The Kingdom of Rarities (43 page)

Ants,
192

‘apapanes,
190
,
205

Aplomado falcon,
156
–
157

Archery,
245
,
252

Arctic lemming,
85

Arfak Mountains,
40

Armadillos,
170
,
173
.
See also
Giant armadillo

Aryal, Ram Kumar,
123

Asexual reproduction,
101

Asner, Greg,
65
–
66
,
80

Assamese macaque,
254

Au Sable River,
99

Australia,
101
,
110

Avian malaria,
194
,
204
–
205

Avian pox,
194
,
201
–
203

Avocado,
142
–
143

Bacteria, as invasive species,
182

Bahadur, Gyan,
1
–
2
,
117
,
120

Bahamas,
91
–
92
,
95
–
96

Baltzer, Mike,
223

Bamboo,
224

Bandicoots,
174

Bantengs,
232
,
236
–
237

Bardia National Park,
129
,
144
–
146

Barking deer,
220

Barnes, Burton,
98

Beagle
(HMS),
16
–
17

Bearded vultures,
249
–
250

Bears,
104
,
133
,
165
,
174

Beavers,
143

Beck, Harald,
78

Beebe, William,
244
,
266

Beehler, Bruce,
12
,
21
,
51
–
52
.
See also
Foja Mountains

Berlepsch's six-wired birds of paradise,
30
–
31

Bhellur,
2
–
3
,
139
–
144

Bhutan

as conservation success,
11

Manas National Park and,
246
–
258

map of,
243
f

mountainous regions of,
258
–
267

Bhutanese National Highway,
249

Birds.
See also Specific birds

adaptive radiation in,
34

in Cuba,
9

of Foja Mountains,
29
–
35

of rain forest,
51
–
52

Birds of New Guinea
(Beehler and Pratt),
21
,
33

Birds of paradise,
30
–
31
,
33
–
35
,
43
–
44

Birendra (King of Nepal),
115
,
147

Black Mountains,
255
,
262

Black sicklebill,
28
,
32
,
43

Blackbuck antelope,
145

Black-necked crane,
260
–
261
,
261
f

Blood, analysis of,
93
–
94
,
138

Bloody Bay poison frog,
8

Bocetti, Carol,
90
,
97
–
98
,
109

Body size,
118

Borneo rain forests,
72
–
73

Bote people,
132

Bowerbird, golden-fronted,
23
,
30
–
31
,
32
,
42
–
43

Brach, Tara,
253
–
254
,
259
,
264

Brazil,
152
,
168
.
See also
Cerrado

Brazil nuts,
81

Brazilian merganser,
155
–
156

Breeding calls,
59

Breeding displays,
32
–
33

Breeding success, dominance and,
137
–
139

Bristly rabbit,
127

Brown, Peter,
60
–
61

Brown-headed cowbirds,
105
–
108
,
111

Bruce, Craig,
235
–
237

Buddhism,
11
,
244
,
252
–
254
,
259
–
260
,
262
,
268

Buffalo bird,
106

Buffer zones,
227
–
228
,
230

Bushmeat,
217
–
218

Butterflies,
45
–
46

Cacao,
177

California-Mexico coastal region,
102

Cambodia,
208
,
209
f,
231
–
239

Camera traps,
58
,
222
–
223
,
235
–
236

Cannibalism,
21

Cape region of South Africa,
102
–
103
,
110

Capped langur,
254

Captive breeding programs,
202
–
203

Capture-and-release,
144
–
146
,
147
,
229

Capybara,
74

Carbon enrichment,
94

Cat Loc,
223
,
225
,
227

Cat Tien National Park,
222
–
223
,
225
,
227
–
229

Caterpillars,
89
,
112

Cattle,
171
,
187

Cave paintings,
126

Cerrado.
See also
Emas National Park; Serra da Canastra National Park

agriculture and,
170
–
172
,
176
–
178

overview of,
152
–
154
,
154
f

Chana,
235
–
236

Chaperones,
246
,
247

Chevron pipeline,
47

Chilean Matorral,
102

Chitwan National Park,
1
–
2
,
118
–
122
,
129
,
130
–
137
.
See also
Nepal

Chitwan Valley,
126
–
129

Civets,
216
–
217

Civil unrest.
See
Human conflict

Clermonita pyrularia
,
190

Climate change,
9
–
10
,
113
–
114
,
194
–
195
,
204
–
205

Climate refugia,
