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Texans on the brink : threatened and endangered animals /

What good is a rattlesnake? What purpose do animals serve? All species play a vital role in their biological communities, and the removal of just one can have a noticeable and catastrophic ripple effect. Yet social and political pressures frequently pit species conservation against economic progress...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Chapman, Brian R. (Editor), Lutterschmidt, William I. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, [2019]
Edition:First edition.
Series:Integrative natural history series.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Conservation of biodiversity
  • Why save biodiversity?
  • Characteristics of vulnerable species
  • Protecting American species: a brief history
  • The natural regions of Texas
  • Species accounts
  • River and stream fauna
  • Central Texas cave fauna
  • Freshwater spring fauna
  • Terrestrial fauna
  • Resident and migratory bird fauna
  • Gulf of Mexico fauna
  • A glance at the past
  • Vanished: the state's lost fauna
  • Appendix: Scientific names of species mentioned in the text.