Index - D

Dams
     effect of, 86-87
     foreign, 88-89
     freshwater mussels decline from, 92
     habitat destruction from, 7
     primary purpose of/benefit of, 88 (f5.7)
     removal of, 87-88
     snail darter and, 99-100
     success of/decline of, 85-86

Daniel Boone National Forest (Kentucky), 136-137

DDT (dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane)
     bald eagles and, 142
     birds and, 132
     peregrine falcon and, 141-142
     use of, 81

Death Valley National Park (CA), 30

Debris, marine, 84, 85t

Deep-sea harvesting, 90

Defenders of Wildlife, 118-119

Deforestation
     amphibian decline from habitat destruction, 107
     birds threatened by, 131-132
     in Mexico, monarch butterflies and, 146
     primates and, 127
     results of, 69
     of tropical forests, 70, 71
     U.S. endangered forests and, 72
     See also Logging

Deformities
     amphibian, 107-108
     frog with deformities, 108 (f6.2)

Democratic Republic of Congo, 127

Dengue fever, 47

Desert tortoise
     Habitat Conservation Plan for, 20
     photograph of, 112f
     threatened, 112

Desert yellowhead, 67

Detergents, 132

Developed countries, 52

Developing countries, 52

Devers, Patrick K., 7

Devonian period
     amphibians from, 105
     mass extinction after, 1

Dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane. See DDT

Diclofenac, 139-141

Diseases
     amphibian, 107
     bird deaths from, 134
     brucellosis, 128
     global warming and, 46, 47
     Hawaiian honeycreepers and, 138-139
     metabolic bone disease, 155

Dolphins
     endangerment of, 102
     ocean dumping and debris, 84
     tuna fishing and, 163
     Yangtze River dolphin, 88

Domestic cat
     feral cats in Australia, 116
     security of population, 122
     threat to birds, 132-133

Down-listed species, 15

Drift nets, 90, 103

Drilling. See Oil drilling

Dwyer, William, 137