Precious heritage : [Text] the status of biodiversity in the United States /
by Stein, Bruce A; Kutner, Lynn S; Adams, Jonathan S; Nature Conservancy (U.S.); Association for Biodiversity Information.
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BookPublisher: Oxford Oxford Oxford University Press c2000Edition: Hardcover.Description: xxv, 399 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.ISBN: 0195125193.Subject(s): Biodiversity
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Summary: Presents a comprehensive, illustrated overview of the biological diversity of the United States, from above the Arctic Cricle to below the tropic of Cancer, from eastern Maine, to the tip of the Aleutian chain; and discusses opportunities for conservation.
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 ... [et al.] -- Vanishing assets : conservation status of U.S. species / Lawrence L. Master ... [et al.] -- State of the states : geographic patterns of diversity, rarity, and endemism / Bruce A. Stein ... [et al.] -- The geography of imperilment : targeting conservation toward critical biodiversity areas / Stephen J. Chaplin ... [et al.] -- More than the sum of the parts : diversity and status of ecological systems / Mark T. Bryer ... [et al.] -- Leading threats to biodiversity : what's imperiling U.S. species / David S. Wilcore ... [et al.] -- Strategies for biodiversity protection / Michael J. Bean -- Owning up to our responsibilities : who owns lands important for biodiversity? / Craig R. Groves -- Safeguarding our precious heritage / Mark L. Shaffer, Bruce A. Stein.
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"A joint project of the Nature Conservancy & Association for Biodiversity Information."
Includes bibliographical references (p. [347]-366) and index.
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 ... [et al.] -- Vanishing assets : conservation status of U.S. species / Lawrence L. Master ... [et al.] -- State of the states : geographic patterns of diversity, rarity, and endemism / Bruce A. Stein ... [et al.] -- The geography of imperilment : targeting conservation toward critical biodiversity areas / Stephen J. Chaplin ... [et al.] -- More than the sum of the parts : diversity and status of ecological systems / Mark T. Bryer ... [et al.] -- Leading threats to biodiversity : what's imperiling U.S. species / David S. Wilcore ... [et al.] -- Strategies for biodiversity protection / Michael J. Bean -- Owning up to our responsibilities : who owns lands important for biodiversity? / Craig R. Groves -- Safeguarding our precious heritage / Mark L. Shaffer, Bruce A. Stein.
Choice, June 2003
Presents a comprehensive, illustrated overview of the biological diversity of the United States, from above the Arctic Cricle to below the tropic of Cancer, from eastern Maine, to the tip of the Aleutian chain; and discusses opportunities for conservation.
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