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Title:

Conservation and resource management / edited by S.K. Majumdar... [et al.].

Publisher:

Pennsylvania Academy of Science,

Copyright Date:

c1993

Description:

ix, 444 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Conservation of natural resources--United States.
Natural resources--United States--Management.
Conservation of natural resources.
Natural resources--Management.

Other Authors:

Majumdar, Shyamal K., 1938-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

An agenda for conservation and resource management / Delwin E. Benson. Land resources and climate change scenarios in the northeast U.S. / William J. Waltman and William Stout -- Soil conservation / Robert Cunningham -- Integrated land and waste resource management / Dale E. Baker and J.P. Senft -- The atmosphere as a resource / Jennifer M. Robinson -- Water : utilization and management / E. Willard Miller -- Temperate forests of the eastern United States / David A. Orwig and Marc D. Abrams -- The global aspects of wildlife conservation and management / Tony J. Peterle -- Endangered and threatened species recovery and management programs / Dave P. Flemming -- Wetland ecosystems / Nancy McCreary Waters and Deborah H. Mackie and William L. Keough -- Conservation and management of wetlands / Brij Gopal -- Conservation management of Indian medicinal plants / Dipali Dey -- When a native predator becomes a pest : a case study / William I. Boarman -- Minerals conservation and marine resources / Michael J. Cruickshank -- Energy conservation / E.W. Miller -- United States metallic minerals : conservation or cornucopia? / Fillmore C.F. Earney -- Economic considerations of resource scarcity and conservation / Katherine T. McClain -- Inorganic non-metallic mineral commodities / George K. Schenck -- Population growth, rural residence, and changing agriculture in Pennsylvania, 1950-1990 / George A. Schnell & Mark Monmonier -- Social science and the evolving conservation philosophy / Mark R. Peterson and Michael J. Manfredo -- Ecotourism : the role of tourism and conservation / Alan R. Graefe and Richard J. Gitelson -- The battle over conservation : a case study--Jackson Hole / David L. McGinnis -- Conservation biology : the role of science, values and ethics / John Lemons -- Benefits of natural resource conservation / Edward K. Brown -- Conservation and health / Robert F. Schmalz -- An overview of the ecology of urban areas / William F. Elmendorf -- International conservation perspectives / Douglas Williamson -- A national planning perspective for conservation / Spencer R. Amend -- Global conservation strategies / Derek A. Melton -- An agenda for conservation and resource management / Delwin E. Benson.

ISBN:

9780945809081
0945809085

OCLC:

(OCoLC)29876964

LCCN:

93071958

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)