Precious heritage : the status of biodiversity in the United States /

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Foreword, Edward O. Wilson. Preface. Contributors. Participating Institutions. Acknowledgements. 1. Biodiversity: Our Precious Heritage, Jonathan S. Adams, Bruce A. Stein, and Lynn S. Kutner. 2. Discovering Life in America: Tools and Techniques of Biodiversity Inventory, Bruce A. Stein and Frank W....

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores Corporativos: Nature Conservancy (U.S.), Association for Biodiversity Information
Otros Autores: Stein, Bruce A., 1955- (Editor ), Kutner, Lynn S. (Editor ), Adams, Jonathan S., 1961- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2000.
Temas:
Biodiversity conservation > United States.
Biodiversité > Conservation > États-Unis.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Biological Diversity.
NATURE > Animals > Wildlife.
Conservation of natural resources
Biodiversity conservation
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Biodiversity : our precious heritage / Jonathan S. Adams, Bruce A. Stein, Lynn S. Kutner
  • Discovering life in America : tools and techniques of biodiversity inventory / Bruce A. Stein, Frank W. Davis
  • A remarkable array : species diversity in the United States / Bruce A. Stein [and others]
  • Vanishing assets : conservation status of U.S. species / Lawrence L. Master [and others]
  • State of the states : geographic patterns of diversity, rarity, and endemism / Bruce A. Stein [and others]
  • The geography of imperilment : targeting conservation toward critical biodiversity areas / Stephen J. Chaplin [and others]
  • More than the sum of the parts : diversity and status of ecological systems / Mark T. Bryer [and others]
  • Leading threats to biodiversity : what's imperiling U.S. species / David S. Wilcove [and others]
  • Strategies for biodiversity protection / Michael J. Bean
  • Owning up to our responsibilities : who owns lands important for biodiversity? / Craig R. Groves [and others]
  • Safeguarding our precious heritage / Mark L. Shaffer, Bruce A. Stein
  • Appendix A. Extinct and missing species of the United States
  • Appendix B. State diversity, endemism, and rarity
  • Appendix C. Küchler potential natural vegetation types
  • Appendix D. Principal sources for U.S. species names in the Natural Heritage central databases.

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