A comprehensive listing and description of all natural plant communities (588 associations) in the Midwest, using the concepts of the U.S. National Vegetation Classification system.
This analysis unearths the fact that only a modest number of state wildlife action plans explicitly incorporated plant species of conservation concern. Now is the time to put the conservation needs of our nation’s flora squarely into view.
This book provides a thorough introduction to understanding biodiversity and how it applies to the military mission, including the scientific, legal, policy, and natural resources management contexts, and offers practical advice from 17 case studies, written by resource managers at military installations.
With amphibians in crisis worldwide, Threatened Amphibians of the World offers a visual journey through the first-ever comprehensive assessment of the conservation status of the world's 6,000 known species of frogs, toads, salamanders, and caecilians.
While their flights of fancy may seem insignificant, butterflies are sentinels or early indicators of this change, and can act as important messengers to raise awareness.
A hands-on guide to biodiversity inventory, this manual provides an overview of the data sources, analytical tools and methods, and field techniques involved in surveying lands for rare species and ecological communities of concern.
This report reveals gaps in Canada's understanding of its own biodiversity, which is essential to enabling conservation action and effective reporting.
Synthesizing the experiences of more than two dozen sites around the world, this booklet describes how marine managed areas (MMAs) increase the diversity and abundance of native organisms and ecosystem resilience for generations to come.