Precious heritage
Subtitle: the status of biodiversity in the United States
By: edited by Bruce A. Stein, Lynn S. Kutner, Jonathan S. Adams ; graphics by Nicole S. Rousmaniere
Contributors: Stein, Bruce A., 1955-; Kutner, Lynn S; Adams, Jonathan S; Nature Conservancy (U.S.); Association for Biodiversity Information
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 399
Subjects: Biodiversity conservation -- United States
Notes: "A joint project of the Nature Conservancy & Association for Biodiversity Information."

Includes bibliographical references (p. [347]-366) and index
Table of contents: title: Biodiversity: our precious heritage / Jonathan S. Adams, Bruce A. Stein, Lynn S. Kutner; title: Discovering life in America: tools and techniques of biodiversity inventory / Burce A. Stein, Frank W. Davis; title: A remarkable array: species diversity in the United States / Bruce A. Stein ... [ et al.]; title: Vanishing assets: conservation status of U.S. species / Lawrence L. Master ... [et al.]; title: State of the states: geographic patterns of diversity, rarity, and endemism / Burce A. Stein ... [ et al.]; title: The geography of imperilment: targeting conservation toward critical biodiversity areas / Stephen J. Chaplin ... [ et al.]; title: More than the sum of the parts: diversity and status of ecological systems / Mark T. Bryer ... [ et al.]; title: Leading threats to biodiversity: what's imperiling U.S. species / David S. Wilcove; title: Strategies for biodiversity protection / Michael J. Bean; title: Owning up to our responsibilities: who owns lands important for biodiversity? / Craig R. Groves ... [ et al.]; title: Safeguarding our precious heritage / Mark L. Shaffer, Bruce A. Stein; title: Appendix A: Extinct and missing species of the United States; title: Appendix B: State diversity, endemism, and rarity; title: Appendix C: Küchler potential natural vegetation types; title: Appendix D. Principal sources for U. S. species names in the Natural Heritage central databases