| Description |
xi, 318 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction ; Act's history and framework / Kathryn A. Kohm -- Part I. Reflections on the act -- Endangered Species Act : legislative perspectives on a living law / John D. Dingell -- Power and potential of the act / Lynn A. Greenwalt -- Looking back over the first fifteen years / Michael J. Bean -- Life in jeopardy on private property / Holmes Rolston, III. -- Snail darters and pork barrels revisited : reflections on endangered species and land use in America / George Cameron Coggins -- Part II. Components of the federal endangered species program -- Endangered species lists : chronicles of extinction? / William Reffalt -- Avoiding endangered species/development conflicts through interagency consultation / Steven L. Yaffee -- Federalism and the act / John P. Ernst -- International implementation : the longest arm of the law? / Mark C. Trexler and Laura H. Kosloff -- Appropriations history / Faith Campbell -- Implementing recovery policy : learning as we go? / Tim Clark and Ann Harvey -- Part III. Implementation challenges -- Western water rights and the act / A. Dan Tarlock -- Invertebrate conservation / Dennis D. Murphy -- Predator conservation / Kevin Bixby -- Pesticide regulation / Jim Serfis -- Part IV. Conserving biodiversity -- From endangered species to biodiversity / Reed F. Noss -- In search of an ecosystem approach to endangered species conservation / Hal Salwasser -- Coping with ignorance : the coarse-filter strategy for maintaining biodiversity / Malcolm L. Hunter, Jr. -- Gap analysis of species richness and vegetation cover : an integrated biodiversity conservation strategy / J. Michael Scott ... [et al.] -- Needed : an endangered humanity act? / Anne H. Ehrlich and Paul R. Ehrlich. |
| Subject |
Endangered species -- Law and legislation -- United States.
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Endangered species -- Law and legislation. |
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United States. |
| Added Author |
Kohm, Kathryn A.
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| ISBN |
1559630078 alkaline paper |
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9781559630078 alkaline paper |
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155963006X paperback alk paper |
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9781559630061 paperback alk paper |
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