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Description: |
xxiv, 485 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 28 cm |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 441-463). |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction. Assessment overview ; Structure of the book ; The challenge -- Approach. Delineation of ecoregions and geographic scope of this study ; Assignment of major habitat types ; Discriminators ; Biological distinctiveness index (BDI): overview ; Conservation status index: overview ; Integrating biological distinctiveness and conservation status ; Biodiversity in the freshwater and marine realms -- Biological distinctiveness of North American ecoregions. Globally outstanding ecoregions ; Geographic patterns of species richness and endemism ; Geographic patterns of species richness and endemism within and among higher Taxa ; Analyses at finer geographical scales -- Conservation status of North American ecoregions. Snapshot conservation status ; Conservation snapshot criteria ; Final conservation status: threat analysis ; Threat analysis criteria ; Conservation threats moving northward -- Setting the conservation agenda: integrating biological distinctiveness and conservation status -- Recommendations. North America's global responsibilities for biodiversity conservation ; Specific targets requiring urgent action -- Appendixes. A. Methods for assessing the biological distinctiveness of terrestrial ecoregions ; B. Methods for assessing the conservation status of terrestrial ecoregions ; C. Species richness and endemism data for ecoregions ; D. Summary of ecoregion scores of the biological distinctiveness, conservation status, and integration matrix analyses ; E. Integration matrices for the ten major habitat types ; F. Ecoregion descriptions ; G. Conservation partner contact information -- Glossary. |
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A conservation assessment of the terrestrial ecoregions of Mexico: a status report ; Habitat loss in North America fuels species extinctions / D.M. Olson -- Do freshwater ecoregion boundaries correlate with terrestrial? / R. Abell -- Defining marine ecoregions of the Pacific Continental United States / R.G. Ford -- Caribou migrations and calving grounds: globally outstanding ecological phenomena / A. Gunn -- Reconnecting grizzly bear populations in fragmented landscapes / S. Primm, E. Underwood -- Multiscale analysis of endemism of vascular plant species / J. Kartesz and A. Farstad -- Ecosystem and species diversity beneath our feet / D. Culver -- Keeping the cows off: conserving riparian areas in the American West / T.L. Fleischner -- Saving migratory songbirds ; The most threatened birds of continental North America / S. Robinson -- Fire exclusion in the eastern ecoregions of the United States and Canada / A. Weakley -- Exotic vascular plant species: where do they occur? / J. Kartesz -- Conservation threats moving northward into Canada / K. Kavanagh, A. Hackman -- Conservation assessments: a synthesis / R.F. Noss -- Globally outstanding biodiversity in our own backyard / E. Dinerstein, D.M. Olson -- Getting ahead of the cutting cycles: what happens when the trees grow back? / G. Orians -- Diverse forest ecoregions of North America: their protected status and importance in forest certification / D. DellaSala -- The conservation potential of military bases and related installations / S. Gatewood, R. Mondt. |
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Summary, Etc. Note: |
Review: "Using a rigorous ecoregion-based approach, rather than the more common state-by-state analysis, a team of scientists from World Wildlife Fund has produced a unique and comprehensive assessment of the current status of biodiversity in North America north of Mexico." "This book presents the rationale for the ecoregion approach, describes the biological distinctiveness of each North American ecoregion in detail, assesses the level of threats facing each, presents a conservation agenda for the next decade, and sets the recommendations for preserving and restoring biodiversity. In addition, a series of full-color maps present essential information about the ecoregions and the biodiversity they contain."--Jacket. |
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Additional Physical Forms: |
Online version: Terrestrial ecoregions of North America. Washington, D.C. : Island Press, ©1999 (OCoLC)904225067 |
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Elect. Loc./Access: |
Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0666/99018912-d.html |