Rufa Red Knot - U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service A robin-sized shorebird, the rufa red knot is truly a master of long-distance aviation On wingspans of 20 inches, some rufa red knots fly more than 9,300 miles from south to north every spring, and repeat the trip in reverse every autumn, making this bird one of the longest-distance migrants in the animal kingdom
Russias Military Compared to the U. S. Across the World Examples include the Coleman Barracks in Mannheim, Germany, with more than 1,000 U S troops and an equipment arsenal of 20,000 pieces of kit, including tanks In Japan, the Futenma Marine base is
Amazon | Places | WWF - World Wildlife Fund There is a clear link between the health of the Amazon and the health of the planet The rain forests, which contain an estimated 150-200 billion tons of carbon, help stabilize the local and global climate Deforestation releases significant amounts of this carbon, which is having negative consequences around the world
State of the Worlds Birds - Annual Reviews We present an overview of the global spatiotemporal distribution of avian biodiversity, changes in our knowledge of that biodiversity, and the extent to which it is imperilled Birds are probably the most completely inventoried large taxonomic class of organisms, permitting a uniquely detailed understanding of how the Anthropocene has shaped their distributions and conservation status in space
Guidelines for Using the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria 12 1 12 1 Species data (the response variable) 103 Quality of species occurrence data 103 Capturing entire species ranges and avoiding model extrapolation 103 Background pseudo-absence in the species distribution data 104 12 1 12 2 Environmental variables (the predictor variables) 104 Selection of environmental predictor variables 104