The Kingdom of Rarities (46 page)

Reproductive isolation,
34

Reproductive success,
94
–
95
,
125
–
126

Rhinoceros.
See also
One-horned rhinoceros

black,
124
,
126

giant giraffe,
118

Javan,
3
–
4
,
124
,
126
,
214
,
222
–
226
,
230

Southern white,
124

Sumatran,
124
,
126

wooly,
126

Rhododendrons,
36
,
245
,
249
,
265
–
266

Richards, Stephen,
22
,
23
,
28
,
39

Rinpoche, Guru,
259

Ripley, S. Dillon,
23

Robinson, Scott,
112

Rockefeller, Michael,
21

Rockwell, Sarah,
89
–
96
,
107
–
108
,
109
–
110

Rookmaaker, Kees,
116

Roosevelt, Theodore,
211

Rose-breasted grosbeak,
99
–
100

Rothschild, Walter,
30

Round Table on Responsible Soy Association,
172

Rousseau, Henri,
49

Royal Bardia National Park,
129
,
144
–
146

Royal Chitwan National Park,
1
–
2
,
118
–
122
,
129
,
130
–
137

Sahul Shelf,
24
,
25
f

Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary,
247

Sal forest,
134

Salmon,
77

Sample size,
90

Sanctuaries,
50

Saola,
219
–
221
,
220
f

Saola Nature Reserve,
230

Sap tree,
198
–
199

Satyr tragopans,
267

Scale,
55
,
178

Scaly anteater,
174

Scarlet minivet,
253

Scat,
2
–
3
,
62
,
139
–
144
,
158

Scent dogs,
157
–
168
,
172
–
173

Schaller, George,
214
,
259

Schatz, George,
8
,
102
–
103

Schmidt, Jonathan,
57
f

Sechrest, Wes,
167

Seeds

bald-faced sakis and,
65
–
66

forest structure and,
70
–
71

macaws and,
67
–
68

peccaries and,
78

plant habitat specialization and,
103

poisonous,
238

rhinoceros and,
2
–
3
,
139
–
144

spider monkeys and,
79
–
80

Self-pollination,
101

Selkirk, Alexander,
15
–
16
,
41

Seney National Wildlife Refuge,
97
–
98
,
105

Serra da Canastra National Park,
153
–
157
,
154
f

Seychelles Islands,
19

Sharks, finning of,
269
–
270

Sherub,
247
,
252

Shining Path,
207

Shrestha, Sunder,
121
–
123

Siberian crane,
261

Sicklebill, black,
28
,
32
,
43

Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta,
9

Sihanhouk, Norodom,
233

Silk cotton trees,
143

Silveira, Leandro,
162
,
168
–
169
,
171
–
172

Silver langur,
237
–
238

Silverswords,
190
–
191

Simpson, George Gaylord,
170

Singleton species,
7
–
8

Sink sites,
161

Size,
125
–
126
,
134
–
135

Sloth bear,
133
,
174

Smith, Heath,
159

Snails,
184
–
185

Snares,
230

Sniffer dogs,
157
–
168
,
172
–
173

Soil

flooding and,
127

Kirtland's warbler and,
88
,
98
,
105

one-horned rhino and,
117

plant speciation and,
101
,
102
–
103

saola and,
220

Source sites,
161

South Africa,
102
–
103
,
110
,
149

Soybean,
152
,
168
,
170
–
172
,
174
–
175
,
177

Specialization.
See
Habitat specialization

Speciation,
18
–
19
,
29
–
30
,
41
,
193

Species density, range and,
50
,
54
–
55

Species populations, rarity of,
7
–
8

Spider monkey,
79
–
80

Spiny anteater,
39
–
40
,
46
,
174

Spirituality, rarity and,
149

Srepok River,
237

Sri Lanka,
19

Stable-isotope analysis,
94
–
95

Steadman, David,
195
–
196
,
200
–
