Birder's Conservation Handbook : : 100 North American Birds at Risk / / Jeffrey V. Wells.

Until now there has been no single, comprehensive resource on the status of North America's most threatened birds and what people can do to help protect them. Birder's Conservation Handbook is the only book of its kind, written specifically to help birders and researchers understand the th...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2010]
©2008
Year of Publication:2010
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (464 p.) :; 100 line illus. 100 maps.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Scope and Purpose
  • Birds as Indicators
  • The State of North American Bird Populations
  • Major Conservation Issues Affecting North America's Birds
  • The State of Bird Conservation in North America and Beyond
  • What You Can Do
  • Species Accounts
  • Appendix I. North American Birds of Conservation Concern Listed by Different Agencies and Organizations
  • Appendix II. Hawaiian Birds of Conservation Concern and Extinct Species
  • Appendix III. Mexican Government Official List of Endangered, Threatened, and Special Concern Bird Species
  • Appendix IV. Agencies and Organizations Involved in Bird Conservation
  • Illustration Credits
  • Index