Safeguarding the uniqueness of the Colorado Plateau
Subtitle: an ecoregional assessment of biocultural diversity
Contributors: Maffi, Luisa; Nabhan, Gary Paul; Pynes, Patrick; Seibert, David; Sisk, Thomas D; Stevens, Lawrence E; Trimble, Stephen, 1950-; Northern Arizona University. Center for Sustainable Environments; Terralingua (Organization); Grand Canyon Wildlands Council
Publisher: Center for Sustainable Environments; Grand Canyon Wildlands Council; Terralingua; Northern Arizona University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: [Flagstaff, Ariz.]; Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 97
Subjects: Animal diversity conservation -- Colorado Plateau; Ecolinguistics -- Colorado Plateau; Ecological assessment (Biology) -- Colorado Plateau; Plant diversity -- Colorado Plateau; Colorado Plateau -- Conservation biology; Colorado Plateau -- Languages
Other titles: Ecoregional assessment of biocultural diversity
Description: A collection of papers offers strategies for preserving the biocultural diversity of the Colorado Plateau region.
Notes: "With support from The Ford Foundation, Agnese Haury, The Town Creek Foundation."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 93-97)
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Stephen Trimble; title: Preface / Luisa Maffi; title: The Colorado Plateau: an orientation and invocation / Gary Paul Nabhan; title: Assessing levels of biocultural diversity on the Colorado Plateau in relation to other regions / Gary Paul Nabhan, Patrick Pynes, and Tony Joe; title: Eliciting perceptions of biocultural diversity on the Colorado Plateau: a methodology for defining threats and response options / Thomas D. Sisk; title: Geographic heterogeneity: climate, stratigraphy, and soils of the Colorado Plateau / Lawrence E. Stevens and Gary Paul Nabhan; title: Hydrological diversity: water's role in shaping natural and cultural diversity on the Colorado Plateau / Lawrence E. Stevens and Gary Paul Nabhan; title: Biodiversity: plant and animal endemism, biotic associations, and unique habitat mosaics in living landscapes / Lawrence E. Stevens and Gary Paul Nabhan; title: Ethnolinguistic diversity: restoring the native languages to the Colorado Plateau / Patrick Pynes and Gary Paul Nabhan; title: Agricultural diversity: crop genetic resources, agrohabitats, and the farmland-wildland mosaic on the Colorado Plateau / Gary Paul Nabhan and Patrick Pynes; title: Diversifying conservation strategies: innovative means of protecting traditional cultural places and their wildlands settings / Tony Joe, Gary Paul Nabhan, and Patrick Pynes; title: Living as if biocultural diversity matters: conservation opportunities and recommended actions / Gary Paul Nabhan and David Seibert; title: App. 1. Checklist of native mammals of the Colorado Plateau; title: App. 2. Endemic plants of the Colorado Plateau; title: Literature cited