Abstract
A comprehensive assessment of biodiversity in the US and Canada. The authors, scientists with the World Wildlife Fund, use a rigorous ecoregion approach, rather than the less relevant state-by-state approach. Six chapters present the rationale for the approach, defining the ecoregions and analyzing the threats to each. From this the authors develop a conservation agenda and set out recommendations for preserving and restoring biodiversity to the continent. Thirteen colour maps provide essential information about each ecoregion and its biodiversity.
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GeographyArchaeology
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- 37
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- 06
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- 37-3346
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Taylor H. Ricketts
(2000).
Terrestrial ecoregions of North America: a conservation assessment.
Choice Reviews Online
, 37
(06)
, 37-3346.
https://doi.org/10.5860/choice.37-3346
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- 10.5860/choice.37-3346