With environmental change wreaking widespread shifts in species distribution, some plant communities will likely disappear while entirely new ones will appear within our lifetime. This reality requires an understanding of the distribution of plants species and careful definition within a consistent typological framework.
The lack of conservation remedies for the poorly understood decline of amphibian populations worldwide has left hundreds of these species to face extinction.
This 271-page book covers terrestrial, freshwater palustrine, riparian, and estuarine communities in New Hampshire, and includes a concise overview of the Granite State's landforms, climate, regional vegetation patterns, and ecoregions.
The Atlas is a beautifully illustrated bound collection of full-color maps, photographs, and written accounts about many of California's diverse wildlife species and habitats, based upon more than 20 years of data. From college students to outdoor enthusiasts, environmental planners to policy makers, the
This report presents NatureServe's approach to helping establish performance standards for wetlands mitigation using an improved version of our methodology for conducting ecological integrity assessments. In addition to the main report, separate reports are provided with indicators and metrics for assessing each of 18 wetland ecological systems of New England, the Rocky Mountains, and the Southeast.
This atlas provides an overview of existing knowledge on Québec's threatened or vulnerable species, discusses related conservation efforts to date and identifies biodiversity conservation hot spots.
This set of four reports identifies a portfolio of sites representing high quality terrestrial and freshwater areas that can support a broad range of natural biodiversity, including species at risk. Separate volumes cover terrestrial and aquatic biodiversity.