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Title 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
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2000

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Description 1 online resource (xxv, 399 pages) : color illustrations, maps (some color)
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
Summary Foreword, Edward O. Wilson. Preface. Contributors. Participating Institutions. Acknowledgements. 1. Biodiversity: Our Precious Heritage, Jonathan S. Adams, Bruce A. Stein, and Lynn S. Kutner. 2. Discovering Life in America: Tools and Techniques of Biodiversity Inventory, Bruce A. Stein and Frank W. Davis. 3. A Remarkable Array: Species Diversity in the United States, Bruce A. Stein et al. 4. Conservation Status of U.S. Species, Lawrence L. Master et al. 5. State of the States: Geographic Patterns of Diversity, Rarity, and Endemism, Bruce A. Stein et al. 6. The Geography of Imperilment: Targeti
Notes "A joint project of the Nature Conservancy & Association for Biodiversity Information."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-366)
Notes English
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Subject Biodiversity conservation -- United States
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Biological Diversity.
NATURE -- Animals -- Wildlife.
Conservation of natural resources
Biodiversity conservation
United States
Form Electronic book
Author Stein, Bruce A., 1955- editor.
Kutner, Lynn S., editor.
Adams, Jonathan S., 1961- editor.
Nature Conservancy (U.S.)
Association for Biodiversity Information.
LC no. 99030213
ISBN 9780198028963
0198028962
1280830913
9781280830914
9786610830916
6610830916
0197561330
9780197561331