Texas wildlife resources and land uses /

Natural habitats for wildlife in Texas and the many species they support are dwindling at an alarming rate as an ever-growing populations continues to develop the land for commercial, industrial, and agricultural uses. This book updates and expands the issues involved in wildlife and land use.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Telfair, Raymond Clark, 1941-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, [1999]
Edición:First edition.
Temas:
Wildlife management > Texas.
Land use > Texas.
Utilisation du sol > Texas.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection
Land use
Wildlife management
Texas
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Ecological regions of Texas : description, land use, and wildlife / Raymond C. Telfair II
  • The need for a Texas land ethic / Pete A.Y. Gunter and Max Oelschlaeger
  • Urban growth and environmental values in Texas / Robin W. Doughty
  • Texas wildlife : fourteen years later / James G. Teer
  • Status of the forest resource in Texas / Bruce R. Miles
  • Agricultural development and sustainability / Don E. Albrecht
  • Water for Texas : an overview of future needs / Tommy R. Knowles
  • Extraction of coal and uranium resources / Melvin B. Hodgkiss and William S. Chovanec
  • Transportation and the environment / William F. Hood
  • Wildlife diversity issues / John Herron
  • Human dimensions research in Texas : past efforts and future needs / Clark E. Adams and John K. Thomas
  • Landowners' view of wildlife and wildlife users / Deborah Slator Gillan and Bart J. Gillan III
  • The implications of the 1995 Texas Outdoor Recreation Plan on wildlife use and demand / James A. DeLoney
  • Wildlife management programs, goals, and issues : the state perspective, 1990 / Ted L. Clark
  • Wildlife extension and technical assistance : programs, goals, and issues / Milo Shult and Don Steinbach
  • Texas : a private lands state / Kirby L. Brown
  • Nuisance wildlife and land use / Murray T. Walton
  • Wildlife research in Texas, 1981-1990 / Fred S. Guthery and Nova J. Silvy
  • Texas General Land Office / Spencer L. Reid
  • Texas Park and Wildlife Department / Andrew Sansom
  • University lands / F. Stephen Hartmann
  • Texas Department of Transportation / Craig A. Steffens
  • National Park Service / James E. Walters
  • National wildlife refuges / Joseph P. Mazzoni
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers / John L. Steele Jr.
  • National forests and grasslands / Larry H. Bonner
  • U.S. Department of Defense / Dennis M. Herbert
  • Prognosis / Joe C. Truett and Daniel W. Lay
  • Appendix A: Conservation organizations in Texas / Lee Ann Johnson Linam
  • Appendix B: Plants cited in the text
  • Appendix C: Animals cited in the text
  • Appendix D: Texas threatened and endangered species, November 1997.

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