Precious heritage : the status of biodiversity in the United States / edited by Bruce A. Stein, Lynn S. Kutner, Jonathan S. Adams ; graphics by Nicole S. Rousmaniere.
Publisher's description: A vast land of contrasts, the United States stretches from above the Arctic Circle to below the tropic of Cancer, and spans nearly a third of the globe, from eastern Maine to the tip of the Aleutian chain. Within this area exists an immense variety of ecosystems, suppor...
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[2000]
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Table of Contents:
- 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. Wilcove ... [et al.]
- Strategies for biodiversity protection / Michael J. Bean
- Owning up to our responsibilities : who owns lands important for biodiversity? / Craig R. Groves ... [et al.]
- 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.