MARC record from Internet Archive

LEADER: 06980cam 2201045 a 4500
001 ocm24377955
003 OCoLC
005 20170912113805.0
008 910809s1992 caua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 91029555
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$dAGL$dNLC$dMNM$dBAKER$dBTCTA$dYDXCP$dGEBAY$dHALAN$dCHRRO$dBDX$dOCLCF$dOCLCO$dOCLCA
016 $a940008793
019 $a717247473$a979927743$a980235864
020 $a0804719675
020 $a9780804719674
020 $a0804719810 (pbk.)
020 $a9780804719810 (pbk.)
035 $a(OCoLC)24377955$z(OCoLC)717247473$z(OCoLC)979927743$z(OCoLC)980235864
043 $an-us---$an-cn---$anwpr---
050 00 $aQL676.55$b.E38 1992
055 0 $aQL676 .7$bE38 1992
070 0 $aQL676.55.E38$b1992
072 0 $aP000
072 7 $as1zo$2rero
082 00 $a333.95/8137/097$220
100 1 $aEhrlich, Paul R.
245 10 $aBirds in jeopardy :$bthe imperiled and extinct birds of the United States and Canada including Hawaii and Puerto Rico /$cPaul R. Ehrlich, David S. Dobkin, and Darryl Wheye ; illustrations by Darryl Wheye.
260 $aStanford, Calif. :$bStanford University Press,$c1992.
300 $ax, 259 p. :$bcol. ill. ;$c21 x 23 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 245-251) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- Scope and organization of the book -- Birds that are officially threatened or endangered -- Birds that are not officially listed in the U.S. -- Birds that have become extinct since 1776 -- Commentaries on imperilment -- Regional quick check of birds in jeopardy -- Reference material.
520 $aAs the human population skyrockets and the toxic impact of human society spreads, the natural habitats of birds degrade and diminish and the bird populations decline. Two hundred years ago, when the United States and Canada were home to less than 5 million people, they were also home to some 650 species of birds. Today, more than 280 million people live there, and 33 bird species have already been driven to extinction and well over 150 are in danger of extinction in all.
520 $aOr parts of their range. This book, organized and written by the authors of The Birder's Handbook, and enriched by 191 strikingly beautiful color paintings illustrating all of the birds treated, is the first concise, authoritative review of the status of the birds currently imperiled in the United States and Canada - those that are federally listed as Endangered or Threatened and those that are listed by the National Audubon Society as suffering local or regional or.
520 $aWidespread decline. It also treats the birds that have been driven to extinction in the past two centuries, since the stories of their somber fates can help us learn how to save the other birds that are in jeopardy. Because birdwatchers and others are showing increased interest in the tropical birds that survive in Hawaii and Puerto Rico, the book includes separate sections on the imperiled and extinct birds of those areas. Hawaii is of special importance: because it has.
520 $aSeen so many extinctions just in the years since Cook's arrival (23 species and subspecies), it provides a laboratory for studying the impact of civilization on birds in the wild. The individual texts - written in clear, non-technical language - cover requirements for successful nesting and feeding; worldwide and North American breeding range, wintering range, and imperiled portions of range; current population estimates (for Threatened and Endangered birds); behavioral.
520 $aAnd other factors pertinent to conservation; former and/or current threats associated with decline; current status of imperilment; federally funded recovery plans; and the date of last sighting, in those desperate cases where extinction is imminent or already a fact. In the last century, coal miners took canaries into the mines, reasoning that if poisonous gases were present, the birds would give warning by succumbing first. Now birds are serving as miners' canaries once.
520 $aAgain. In the language of ecology, they are good indicator species, warning us that too many people, unbridled consumption of wildlands and other natural resources, faulty technologies, and irresponsible disposal of chemical and other wastes threaten not just birds but ourselves and every other living thing. In our daily lives we seldom see the terrible effects of these forces but they are demonstrated every day by scientific surveys of the environment, around the world.
520 $aAnd the reasons for the decline are seldom obscure.
650 0 $aRare birds$zUnited States.
650 0 $aRare birds$zCanada.
650 0 $aRare birds$zPuerto Rico.
650 0 $aExtinct birds$zUnited States.
650 0 $aExtinct birds$zCanada.
650 0 $aExtinct birds$zPuerto Rico.
650 0 $aBirds$xConservation$zUnited States.
650 0 $aBirds$xConservation$zCanada.
650 0 $aBirds$xConservation$zPuerto Rico.
650 6 $aOiseaux rares$zÉtats-Unis.
650 6 $aOiseaux rares$zCanada.
650 6 $aOiseaux rares$zPorto Rico.
650 6 $aOiseaux disparus$zÉtats-Unis.
650 6 $aOiseaux disparus$zCanada.
650 6 $aOiseaux disparus$zPorto Rico.
650 6 $aOiseaux$xProtection$zÉtats-Unis.
650 6 $aOiseaux$xProtection$zCanada.
650 6 $aOiseaux$xProtection$zPorto Rico.
650 7 $aBirds$xConservation.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00832983
650 7 $aExtinct birds.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00918958
650 7 $aRare birds.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01090092
651 7 $aCanada.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01204310
651 7 $aPuerto Rico.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01205432
651 7 $aUnited States.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01204155
650 7 $aespèce menacée$xoiseau$zCanada.$2rero
650 7 $aespèce menacée$xoiseau$zEtats-Unis.$2rero
650 7 $aespèce menacée$xoiseau$zPorto Rico.$2rero
650 7 $aVögel$2gnd
650 7 $aBedrohte Tiere$2gnd
650 7 $aAusgestorbene Tiere$2gnd
651 7 $aNordamerika$2gnd
700 1 $aDobkin, David S.
700 1 $aWheye, Darryl.
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam023/91029555.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam024/91029555.html
938 $aBaker & Taylor$bBKTY$c45.00$d45.00$i0804719675$n0002077213$sactive
938 $aBrodart$bBROD$n44211724$c$28.95
938 $aBaker and Taylor$bBTCP$n91029555
938 $aYBP Library Services$bYANK$n672258
029 1 $aAU@$b000008404707
029 1 $aCHRRO$b1902387
029 1 $aGEBAY$b1771816
029 1 $aNLC$b940008793
029 1 $aNZ1$b4031852
029 1 $aYDXCP$b672245
029 1 $aYDXCP$b672258
029 1 $aNZ1$b551674
994 $aZ0$bPMR
948 $hNO HOLDINGS IN PMR - 1061 OTHER HOLDINGS