Tule Elk (Cervus elaphus nannodes), Kern Co.
USEFUL BIOLOGICAL LINKS
FROM A WILDLIFE
PERSPECTIVE
David J. Germano
Tule Elk (Cervus elaphus nannodes), Kern Co. |
USEFUL BIOLOGICAL LINKS FROM A WILDLIFE 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.