Tule Elk (Cervus elaphus nannodes), Kern Co.

USEFUL BIOLOGICAL LINKS FROM  A  WILDLIFE PERSPECTIVE David J. Germano

The following are various web sites that I have found that can be useful or that I find interesting from an ecological/conservation standpoint, particularly pertaining to animals.  I have categorized them by general topics.

Governmental Sites:

fa.r9.fws.gov/r9fwrs/dbinfo.htm  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Online Data Base - Find government publications.

http://biology.usgs.gov/  U.S. Geological Survey (main page) - This is the biological research arm of the Interior Department.

http://endangered.fws.gov/   Endangered Species Program of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Information on projects and programs for federally listed species.

Birds:

http://migratorybirds.fws.gov/  Migratory Birds Web Page of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Information of many bird species in North America.

www.wfo-cbrc.org/cbrc/   Western Field Ornithologists; California -  This site, among other things, has bird records for California.  It is useful to find what occurs in this state.

www.dfg.ca.gov/hcpb/condor.html    California condors -  This is a California Department of Fish and Game page that shows what is happening with the recovery of California condors.

www.raptor.cvm.umn.edu/raptor/more.html  Raptor Center at the University of Minnesota - Good information on raptors as well as information on rehabilitation.

Reptiles/Amphibians:

www.herplit.com/contents/  Database searching about 50,000 herpetological titles!

www.birminghamzoo.com/ao/reptile.htm  Information on dozens of Reptiles and Amphibians put together by the Birmingham Zoo.

www.fcsc.usgs.gov/Amphibians_and_Reptiles/amphibians_and_reptiles.html  The main page of The Florida Science Center of the USGS that includes, among other things, an amazing bibliography of box turtles (Terrapene sp.) by Dr. Kenneth Dodd.

www.thesnake.org/  A herp-lovers site dealing with various reptiles but mostly on snakes - good information

www.vpi.com/Default.htm  Another site about snakes.

Mammals:

www.calacademy.org/research/bmammals/eshrews/  Elephant shrews! - Cool site exploring the weird African mammals studied by colleague and friend, Dr. Galen Rathbun.

Translocating Organisms:

www.iucn.org/themes/ssc/pubs/policy/transe.htm  IUCN Position Statement on Translocating Organisms - includes definitions and recommendations.

www.iucn.org/themes/ssc/pubs/policy/reinte.htm IUCN Guidelines for Re-Introductions (1995)

www.iucn.org/  IUCN main page

Society Web Sites:

www.ukans.edu/~ssar/  Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR)

http://www.utexas.edu/depts/asih/  American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists

http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/cbd/HL/HL.html  The Herpetologist's League

http://www.chelonian.org/  The Chelonian Research Foundation

http://www.mammalsociety.org/  American Society of Mammaologists

http://esa.sdsc.edu/  The Ecological Society of America

www.tws-west.org/  Western Section of The Wildlife Society (main page)

www.cnps.org/  California Native Plant Society

Scientific Method / Science vs. Religion:

    I find the topic of science versus religion fascinating and the sites below fairly well encapsulate my view on this increasingly important discussion.

http://science.kennesaw.edu/~jpratte/sci1101/Chapter02/sciencereligion.htm

http://imprint.uwaterloo.ca/issues/021800/2Forum/forum01.shtml

www.britannica.com/bcom/magazine/article/0,5744,34806,00.html

Miscellaneous: 

www.runet.edu/~swoodwar/CLASSES/GEOG235/biomes/main.html Biomes of the World

http://depts.vassar.edu/~psych/faculty/lowry.html  Statistical Methods - Main page of Dr. Richard Lowry of Vassar College and contains online statistical tests, parametric and nonparametric.

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