What good is a dead tree?

Article Abstract:

Snags, or standing dead trees, are crucial to healthy forest ecology. They serve as nesting sites and food resources for a variety of birds. Once fallen, they function as habitat, storage sites and food for a diverse community of forest animals. In recognition of their critical ecological role, snags are now protected in the ponderosa pine forest of Arizona. Snags in Coconino National Forest house woodpeckers, nuthatches, bluebirds, chickadees, creepers, wrens, owls, flycatchers, kestrels and other birds. Humans gathering firewood pose the greatest threat to Arizona's ponderosa snags.

Innovations, Environmental aspects, Forest management, Forest fauna, Forest animals, Forest fires, Forest ecology, Ponderosa pine, Coconino National Forest, Arizona

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Jaguars: Cockscomb

Article Abstract:

The Cockscomb Basin Sanctuary is home to one of the healthiest jaguar populations in Central America with an estimated 35 to 50 jaguars occupying Cockscomb's lush tropical forests. The plight of the jaguar catalyzed Cockscomb's establishment as a wildlife sanctuary and the protection of the Cockscomb Basin as a forest reserve in 1984.

Central America, Wildlife research

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Jaguars

Article Abstract:

The effort made by WCS field scientist Octavio Rosas Rosas who was on a mission to save the jaguar in northern Mexico is described. The el Tigre, as the jaguar is called in its homeland, occurred in scattered habitats throughout Mexico, where it is protected since 1986.

Mexico, Rosas, Octavio Rosas

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