The Kingdom of Rarities (44 page)

conclusions about expedition to,
42
–
47

description of expedition,
26
–
29

geologic history of,
29
–
30

planning expedition to,
22
–
26
,
25
f

plants of,
35
–
37

seclusion and,
40
–
41

Food pyramid,
55

Foresight,
11

Forest Code (Brazil),
152
,
178

Forest structure,
65
–
68
,
80
,
139
–
144

Forsyth, Adrian,
72
,
80

Foster, Robin,
71
,
73

Fragmentation,
56
–
57

Friaje,
75

Frogs,
8
,
45
–
46

Fruit,
140
–
141

Fruit flies,
66
–
67
,
184
–
185
,
192
–
193

Fugitive species,
105

Functional equivalence, theory of,
73

Furniture,
200

Fynbos,
102
–
103
,
110

Galápagos Islands,
37
,
193

Gangetic Plain,
126

Garden of Eden,
52

Gaston, Kevin,
4

Geckos,
181

Gee, E.P.,
129
,
254

Genetic variability,
6
–
7
,
138
–
139

Gentry, Alwyn,
71
–
72

Geologic events,
18
–
19
,
29
–
30
,
41

Geologic rarity, population rarity vs.,
42
–
44

Germination sites,
74

Giant anteater,
153
–
164
,
155
f

Giant armadillo,
153
,
163
,
171
–
174

Giant ibis,
235

Giant muntjac,
220
–
221

Giant panda,
104

Giao, Pham Mong,
214
,
219

Giap, Vo Nguyen,
218
,
223

Gigantism,
124
,
125
–
126

Gilliard, E. Thomas,
28

Goats,
92
,
191

Goatsuckers,
174
–
175

Gold mining,
56

Golden langur,
243
–
244
,
254
–
255
,
256
f,
257

Golden lemur,
255

Golden-cheeked warbler,
104

Golden-fronted bowerbird,
23
,
30
–
31
,
32
,
42
–
43

Golden-mantled tree kangaroo,
37
–
38
,
38
f,
43
,
46

Golden-winged warbler,
104

Gondwanaland,
19
,
102

GPS tracking,
60

Gray, Tom,
235
–
236

Gray langur,
254

Grayling, Michigan,
83
–
86
,
92
–
93

Grazing.
See
Herbivory

Great American Biotic Interchange,
169
–
170

Great hornbill,
257

Great Smoky Mountains National Park,
100

Green-backed firecrown hummingbird,
16
–
17
,
34

Greenhouse gases,
152
.
See also
Climate change

Grewia
fruit,
133

Grizzly bear,
165

Grosbeaks,
99
–
100

Gross national happiness,
246

Ha Long Bay,
216

Habitat specialization

bald-faced sakis and,
65
–
66

Kirtland's warbler and,
85
–
86

natural selection and,
100
–
101

one-horned rhino and,
117

plants and,
101
–
102

Haiti,
9

Hakalau Forest National Wildlife

Refuge,
188
–
193
,
200
,
204

Hartwick Pines State Park,
99
–
100

Hawaii

ecological history of,
195
–
197

endemism on,
20
,
183

flora of,
36
–
37

homogeneity and,
6

honeycreepers and,
183
–
184
,
185
–
195

human disturbance and,
182
–
183
,
199
–
200

introduced species and,
191
,
193
–
194

map of,
186
f

mongooses and,
179
–
180

recovery programs on,
202
–
204

speciation on,
184
–
185

Hawaiian crow,
202
–
203

Hawaiian goose,
203
–
204

Hawks,
203

Headdresses,
35

Heavy metals,
102

Helgen, Kris,
28

Helicopters,
26
,
51

Hemlock,
100
,
249

Hemlock wooly adelgid,
100

Herbicides,
168

Herbivory

forest structure and,
70
–
71
,
77
,
78
,
139
–
144

Hawaii and,
188
,
189
,
191

rhinoceros and,
125
,
134
–
135

Herons,
251

Hispaniola,
37

Hispid hare,
127

Ho Chi Minh Trail,
218
,
222

Hog deer,
127
,
136

Holocene epoch,
6

Home range, body size and,
134
–
135

Homogenocene epoch,
6

Honeycreepers,
183
–
184
,
185
–
195
,
204

Honeyeaters,
28
,
34

Hooker, Joseph Dalton,
244

Hormones,
161
,
175
–
176

Hornbills,
257
–
258

Hubbell, Steve,
73
–
74

Hulse, David,
