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"Lauded in the New York Times science section as ""a sweeping analysis of the ecosystems of the United States and Canada,"" this volume represents an unparalleled source of information and data for scientists and conservationists working in North America. 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 stunning and comprehensive assessment of the current status of biodiversity in North America north of Mexico. Terrestrial Ecoregions of North America begins with six chapters that present the rationale for the ecoregion approach, describe the biological distinctiveness of North American ecoregions, assess the level of threats facing each, present a conservation agenda for the next decade, and set forth recommendations for preserving and restoring biodiversity. In addition, nineteen essays by leading scientists address specific topics such as the effect of cattle on riparian areas, and the problem of invasive exotic plant species. Following the main text are substantial appendixes that describe each ecoregion in detail, including information on: unique features of the ecoregion that set it apart from the others its biological distinctiveness, threats to habitats and wildlife, and important sites for conservation activities that enhance biodiversity conservation in the ecoregion conservation partners working in the ecoregion, including addresses and other contact information the relationship of the ecoregion to other classification schemes literature cited for that ecoregion One of the most useful and unique features of the book is the series of thirty full-color maps that present essential information about the ecoregions and the biodiversity they contain in a compelling and easily understood graphical format.The ecoregion-based approach has been adopted by many conservation groups as the most effective way to ward off massive losses of biodiversity, and this volume provides a road map to that important new strategy. With a significant number of previously unpublished data sets and new analytic approaches, Terrestrial Ecoregions of North America is both a guidebook for describing the biological wealth of the continent and a handbook for restoring and conserving it. It will be an essential reference for anyone concerned with biodiversity conservation in North America."

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The authors are all affiliated with the Conservation Science Program of World Wildlife Fund. The World Wildlife Fund is the largest privately supported international conservation organization in the world with more than one million members in the U.S. alone. Authors: Taylor H. Ricketts Eric Dinerstein David M. Olson Colby J. Loucks William Eichbaum Dominick DellaSala Kevin Kavanagh Prashant Hedao Patrick T. Hurley Karen M. Carney Robin Abell Steven Walters Contributors: Jonathan Adams Will Allen Sandy Andelman Alan G. Appleby James F. Bergan John Broadhead Dirk Bryant Steve Buttrick Steve Chaplin Roberta Clowater Terry Cook Jim Cooperman Robin Cox Lance Craighead David Culver Mary Davis Dennis Demarchi Jim Eidson Amy Farstad Thomas Fleischner R. Glenn Ford Dave Foreman Steve Gatewood Jim Goltz Sam Gon Louise Gratton Tim Gray Anne Gunn Arlin Hackman Randy Hagenstein Ron Heyer Bob Holland Tony Iacobelli Laura Jackson John Kartesz James MacMahon Kate MacQuarrie Geoff Mann Bill Meades Rod Mondt Janet Moore David Neaves Jim Nelson Reed Noss Chris O'Brien Sebastian Oosenbrug Gordon Orians Juri Peepre Ajith Perera Robert Peters Steve Primm Scott Robinson Jon-Paul Rodriquez John Sawyer Rick Schneider Jennifer Shay Marni Sims Phillip Sims Fred E. Smeins George Smith Scott Smith Randy Snodgrass Colin Stewart Jim Strittholt Emma Underwood Robyn Usher Alasdair Veitch Alan Weakley Wesley W. Wettengel Gaile Whelan-Enns Chris Williams Don Wilson Kim Wolfe Nathalie Zinger This volume is the first in a series. This series also includes Freshwater Ecoregions of North America, 2000, and Terrestrial Ecoregions of the Indo-Pacific, 2001, and The Ecoregions Series which includes all 3 volumes at the discounted price of $185.00. Taylor H. Ricketts is affiliated with the Conservation Science Program of World Wildlife Fund. Eric Dinerstein is Chief Scientist and Vice-President for Science at the World Wildlife Fund-US. He has participated in or overseen conservation research around the world, he is one of the editors of WWF's Ecosystem Assessment series, and he is the author of a monograph on rhinos: Return of the Unicorns: The Natural History and Conservation of the Greater-One Horned Rhinoceros (Columbia University Press).

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