Our living resources
Subtitle: a report to the nation on the distribution, abundance, and health of U.S. plants, animals, and ecosystems
By: [edited by], Edward T. LaRoe ... [et al.].
Contributors: LaRoe, Edward T.; United States. National Biological Service.
Publisher: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Biological Service
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 530
Subjects: Biotic communities -- United States.; Biological diversity -- United States.; Animal populations -- United States.; Plant populations -- United States.; Endangered species -- United States.; Endangered ecosystems -- United States.; Natural resources -- United States.; United States -- Environmental conditions.
Description: Report provides information on distribution, abundance, and health of birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians, fishes, invertebrates, plants, terrestrial ecosystems, aquatic ecosystems, coastal and marine ecosytems, riparian ecosystems, the Great Plains, Interior West, Alaska, and Hawaii. It also discusses special issues: global climate change, human influences, non-native species, and habitat assessments.
Notes: LaRoe, E.T., G.S. Farris, C.E. Puckett, P.D. Doran, and M.J. Mac, eds. 1995. Our living resources: a report to the nation on the distribution, abundance, and health of U.S. plants, animals, and ecosystems. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Biological Service, Washington, DC. 530 pp.
Includes bibliographical references and index.