202

Stewardship,
81

Stratification,
35
,
43

Strychnine,
238

Substrate.
See
Soil

Sugarcane,
176
.
See also
Wild sugarcane

Suklaphanta Wildlife Reserve,
129
,
146
,
147
–
148

Sunbirds,
253

Sunda Shelf,
24
,
25
f,
180

Superb bird of paradise,
43

Swamp deer,
136

Swimming, rhinos and,
127

Takeuchi, Wayne,
28

Takins,
248
–
249

Tambopata National Park,
81

Tambopata River,
60
,
74
–
75

Tan Phu State Forest Reserve,
225
–
227

Tapirs,
169
,
175

Tarweeds,
190
–
191

Teeth, rhinoceros and,
125
,
135

Terai zone,
127
,
128
–
129

Terborgh, John,
76
–
78
,
112

Termites,
173
–
174

Themeda
spp.,
135

Thermodynamics, laws of,
118

Thu, Nguyen Ba,
216

Tibet,
241

Tigers,
63
–
64
,
129
,
132
,
232
,
269

Tourism,
149

TrackTags,
60
–
64

Tragopans,
267

Trampling behavior,
142
–
143

Translocation,
144
–
146
,
147
,
229

Transoceanic Highway,
56
,
57
f

Trapeang,
235

Trapping, camera,
58
,
222
–
223
,
235
–
236

Tree diversity,
67
–
74
,
80

Tree kangaroos,
37
–
38
,
38
f,
43
,
46
–
47

Trewia nudiflora
(bhellur),
2
–
3
,
139
–
144

Trinidad,
8
,
19
–
20

Trophic cascades,
55
,
77
–
79
,
80

Trophic rarity,
64

Tropical rain forests,
49
–
50
,
67
–
74
.
See also
Amazon rain forest

Truong Son,
208
–
210
,
209
f,
221
–
222

Tupayachi, Raul,
72

Ujung Kulon National Park,
229

UNIPA (The State University of Papua),
28

Urchins,
77

Urine,
116

Van Mastrigt, Henk,
28
,
45
–
46

Venezuela,
20
,
76
–
77

VHF collars,
60
–
62

Vietnam.
See also
Annamite Mountains; Cuc Phong National Park

discovery of new species in,
218
–
221

geologic history of,
221
–
222

history of conservation in,
211
–
212

impacts of war in,
208

map of,
209
f

recovery of rare species in,
225
–
231
,
238
–
239

Viruses,
182

Vitousek, Peter,
183
,
204
–
205

Vocalizations,
59

Volcanoes,
20

Vu Qung Nature Reserve,
219

Vy, Nguyen Tran,
225
–
229

Vynne, Carly,
157
–
159
,
160
–
168
,
170
–
174
,
178

Walkinshaw, Larry,
108

Wallace, Alfred Russell,
17
,
24

Wallace's Line,
24
,
25
f,
180

Wallows,
136

Wangdi, Mincha,
247
,
252
–
253
,
257
,
259
,
262

War.
See
Human conflict

Warblers,
79
,
104
,
111
.
See also Specific warblers

Wasser, Sam,
159
–
160
,
161

Water buffalo,
136

Water holes,
235

Wattled smoky honeyeater,
28
,
32

Weasel coffee,
217

Wharton, Charles H.,
212
,
231
,
233
–
234

Whitten, Tony,
215
–
216

Why Big Fierce Animals Are Rare
(Colinvaux),
55

Wilcove, David,
155
,
167
,
185
,
198
,
205

Wild sugarcane,
128
,
135
–
136

Wildlife premium mechanism,
81

Wilson, E.O.,
7
,
184

Wisconsin ice sheet,
97

Wolf, maned.
See
Maned wolf

Wood, Norman,
89

Wood production,
152

Wood warbler,
79

Woodpeckers,
104

Woodworth, Bethany,
205

World Wildlife Fund (WWF),
210
,
234
–
235
,
243

Wunderle, Joe,
90
–
92

Yadav, Ram Pritt,
122
–
123

Yellow warbler,
111

Yellowthroat, common,
111

Yeti,
247
,
265

Zapata Swamp,
9

Zimmerman, Dale,
21
,
28