| Description |
1 online resource (xxv, 399 pages) : color illustrations, maps (some color) |
| Note |
"A joint project of the Nature Conservancy & Association for Biodiversity Information." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-366). |
| 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 [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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Biodiversity conservation -- United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Stein, Bruce A., 1955-
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Kutner, Lynn S.
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Adams, Jonathan S., 1961-
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Nature Conservancy (U.S.)
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Association for Biodiversity Information.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Precious heritage. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2000 0195125193 9780195125191 (DLC) 99030213 (OCoLC)41404579 |
| ISBN |
9780198028963 (electronic bk.) |
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0198028962 (electronic bk.) |
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0195125193 (alk. paper) |
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9780195125191 |
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