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Title:

Texans on the brink : threatened and endangered animals / edited by Brian R. Chapman and William I. Lutterschmidt ; foreword by John H. Rappole.

Publisher:

Texas A&M University Press,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

xv, 220 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.

Subject:

Endangered species--Texas.
Animal diversity conservation--Texas.

Other Authors:

Chapman, Brian R., editor.
Lutterschmidt, William I., editor.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-209) and index.

Contents:

Part one. Conservation of biodiversity. Why save biodiversity? ; Characteristics of vulnerable species ; Protecting American species : a brief history ; The natural regions of Texas -- Part two. Species accounts. River and stream fauna ; Central Texas cave fauna ; Freshwater spring fauna ; Terrestrial fauna ; Resident and migratory bird fauna ; Gulf of Mexico fauna -- Part three. A glance at the past. Vanished : the state's lost fauna -- Appendix: Scientific names of species mentioned in the text.

Series:

Integrative natural history series

ISBN:

1623497310
9781623497316

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1048015212

LCCN:

2018036559

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)