Keystone Species
www.igc.org/wri/biodiv/cascade.html

Biodiversity and Conservation: A Hypertext Book:  Introduction
http://darwin.bio.uci.edu/~sustain/bio65/lec01/b65lec01.htm

Conservation Ecology: The Relations Among Threatened Species, Their Protection, and Taboos...
For the advanced student.  May be a bit technical for some, but fascinating nonetheless....
 

Keystone Species Ecosystem Links

Oregon Wild Atlas
http://www.onrc.org/info/atlas/index.html
Salmon, Elk, Pileated Woodpecker

Keystone Species

Alligators

Alligators: Everglades National Park
http://www.nps.gov/ever/eco/gator.htm

Crocodiles and Alligators Overview
http://www.fpl.com/environment/endangered/contents/crocodiles_and_alligators_overview.shtml#TopOfPage

American Alligator
http://www.eparks.org/marine_and_coastal/marine_wildlife/alligator.asp

AgriGator Alligator Web Page
http://AgriGator.ifas.ufl.edu/gators/

Bats

THE BATS OF INDIA
http://www.batcon.org/batsmag/v13n2-5.html

Nature Notes - Bats: Learning To Love Them
http://wildwnc.org/natnotes/bats.html

Bison

NSF PR 98-25: Bison Grazin Increases Biodiversity in Grasslands
http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/news/press/pr9825.htm

Bringing back the bison, bringing back an entire way of life...
http://darwin.bio.uci.edu/~sustain/global/sensem/ohara97.htm

Elephants

Elephants as a Keystone Species
http://www.nczooeletrack.org/elephants/keystone.html

Gopher Tortoise

Gopher Tortoise Conservation
http://www.tortoise.org/archives/gopher.html

Gopher Tortoise Fact Sheet
http://www.uga.edu/srel/gopher.htm

Gopherus polyphemus (Gopher Tortoise): Narrative
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/gopherus/g._polyphemus$narrative.html

Grizzly Bear

Grizzly Bear Recovery in the Greater Salmon-Selway Ecosystem
http://www.wildrockies.org/ActivOrg/AWR/AWRnews/Networkr/Nwork7.3/NW_griz.html

Grizzly Bear and Black Bear Ecology
http://www.nrmsc.usgs.gov/research/grizzlyb.htm

Groundhog

Groundhog Facts
 http://www.news.cornell.edu/Chronicle/96/2.1.96/facts.html

Kangaroo Rats

ESRP_Endangered_Species_Profiles
http://arnica.csustan.edu/ESRPP/eslist.htm
Several varieties of kangaroo rats listed here.

Kangaroo Rats (DesertUSA)
http://www.desertusa.com/aug96/du_krat.html

Pileated Woodpeckers

The Pileated Woodpecker
From John James Audubon's Birds of America

Pileated Woodpecker
http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/i4050id.html

Prairie Dogs

Prairie Dog Facts
http://www.mesc.usgs.gov/resources/spotlight/prairiedogs/pdog_facts.asp

Keystone Species
http://www.prairiedogs.org/keystone.html

Prairie Dog Information
http://www.prairiedog.info/keystone_species.htm

Sea Otters

Friends of the Sea Otter
http://www.seaotters.org/

Alaska Dept. of Fish & Game's Wildlife Notebook Series: Sea Otter
http://www.state.ak.us/local/akpages/FISH.GAME/notebook/marine/seaotter.htm

Salmon
Salmon: Keystone of the Coast
http://www.savethegreatbear.org/CAD/Salmon.htm

Tidepool/Salmon Nation Special Report
http://www.tidepool.org/findings/salmon.depend.cfm

Starfish

Natural Perspective: Starfish (Class: Asteroidea)
http://www.perspective.com/nature/animalia/starfish.html

Sealife Survey: Common Starfish
http://www.marlin.ac.uk/Sealifesurvey/SLS_Astrub.htm

Mound-building Termites in Africa
Termites of Africa
http://www.wildwatch.com/resources/other/termites.asp

Mighty Termites
http://www.planet-pets.com/plntterm.htm

Wolves
 International Wolf Center
http://www.wolf.org/wolf/

Wolf Reintroduction
http://biology.kenyon.edu/stures/compsbergdahl/keystone.html

Plants

Fig Trees
Our Precious Planet-Nature's Web
http://www.time.com/time/reports/planet/nature2.html

Research on Parasitic Hymenoptera and General Insect Diversity
http://www.museums.org.za/sam/collect/life/ento/simon/hymen.htm

Saguaro Cactus

Saguaro Cactus (DesertUSA)
http://www.desertusa.com/july96/du_saguaro.html

Saguaro National Park
http://www.saguaro.national-park.com/

General Animal Links

Animal Diversity Web
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/index.html

Animals Around the World
http://www.chicojr.chico.k12.ca.us/staff/gray/animals.HTML

Cyber Zoomobile Animal Links
http://www.primenet.com/~brendel/animal.html

Desert Animals
http://www.desertusa.com/animal.html

Monterey Bay Aquarium
http://www.mbayaq.org/index.htm

National Audubon Society
http://www.audubon.org

NetVet Electronic Zoo
http://netvet.wustl.edu/e-zoo.htm

National Wildlife Federation
http://www.nwf.org

Reptile Page
http://www.snakesandreptiles.com

The San Diego Zoo
http://www.sandiegozoo.org/

Sea World
http://www.seaworld.org/

ZooNet
http://www.zoonet.org

ENDANGERED SPECIES

EE-Link Endangered Species
http://eelink.net/EndSpp/

Endangered Species in the National Parks
 http://www.nature.nps.gov/wv/es.htm

Endangered Species Site of the US Fish and Wildlife Service
http://endangered.fws.gov/index.html

General Plant Links

Desert Plants
http://www.desertusa.com/flora.html

Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan
http://www.co.pima.az.us/cmo/sdcp2/fsheets/key/key.html