Terrestrial ecoregions of North America
Subtitle: a conservation assessment
By: Taylor H. Ricketts ... [et al.].
Contributors: Ricketts, Taylor H.
Publisher: Island Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 485
Subjects: Biodiversity conservation -- North America
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 441-463) and index.
Table of contents: title: A conservation assessment of the terrestrial ecoregions of Mexico: a status report ; Habitat loss in North America fuels species extinctions / D.M. Olson; title: Do freshwater ecoregion boundaries correlate with terrestrial? / R. Abell; title: Defining marine ecoregions of the Pacific Continental United States / R.G. Ford; title: Caribou migrations and calving grounds: globally outstanding ecological phenomena / A. Gunn; title: Reconnecting grizzly bear populations in fragmented landscapes / S. Primm, E. Underwood; title: Multiscale analysis of endemism of vascular plant species / J. Kartesz and A. Farstad; title: Ecosystem and species diversity beneath our feet / D. Culver; title: Keeping the cows off: conserving riparian areas in the American West / T.L. Fleischner; title: Saving migratory songbirds ; The most threatened birds of continental North America / S. Robinson; title: Fire exclusion in the eastern ecoregions of the United States and Canada / A. Weakley; title: Exotic vascular plant species: where do they occur? / J. Kartesz; title: Conservation threats moving northward into Canada / K. Kavanagh,  A. Hackman; title: Conservation assessments: a synthesis / R.F. Noss; title: Globally outstanding biodiversity in our own backyard / E. Dinerstein, D.M. Olson; title: Getting ahead of the cutting cycles: what happens when the trees grow back? / G. Orians; title: Diverse forest ecoregions of North America: their protected status and importance in forest certification / D. DellaSala; title: The conservation potential of military bases and related installations / S. Gatewood, R. Mondt.