210
–
211
,
218
,
219
,
225
–
226

Human conflict,
147
–
148
,
206
–
209
,
230
–
231

Human disturbance.
See also
Agriculture

Hawaii and,
182
–
183
,
191
,
193
–
197

Kirtland's warbler and,
91
–
92
,
98
–
99
,
109

rhinoceros and,
117
,
128

Hummingbirds,
15
–
18
,
34

Hunting.
See also
Poaching

bans and,
259

extinction and,
39

Foja Mountains and,
45

of jaguars,
76

Madre de Dios region and,
56

monkeys and,
79
–
80

Vietnam and,
217
–
218

Hydroelectric power,
251

Ibis,
235

Ibisbills,
250
–
251

‘I'iwis,
183
–
184
,
185
–
187
,
190

Inbreeding,
137

Indochina.
See
Cambodia; Vietnam

Inga
species,
72

International Forum on Tiger

Conservation,
269

Invasive exotic species

diseases as,
182
,
194
,
202
–
205

Hawaii and,
191
,
193
–
194

islands and,
179
–
181

‘Io
,
203

Iriartea
palm,
78

Islands,
17
,
19
–
20
,
36
–
37
,
179
–
185
.
See also Specific islands

Isolation,
15
–
20
,
30
,
41
,
101

Isotope analysis,
94
–
95

Isthmus of Panama,
169
–
170

Jack pine (
Pinus banksiana
),
85
–
99
,
88
f

Jaguars,
51
–
54
,
57
–
65
,
76

Jamaica,
37

Janzen, Dan,
140

Jeffrey, Jack,
188
–
192
,
204

Jhomolhari (Mount),
241

Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park,
255

Johns, Robert,
36

Juan Fernández firecrown hummingbird,
15
–
18
,
34

Juan Fernández Islands,
20
,
37

Kali (rhino),
141

Kalij pheasant,
267

Kalimantan,
152

Kanchenjunga (Mount),
241

Kangaroos, tree,
37
–
38
,
38
f,
43
,
46
–
47

Kans (wild sugarcane),
128
,
135
–
136

Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary,
147

Kattel, Bijaya,
264

Kauai,
179
–
180

Kaziranga National Park,
2

Keystone species,
78
–
80
,
112

Kha, Lean,
234
–
236
,
238
–
239

Khmer Rouge,
208
,
232
,
234

Kikori River valley,
46
–
47

Kirti Kali (elephant),
1

Kirtland, Jared P.,
89

Kirtland's warbler

adaptation and,
11

brown-headed cowbirds and,
105
–
108

climate change and,
113
–
114

extreme habitat fidelity of,
84
–
88

history of,
89

human disturbance and,
91
–
92
,
98
–
99

illustration of,
88
f

methodology for studying,
93
–
95

recovery of,
108
–
110

winter ecology of,
90
–
92
,
95
–
96

Kishanpur Wildlife Sanctuary,
148

Koa forests,
185
,
190
,
200
–
201

Korean Demilitarized Zone,
230

Koupreys

Cambodia and,
233
–
234

Vietnam and,
211
–
212
,
213
f,
215
,
218
–
220

Krakatoa,
229

Kudzu,
180

Kulen Protemp Wildlife Sanctuary,
233

Kunley, Drukpa,
248

Kwerba clan,
22
–
24
,
27
,
47

Lago Guri studies,
76
–
77

Lama, Kancha Bahadur,
132
–
133

Lama, Vishnu Bahadur,
119
–
123
,
130
,
133

Lambir Hills research site,
73

Lamoreux, John,
8
,
185

Languages, Papua New Guinea and,
22

Langurs,
237
–
238
,
243
–
244
,
254
–
257
,
256
f

Large-antlered muntjac,
220
–
221

Laser scanning,
66

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

Laurie, Andrew,
129

Leeches,
217

Lemmings,
85

Leopards,
63
–
64
,
259

Limestone habitats,
215
–
216

Lobelia,
190

Logging,
98
–
99
,
109
,
233
,
246

Lomphat Wildlife Sanctuary,
233

Long, Barney,
231
,
234
–
237

Long-beaked echidna,
39

Long-bearded honeyeater,
28

Longitudinal studies,
129

Loosestrife,
180

Los Amigos Biological Station,
56

Lyme disease,
79

Macaranga
plants,
229

Macaws,
51
–
52
,
67
–
69
,
68
f,
75