Keystone Species Information

Keystone Species - Encyclopedia of the Earth
http://www.eoearth.org/article/Keystone_species

Keystone Species Hypothesis 1969
http://www.washington.edu/research/pathbreakers/1969g.html

Keystone Species - Nature's Knowledge Project
http://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/keystone-species-15786127

Keystone Species: Species that are Critical to Their Ecosystem - Marietta College
http://www.marietta.edu/~biol/biomes/keystone.htm

Biodiversity and Conservation: A Hypertext Book:  Introduction
http://darwin.bio.uci.edu/~sustain/bio65/lec01/b65lec01.htm

Know Your Flagship, Keystone, Priority and Indicator Species
http://www.worldwildlife.org/species/flagship-species.html

Conservation Ecology: The Relations Among Threatened Species, Their Protection, and Taboos...
For the advanced student.  May be a bit technical for some, but fascinating nonetheless....
 

Keystone Species Ecosystem Links

Oregon's Fish & Wildlife - Oregon Wild
http://www.oregonwild.org/fish_wildlife%20
Search in Search box for Salmon, Elk, Pileated Woodpecker

Keystone Species

Alligators

American Alligator: In Depth (Everglades National Park)
http://www.nps.gov/ever/naturescience/alligatorindepth.htm

Alligators in the Everglades National Park
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/specialsections/lifelists/Alligators-in-the-Everglades.html

Alligator mississippiensis
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Alligator_mississippiensis.html

American Alligator - Arkive
http://www.arkive.org/american-alligator/alligator-mississippiensis/

American Alligator
http://www.eparks.org/marine_and_coastal/marine_wildlife/alligator.asp

American  Alligator Web Page
http://www.zooamerica.com/animals/details.php?id=6

Bats

Order Chiroptera (Bats)
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Chiroptera.html

Bat Studies - National Park Service
http://www.nature.nps.gov/views/Sites/GRCA/HTML/Bats/Bat_ET.htm

Bats Northwest
http://www.batsnorthwest.org/basic_bat_FAQs.html

Bison

Bison - Defenders of Wildlife
http://www.defenders.org/wildlife_and_habitat/wildlife/bison.php

American Bison - U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
http://www.fws.gov/southwest/refuges/oklahoma/wichitamountains/bison.html

Our Keystone Species: Bison and their Restoration
http://thehumanfootprint.wordpress.com/2010/04/04/our-keystone-species-bison-and-their-restoration/

Elephants

Elephants as Keystone Species
http://www.fieldtripearth.org/article.xml?id=754

Asian Elephant
http://www.edgeofexistence.org/mammals/species_info.php?id=12

Gopher Tortoise

Gopher Tortoise Conservation
http://www.tortoise.org/archives/gopher.html

Gopher Tortoise Fact Sheet
http://www.volusia.org/environmental/permitting/tespecies/gtfactsheet.htm

Gopherus polyphemus (Gopher Tortoise): Narrative
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/gopherus/g._polyphemus$narrative.html

Grizzly Bear

Bears
http://keystoneconservation.typepad.com/keystone_conservation/bears.html

Grizzly Bear
http://www.animalonlines.com/2011/04/grizzly-bear.html

Grizzly Bear and Black Bear Ecology
http://www.nrmsc.usgs.gov/research/grizzlyb.htm

Groundhog

Groundhog Facts
 http://www.news.cornell.edu/Chronicle/96/2.1.96/facts.html

Groundhog
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/groundhog/

Groundhog
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Groundhog

Kangaroo Rats

Kangaroo Rats
http://icwdm.org/handbook/rodents/KangarooRats.asp

Kangaroo Rats (DesertUSA)
http://www.desertusa.com/aug96/du_krat.html

Animal Fact Sheet: Merriam's Kangaroo Rat
http://desertmuseum.org/kids/oz/long-fact-sheets/krat.php

Pileated Woodpeckers

The Pileated Woodpecker
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Pileated_Woodpecker/id

Pileated Woodpecker
http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/i4050id.html

Pileated Woodpecker
http://pileatedwoodpeckercentral.com/information.htm

Prairie Dogs

Prairie Dog Facts
http://www.mesc.usgs.gov/resources/spotlight/prairiedogs/pdog_facts.asp

