June 2008 | Publisher: Other Federal Agency (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)) | Format: URL
www.climatescience.gov — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released a report that can help reduce the potential impact of climate change on estuaries, forests, wetlands, coral reefs, and other sensitive ecosystems. The report identifies strategies to protect the environment as these changes occur. The report finds that climate change can increase the impact of More...
Publisher: USGS | Science Center: Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center (PIERC, Honolulu) | Format: URL
biology.usgs.gov — Depredation of eggs, nestlings and adult birds by introduced predators has been widely postulated as a leading cause of the accelerated decline and extirpation of endemic Hawaiian avian species and a major factor limiting present populations of endangered birds. In Hawaii, four species of introduced rodents, the black rat (Rattus rattus). The More...
Publisher: Academic Institution (University of Montana) | Format: URL
www.umt.edu — This website links to graphs which show how bird species and their nesting habitats and communities have been effected by climate variation. The website also links to other research projects, publications and lab members. Climate change may impact communities in a variety of ways. Most attention has focused on earlier breeding in warmer years. More...
Publisher: USGS (San Diego Field Station) | Science Center: Western Ecological Research Center (WERC, Sacramento) | Format: URL
www.werc.usgs.gov — The Pacific iguanas of the Fijian and Tongan archipelagos are a biogeographic enigma in that their closest relatives are found only in the New World, separated by 8,000 km of ocean. The Pacific iguanas have been dramatically affected by human activities; two species were eaten to extinction after human arrival in the Pacific some 2,800 years ago. More...
Publisher: USGS | Science Center: Biological Informatics | Format: URL
biology.usgs.gov — This web page presents samples of genetics and genomics research from the USGS Biological Resources Discipline about the conservation genetics of mammals.