Background rate, 1
Baker, C. Scott, 165
Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan, 136
Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act, 162
Bald eagle
illegal trade of feathers, 161-162
photograph of, 142f
recovery of, 142
Bald Eagle Protection Act of 1940, 142
Balsam-wooly adelgid, 150
Bamboo, 121, 122
Barbados, 160
Barton Springs salamander, 108
Baum, Julia, 100-101
Beaches, 110
Bears
encounters with humans, 115
endangered, 121
grizzly bear recovery zones, 121 (f7.6)
pandas, 121-122
trade of, 162
Beetle, Ohlone tiger, 149
Beetles, spruce bark, 51
Belize, ecotourism in, 169
Bengal tiger, 123
Benke, Arthur, 85
Bieberstein Koch-Weser, Maritta von, 115
Big cats. See Cats
Big Five, 1
Bighorn sheep, 127
Biodiversity
Center for Biological Diversity, 147, 149
decreases from global warming, 48, 50-51
ecosystem approaches to conservation and, 80
Endangered Species Act and, 23
of forests, 68-69
protected areas for, 38
reasons to save endangered species, 4-5
of tropical forests, 69-70
United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, 34
Biological indicator species
amphibians as, 106
butterflies as, 145
importance of, 5-6
Biomagnification
of mercury in food chain, 85f
of pesticides, 81
Biopesticides, 146-147
Bird trapping, 155-156
Birding, 168, 169-170
BirdLife International, 131-132, 139
Birds
Aleutian Canada geese wintering areas in California, 1975-2000, peak counts of, 143f
Aleutian Canada goose, 142
Aleutian Canada goose population, decline/recovery of, 144t
bald eagle, 142, 142f
condors, captively bred, 138 (f8.2)
DDT harm to, 81
endangered, 134-141
endangered or threatened bird species, February 2004, 17t, 135t
Exxon Valdez oil spill, bird cleaned after, 133f
feather trade and, 153, 154
Galapagos Islands oil spill and, 84
Hawaiian forest birds, alien plants known or suspected to pose significant threat to, 2003, 141t
Hawaiian forest birds, federally listed endangered species of, 2003, 140t
invasive species and, 8
National Wildlife Refuges and, 26
peregrine falcon, 141-142
as reptiles, 109
scarlet macaw, 155f
threatened and endangered, 131
threatened and endangered animal species found on National Wildlife Refuge System, 2004, 33t
threats to, 131-134
trade in U.S., 161-162
trade of, countries involved in, 162-163
trade of, illegal, 155-156
trade, profits to be made in rare-bird trade, 156t
whooping crane, 138 (f8.3)
whooping crane migration routes and nonessential experimental population area, 2002, 139f
Birdwatchers, 131
Bison (buffalo), 128, 128f
Black bears
encounters with humans, 115
endangered, 121
trade of, 162
Black-capped vireo, 136
Black-footed ferret
decline of, 116-117
photograph of, 117f
Black guillemot, 50
Black rhinoceros, 125
Blackburn's sphinx moth
endangered species listing, 147
host plants and, current/historic distribution, 150 (f9.3)
potential non-native insect predators/parasites, 152 (t9.4)
Blue whale, 101
BNP Petroleum, 111
Boa constrictors, 155
Boats, 102
Bog plants, 78
Bogs, 78
Bonn Convention (Convention on Migratory Species of Wild Animals), 37-38
Boreal forests (taiga), 69
Botswana, 164
Botulism, 134
Brazil
ecotourism in, 169
endangered birds in, 131
primates of, 127
Breeding
calving locations of radio-collared female caribou during 1983-99, 39f
Florida panther, 122-123
North American Breeding Bird Survey, 135-136
primates for science and research, 160-161
quagga, 129
wolf breeding pairs in Northern Rocky Mountain states, 1979-2002, 119f
See also Captive breeding; Nesting habitat
Bring Back the Buffalo! (Callenbach), 128
Bronx Zoo (NY), 39-40
"brood parasites", 136
Brown bears, 162
Brown-headed cowbirds, 136
Brown pelican, 134
Brown tree snake, 133
Brucellosis, 128
Bruning, Don, 133
Bt corn, 147
Buffalo (bison), 128, 128f
Bunched cory cactus, 67
Bush, George H.W., 51-52
Bush, George W.
"Healthy Forest Initiative", 72
Kyoto Protocol and, 52
Missouri River issue and, 97
oil drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and, 28
Tongass National Forest logging and, 73
Bush meat, 159
Butterflies, endangered
Blackburn's sphinx moth, 147
global warming and, 50
as indicator species, 145
Karner blue butterfly, 147
monarch butterfly, 145-147
Sacramento Mountains checkerspot butterfly, 147
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