<p> Temperate Rainforest in the Pacific Northwest Selected Resources for Students’ Independent Research</p><p>You may wish to further support students in their independent research by providing them with an initial website and guiding questions to get them started. </p><p>Species information  Red fox: http://www.arkive.org/red-fox/vulpes-vulpes/video-03.html o How is this environment detrimental to the fox? What risks are posed to the fox by this habitat? o How would a more natural setting change their lifestyle? o http://www.arkive.org/red-fox/vulpes-vulpes/video-08.html This video shows why a more natural habitat is necessary for the red fox  Black bear: http://www.arkive.org/american-black-bear/ursus-americanus/video- 14.html o What would be your reaction if you saw a bear roaming around your town? o Describe the kind of conditions that would be more favourable to a bear’s habitat. What elements are needed? What does a bear need to survive? What does a bear need access to?  Red-tailed hawk: o http://www.arkive.org/red-tailed-hawk/buteo-jamaicensis/video-09a.html o http://www.arkive.org/red-tailed-hawk/buteo-jamaicensis/video-08a.html o What is it about these habitats that allow the red-tailed hawk to flourish? o How would the lack of open space, available prey, and other identified elements be limiting to the red-tailed hawk?  Grey wolf: o http://www.arkive.org/grey-wolf/canis-lupus/video-ar08a.html o This video shows a grey wolf hunting a herd of caribou  Adaptations to cold: o This video shows a grey wolf trying to shed its winter coat: http://www.arkive.org/grey-wolf/canis-lupus/video-10.html o This video shows a wolverine burrowing into a den in the winter for shelter: http://www.arkive.org/wolverine/gulo-gulo/video-lu09a.html o Steller’s sea lion in the snow: http://www.arkive.org/stellers-sea- lion/eumetopias-jubatus/video-03b.html o California sea otter grooming to insulate pelt: http://www.arkive.org/sea- otter/enhydra-lutris/video-ne05a.html#text=Biology & http://www.arkive.org/sea-otter/enhydra-lutris/video-ne05b.html o Video showing American beaver preparing den for the winter http://www.arkive.org/american-beaver/castor-canadensis/video- 03.html#text=Biology</p><p> Temperate rainforest example o Pacific Northwest (USA) a summary: http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/ecoregions/pacific_temperate_rainf orests.cfm o Priority Ecoregions for Global Conservation – a report: http://www.worldwildlife.org/science/ecoregions/WWFBinaryitem4810.pdf</p><p> Keystone species example o Sea otters, giant kelp, sea urchins o Sea urchins are a major staple in the sea otter diet, sea urchins eat kelp, the otters help keep the sea urchin population in check so the kelp population is protected o Video showing sea otter in kelp forest: http://www.arkive.org/sea- otter/enhydra-lutris/video-ne01.html#text=Description o Video showing sea otter feeding on sea urchin: http://www.arkive.org/sea- otter/enhydra-lutris/video-ne08a.html#text=Description o Video overview of sea urchin: http://www.arkive.org/purple-sea- urchin/strongylocentrotus-purpuratus/video-00.html o Uses a clear example to explain the role of a keystone species o What would happen if one of these populations collapsed? o You can also expand on this to make the point of interconnectedness of ecosystems  Canada lynx & snowshoe hair o This video shows a lynx stalking a snowshoe hare http://www.arkive.org/canada-lynx/lynx-canadensis/video-08a.html o Canadian lynx population fluctuates with the availability of its main prey the snowshoe hare http://www.fws.gov/mountain- prairie/species/mammals/lynx/final%20lynx%20RecoveryOutline9-05.pdf o Also see http://www.fws.gov/mainefieldoffice/Canada_lynx.html </p><p>Other helpful websites:  http://www.nps.gov/olym/index.htm  http://www.pacificbio.org/initiatives/ESIN/ESIN.html  http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/climate_law_institute/350_reasons/no rthwest.shtml</p>