Resources in WHSL  |  Internet Resources

In-House Resources (at WHSL)

Disaster! : the destruction of our planet - 363.7 SUL
From the Kuwaiti oil well fires to endangered animals, from acid rain to global warming, our planet is being destroyed.  Read about these environmental disasters, and find out what you can do to help before it's too late.

Endangered Species - 573 LAM
Expalins what species are, how they become extinct, and the effect of extinction on the ecology, and surveys endangered species of plants and animals and possible solutions.

Endangered Species - Vertical File
Various articles.

Endangered Species - 578.68 VER
Explains what species are, how they become extinct, the effect of extinction on the ecology, and surveys endangered species of plants and animals and possible solutions.

Endangered Species - REF 591.03 ILL
Vol. 20 of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Animal Kingdom.

Endangered Species:  Must they disappear? - 574.6 END
Contains quotes, graphs, and charts, all of which are well documented.

Extinction - 303.4 EHR
The causes and consequences of the disappearance of species is discussed.

Living Earth, vol. 18:  Conservation - REF 574 LIV
Volume 18 of the series which focuses on different ecological environments and how they affect their inhabitants.

Our Magnificent wildlife:  how to enjoy and preserve it. - 599 REA
Discusses the endangered animals, wildlife living free, the web of life for animals, zoos, and much more.

Restoring America's wildlife, 1937-1987:  the first 50 years of the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration (Pittman-Robertson) Act. - 599 RES
 

Internet Resources

Center for Biodiversity and Conservation - http://research.amnh.org/biodiversity/
American Museum of Natural History

CITES-  http://www.wcmc.org.uk/CITES/eng/index.shtml
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.

Endangered Species Page - http://endangered.fws.gov/index.html
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.  Contains background ont he Endangered Species Act, detailed information and statistics on listed species, and information on species recovery plans.

The National Zoo - http://natzoo.si.edu/
From the National Zoo in Washington, DC (a division of the Smithsonian Institution), this site contains links to detailed biographies of a number of endangered and threatened animal species.

New York Botanical Garden - http://www.nybg.org
Follow the links to detailed biographies of a number of endangered and threatened animal species.

Stanford Center for Conservation Biology - http://www.stanford.edu/group/CCB/

World Conservation Monitoring Centre - http://www.unep-wcmc.org/
Web version of the 1996 IUNC Red List of Threatened Animals & 1997 IUNC Red List of Threatened Plants, maintained by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre.  This database is searchable by a species common name.

World Species List - http://species.enviroweb.org/
A comprehensive list of plants, animals, and microbes.

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