Prairie Dogs
http://www.desertusa.com/dec96/du_pdogs.html

Prairie Dog
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Prairie_dog

Sea Otters

New Study Reiterates Sea Otters' Importance to Coastal Ecosystem
http://friendsoftheseaotter.wordpress.com/2011/08/03/new-study-reiterates-sea-otters-importance-to-coastal-ecosystem/

Sea Otter
http://www.defenders.org/wildlife_and_habitat/wildlife/sea_otter.php

Sea Otter
http://www.marinemammalcenter.org/education/marine-mammal-information/sea-otter.html

Sea Otter
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/sea-otter.html

Sea Otter
http://sea-otter.info/

Salmon

Chinook Salmon
http://www.nwf.org/Wildlife/Wildlife-Library/Amphibians-Reptiles-and-Fish/Chinook-Salmon.aspx

Salmon is Keystone Species for the Region - The Seattle Times
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008033130_badsalmonside04.html

Why is Salmon Conservation Important?
http://www.wildsalmoncenter.org/about/whySalmon.php

Starfish

Natural Perspective: Starfish (Class: Asteroidea)
http://www.perspective.com/nature/animalia/starfish.html

Starfish (Sea stars)
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/starfish/

Starfish
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Starfish

Starfish - Conservapedia
http://www.conservapedia.com/Starfish

Mound-building Termites in Africa
Termites of Africa
http://www.wildwatch.com/resources/other/termites.asp

Mighty Termites
http://www.planet-pets.com/plntterm.htm

COS 65-2: When keystone species collide:  The effects of termites and vertebrate herbivores in East-African savannas
http://eco.confex.com/eco/2009/techprogram/P19481.HTM

Wolves

Wolf - Conservapedia
http://www.conservapedia.com/Wolves

Animal Guide: Gray Wolf
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/animal-guides/animal-guide-gray-wolf/476/

Wolf Reintroduction
http://biology.kenyon.edu/stures/compsbergdahl/keystone.html

Keystone Species and their Role in the Environment: Why the Wolf was Reintroduced at Yellowstone
http://voices.yahoo.com/keystone-species-their-role-environment-8400399.html

Plants

Fig Trees
Our Precious Planet-Nature's Web
http://www.time.com/time/reports/planet/nature2.html

Research on Parasitic Hymenoptera and General Insect Diversity
http://www.museums.org.za/sam/collect/life/ento/simon/hymen.htm

Saguaro Cactus

Saguaro Cactus (DesertUSA)
http://www.desertusa.com/july96/du_saguaro.html

Saguaro National Park
http://www.saguaro.national-park.com/

General Animal Links

Animal Diversity Web
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/index.html

Animals Around the World
http://www.chicojr.chico.k12.ca.us/staff/gray/animals.HTML

Cyber Zoomobile Animal Links
http://www.primenet.com/~brendel/animal.html

Desert Animals
http://www.desertusa.com/animal.html

Monterey Bay Aquarium
http://www.mbayaq.org/index.htm

National Audubon Society
http://www.audubon.org

NetVet Electronic Zoo
http://netvet.wustl.edu/e-zoo.htm

National Wildlife Federation
http://www.nwf.org

Reptile Page
http://www.snakesandreptiles.com

The San Diego Zoo
http://www.sandiegozoo.org/

Sea World
http://www.seaworld.org/

ZooNet
http://www.zoonet.org

ENDANGERED SPECIES

EE-Link Endangered Species
http://eelink.net/EndSpp/

Endangered Species in the National Parks
 http://www.nature.nps.gov/wv/es.htm

Endangered Species Site of the US Fish and Wildlife Service
http://endangered.fws.gov/index.html

General Plant Links

Desert Plants
http://www.desertusa.com/flora.html

Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan
http://www.co.pima.az.us/cmo/sdcp2/fsheets/key/key.html
 

Created December 2000 by Cheryl T. Naslund, Library-Media Specialist, at Union Endicott High School Library Media Center.  Last updated December 15, 2011.  Your comments and suggestions are encouraged.