The Road to extinction : problems of categorizing the status of taxa threatened with extinction : proceedings of a syposium held by the Species Survival Commission, Madrid, 7 and 9 November, 1984 / edited by Richard and Maisie Fitter
Published
Gland, Switzerland : International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, 1987
Red data books : the historical background / Sir Peter Scott, John A. Burton and Richard Fitter -- Thirteen milestones on the road to extinction / F. Wayne King -- Categorization of threats to and status of wild populations / Sidney J. Holt -- Endangerment with the best of intentions / Larry D. Harris and Reed F. Noss -- Legal experience and implications / Michael J. Bean -- Red data books : future perspectives and needs / V. Sokolov -- Synthesis and recommendations / W.A. Fuller -- The panel discussion, including extended contributions by W.A. Fuller, J.I. Furtado, V.H. Heywood, L. Roche and A. Schiøtz -- Concepts of threat to the survival of species used in red data books and similar compilations / Paul Munton -- On the definition of threats to the survival of species / William K. de la Mare
Analysis
Organisms in danger of extinction
Notes
'Prepared in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme' - T.p. verso
