Rainforests. See Tropical forests (rainforests)
Rancho Nueva (Mexico), 111
Range
of American alligator, 114 (f6.8)
of Lake Erie watersnake, 113f
species range shifts from global warming, 50
Rau, Reinhold, 129
Razorback sucker, 98-99
Recovered species, 15
Recovery
Aleutian Canada goose, 142, 143f, 144t
bald eagles, 142
conservation of listed species, 14
grizzly bear recovery zones, 121, 121 (f7.6)
Karner blue butterfly, range-wide recovery units, 150 (f9.2)
Karner blue butterfly, recovery plan overview, 149t
peregrine falcons, 141-142
wolf recovery areas, 2002, 120f
Recovery plans, 1
Recreation, wildlife as
birding, 169-170
canned hunting, 170
ecotourism, 168-169
expenditures for wildlife-related recreation, 2001, 167f
National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation, 167-168
nonresidential wildlife-activity participants, type of site visited by, 2001, 171 (f11.9)
nonresidential wildlife-activity participants who observed/fed/photographed wildlife, percent of, 2001, 171 (f11.8)
nonresidential wildlife-watching participants by wildlife observed/photographed/fed and place, 2001, 171 (t11.1)
residential wildlife activity participants, percent of total by activity, 2001, 169 (f11.4)
residential wildlife observers, percent of by type of wildlife, 2001, 169 (f11.5)
whale watching, 170
wildlife watchers as percent of U.S. population, by age, 2001, 170 (f11.7)
wildlife watchers as percent of U.S. population, by residence, 2001, 170 (f11.6)
wildlife watching, 168 (f11.3)
wildlife watching: number of people who observed/fed/photographed wildlife, 1980-2001, 168 (f11.2)
Recreational activity, habitat destruction from, 7
Red-cockaded woodpeckers, 136-137
Red pandas, 122
Red wolf
endangered, 119-121
photograph of, 121 (f7.5)
Redwoods
coast redwood trees, 69 (f4.5)
preservation of, 30
Refuge. See National Wildlife Refuge System
Reintroduction
bighorn sheep, 127
California condors, 137
gray wolf, 118-119
Mexican gray wolf, 119
peregrine falcons, 142
red wolves, 120-121
whooping cranes, 138
Reptiles
Asian box turtle, 106f
global warming and temperature-dependent sex determination, 51
leather trade and, 153-154
number threatened, 105
trade of, 154-155
Reptiles, endangered
American alligator, range of, 114 (f6.8)
characteristics of, 109
crocodilians, 114
decline of, 109-110
desert tortoise, 112, 112f
endangered or threatened reptiles, February 2004, 110t
endangered or threatened species, February 2004, 17t
Lake Erie watersnake, historic range on western Basin Lake Erie islands, 113f
Lake Erie watersnake, threats to, 113t
sea turtles, 110-111
snakes and lizards, 112-114
Texas horned lizard, 114 (f6.7)
threatened and endangered animal species found on National Wildlife Refuge System, 2004, 33t
tuatara, 114
turtles, number of leatherback turtles and leatherback remigrants returning to nesting grounds at Sandy Point, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, 1981-97, 111f
Republican Party, 28
Research, medical or scientific animals used in, 159-161
animals used in research, experiments, testing, teaching, fiscal year 2001, 160f
whaling and, 165
Residential wildlife activity participants, percent of total by activity, 2001, 169 (f11.4)
Residential wildlife observers, percent of by type of wildlife, 2001, 169 (f11.5)
Rhino and Tiger Labeling Law, 159
Rhinoceros
African rhinoceros, 125
endangered, 124
Indian rhinoceros, 124
trade of, 161
used in medicine, 156, 159
Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act, 159
Right whale, 101
Rivers
dams and, 85-89
dams and salmon of, 86-87
endangered fish and, 94-95, 97
lake acres/river miles under advisory, 1993-2002, 88 (f5.6)
Robbins' cinquefoil, 67
Royal Bardia National Park (India), 124
Royal Chitwan National Park (India), 124
Russia
Kyoto Protocol and, 52
whaling by, 165
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