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wilderness areas, 342–343, 344f W.K. Kellogg Biological Station, 248 supervolcano, 59–60
wildfires wolves (Canis lupus), 70f, 98–99, 101, 117 wildfires, 338
salvage logging and, 342–343 women, empowering, 224, 224f Yosemite National Park, 55, 55f,
suppression, 338 fertility rates, 221f 341, 341f
in U.S., 338f wood thrush (Hylocichla mustelina), 346f igneous rock, intrusive, 55, 55f
wildland-urban interface, 338 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, 44 Yosemite toad, 77
wildlife studies, 392–393 World Bank, 196 Yucca Mountain, Nevada, 582–584, 583f
Wiley, Tom, 285 World Health Organization, 264, 382
Willett, Rick, 325 world heritage sites, 345 Z
William Paterson University, 678 World Meteorological Organization Zalasiewicz, Jan, 56–57, 56f
Wilson, Alexander, 80 (WMO), 510 Zambia, Africa, 316
Wilson, Edward O., 311–312 World Resources Institute (WRI), 332 zea diploperennis, 310
island biogeography theory, 346–347 World Trade Organization (WTO), 197, 687f zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha)
Naturalist, 312 World Wide Fund for Nature, 316 benefits, 93–94
wind energy, 22, 605f, 612–616 World Wildlife Fund (WWF), 301 clams suffocated by, 94f
benefits, 614 worldview(s), 153 competitive exclusion and, 95
careers, 683f culture and environment, 152–153 fish communities and impact of, 104–105, 104f
development, impact of, 610–611 factors shaping, 153 in Great Lakes, 92f, 93–94, 93f, 107f
downsides, 614–616 Worm, Boris, 459 Great Lakes food web and, 100
global production, 613f Wyoming, 182 in Hudson River, 93, 104–105, 105f
growth, 613 in North America, 107f
offshore sites, 614, 614f phytoplankton predation by, 96
wind speed, variable, 615f X responding to, 110
wind farms, 613 xeriscaping, 424, 425f species interactions and, 93–94
NIMBY and, 615–616 spread, 106–107
wind patterns, global, 473, 473f trophic levels and, 100
wind power, 612–616. See also wind energy Y water pipes clogged by, 93, 94f
wind turbines, 611f, 612–613, 613f Yale University, 680f zebras, 304f
energy generated by, 612–613 Yaqui Valley, Mexico, 396–397, 396f, 397f Zimbabwe, 115f
structure, 612f yeast cells (Saccharomyces cerevisiae), 87f zoning, 361–362
University of Maine, 678f yellow cinchona (several species), 310f patterns, 360–361, 361f
windbreaks, 244 Yellow River, China, 213, 415 zooplankton, 93
Winona State University, 680f yellowjacket, 96f Great Lake food web and, 99–100
winter oilseed rape, 282, 283 Yellowstone National Park, 341 predation and, 96
Winter Olympic Games 2010, 643f designation, 192 zebra mussels and, 93, 104–105, 105f
Wisconsin, 346f keystone species, 309 Zuniga, Rodolfo, 120–121

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