103

Cluster bombs,
239

Cock-of-the-rock,
13
–
14
,
13
f

Coffee,
217

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor,
180
–
181

Colinvaux, Paul,
55
,
64

Colombia,
9

Commodity pricing,
152

Common langur,
254

Communication,
121
,
132

Community ecology, rarity in,
5

Compassion,
260

Competition,
117
,
179
–
180

Cones, jack pine,
98

Conflict.
See
Human conflict Connectivity,
81

Conservation International,
51
–
52

Conservation programs,
242
–
243
,
268

Conservation regions,
80

Conservation trust funds,
243
,
246

Convergence,
174

Cook, James,
196

Coolidge, Harold J. Jr.,
211

Cope's rule,
124

Cortisol,
175
–
176

Countryside biogeography,
153
,
177

Cowbirds,
105
–
108
,
111

Cox, Nick,
231
,
237

Crab-eating fox,
175

Cranes,
260
–
262
,
261
f

Craven, Ian,
21
,
40

Crows,
202
–
203

Crusoe, Robinson,
16
,
41

Cuba,
9
,
37

Cuban crocodile,
9

Cuc Phong National Park,
215
–
218

Cuckoos,
265

Curassows,
166
,
174

Cuvier, Georges,
221

Cycads,
103

Darwin, Charles,
16
–
18

Dawn redwood,
103

Deer,
127
,
136
,
220
,
234
,
236
,
264

Defoe, Daniel,
16

Defoliant,
223
–
225

Dehorning,
145

Density,
4
,
54

Diamond, Jared,
23
,
32
,
40
–
41
,
46
–
47

Dinosaur ecosystem,
181

Dioxin,
224

Dipteryx
tree,
69

Diseases

dioxin and,
223
–
224

as invasive species,
182
,
194
,
201
–
203
,
204
–
205

rhinoceros and,
128

Vietnam and,
221

Dispersal,
181

DNA analysis, of dung,
62

Dogs,
267

Dominance, breeding success and,
137
–
139

Downgrading, trophic,
77

Drainage, Kirtland's warbler and,
88
,
98

Droppings,
2
–
3
,
62
,
139
–
144
,
158

Dudhwa National Park,
147

Dung,
2
–
3
,
62
,
139
–
144
,
158

Dürer, Albrecht,
116

Dzongs,
244
,
250
,
252

Eagles,
251

Eastern hemlock,
100

Echidnas,
39
–
40
,
46
,
174

Ecosystem engineers,
78
,
118
,
139
–
144

Eden, Garden of,
52

Edwards Plateau (Texas),
104

Eld's deer,
234
,
236

‘Elepaio,
188

Elephant grass,
125
,
135

Elephants,
121
–
122
,
132
,
143

Elevation,
35
,
42

Eluthera Island,
91
–
92

Emas National Park,
153
,
154
f,
157
–
158
,
160
–
168

Empty forest syndrome,
217
–
218

Endemism,
17
,
20
,
183

Endrigo, Edson,
154
f–155

Escape behavior,
182

Estes, James,
77

Evening grosbeaks,
99

Everett, Michael,
30

Evolution,
17
–
19
,
45

Exclusion studies,
142
–
143

Exotic species.
See
Invasive exotic species

Extinction, rate of,
5
–
6

Extreme habitat fidelity

adaptation to change and,
105
,
110

animals and,
103
–
105

Kirtland's warbler and,
84
–
88

natural selection and,
100
–
101

plants and,
101
–
103

Falcons,
156
–
157

Fear,
32
–
33
,
45

Feces,
2
–
3
,
62
,
139
–
144
,
158

Feeding behaviors, specialized,
163
–
164

Female mortality,
118
,
131

Fidelity.
See
Extreme habitat fidelity

Fighting, breeding success and,
137
–
139

Figs,
237
–
238
,
255
–
256

Finches,
184

Fire,
92
,
98
–
103
,
164
–
166

Firecrown hummingbird,
15
–
18
,
34

Fitness,
17

Flannery, Tim,
37
,
39
,
260

Flightless species,
181
–
182
,
196
–
197

Floodplain specialists,
117
,
126
–
127
,
135
,
136
–
137

Floodplains,
59
–
60

Flycatchers,
228

Flying fingerprints,
94

Foja Mountains

animals of,
37
–
40

birds of,
29
–
35