The Western Ecological Research Center is part of the Biological Resources Division of the USGS, and focuses on the diverse bioregions of the pacific southwestern United States. The WERC website presents information about a variety of its research activities including work with wildlife, invasive species, coastal ecosystems, fire ecology, and more. The site also links to information about jobs, publications, conferences, and projects. The WERC Products section offers a search engine and contains almost 3000 listings of abstracts, book chapters, technical reports, and presentations (some of which are downloadable).