Iceland, 165
Idaho
Northern Idaho ground squirrel, 117, 118f, 118t
wolf breeding pairs in northern Rocky Mountain states, 1979-2002, 119f
wolf recovery areas, 2002, 120f
wolf reintroduction in, 119
Iguanas
of Galapagos Islands, 84
trade of, 155
Illinois, extinct species in, 2t
Inbreeding
cheetahs, 124
Florida panthers, 122
Siberian tigers, 123
Incidental take permit, 15-16
India
elephants in, 164
endangered birds in, 131
rhinoceros of, 124
Indian Ocean, 165
Indian rhinoceros, 124
Indiana, extinct species in, 2t
Indonesia
bird trade in, 156
endangered birds in, 131
primate trade ban in, 160
reptiles of, 114
rhinoceros of, 124
tigers of, 123
wildlife trade in, 162
Industrial melanism, 145
Industrial Revolution, 41
Industrialized nations, 52
Insects
global warming and, 51
number of species counted, 2
threat to forests, 72
Insects, endangered
Blackburn's sphinx moth/host plants, current/historic distribution of, 150 (f9.3)
Blackburn's sphinx moth, potential nonnative insect predators/parasites of, 152 (t9.4)
butterflies as indicator species, 145
butterflies/moths, 145-147
endangered or threatened species, February 2004, 18t
endangered/threatened, February 2004, 146t
Hine's emerald dragonfly, 149-150
Karner blue butterfly, life history stages of, 148f
Karner blue butterfly, Michigan imperiled species associated with habitats of, 151t
Karner blue butterfly, range-wide recovery units for, 150 (f9.2)
Karner blue butterfly recovery plan overview, 149t
overview of, 145
Santa Cruz Mountain, 147, 149
Santa Cruz Mountains, summary of threats to insects/plants in, 152 (t9.5)
threatened and endangered animal species found on National Wildlife Refuge System, 2004, 33t
Interagency Ecosystem Management Task Force, 29
Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee, 121
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 42, 45-46
International Dolphin Conservation Act, 102
The International Ecotourism Society (TIES), 168-169
International efforts
conservation, 31, 34, 36-38
global warming, 51-53
International Fund for Animal Welfare, 170
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. See World Conservation Union
International Union for the Protection of Nature, 11
International Whaling Commission (IWC)
establishment of, 11
issues of, 165-166
Japan and, 162
moratorium on whale hunting, 101
Inuits of Alaska, 165, 166
Invasive species
amphibian decline from, 107
aquatic, 90-91
birds threatened by, 133
endangered mammals from, 116
examples of, 2004, 8t
impact of, 9f
invasive insects/plants, threat to forests, 72
species endangerment from, 8-9
Invasive Species Council, 8-9
Invertebrate species, 14-15
Iowa, extinct species in, 2t
IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), 42, 45-46
Ireland, Laura J., 170
Island species, 132
See also Hawaii
IUCN. See World Conservation Union
1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants (World Conservation Union), 55-58
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (World Conservation Union), 2-3
2003 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (World Conservation Union)
birds report in, 131
on endangered amphibians, reptiles, 105
on endangered mammals, 115-116
fish report in, 93
on insects, endangered/threatened, 145
2000 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (World Conservation Union) on invasive species, 8
2003 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (World Conservation Union) plant findings in, 58-61
2000 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (World Conservation Union) on trade of wildlife, 153
Ivory-billed woodpecker, 137
Ivory trade
CITES listing status of African elephants, 164
controversy over, 125, 126
elephants as priority species and, 161
IWC. See International Whaling Commission
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