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The World Wildlife Fund guide to extinct species of modern times / by Beacham, Walton,1943-(CARDINAL)180602; World Wildlife Fund (U.S.)(CARDINAL)173162;
Includes bibliographical references and index.v. 1. Birds of the Pacific islands and North America ; Plants of the Hawaiian islands ; Fishes of North America ; Mammals of North and South Africa ; Mammals of North America and the Atlantic islands.
Subjects: Endangered species.; Endangered plants.; Extinct animals.; Extinct plants.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 4
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Extinct plants and problems of evolution, founded on a course of public lectures delivered at the University college of Wales, Aberystwyth, in 1922 / by Scott, Dukinfield Henry,1854-1934.(CARDINAL)320095;
"References": pages 228-231.
Subjects: Paleobotany.; Plants;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Animal and plant extinction / by Gardner, Jane P.,author.(CARDINAL)561833; Stoleru, Jordan,consultant.(CARDINAL)894813;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Fury faces, scaly flippers, and green vines are disappearing. Why are so many animals and plants disappearing? Climate change is threatening a wave of extinction. Explore the threat to life on Earth with easy-to-understand content tied to the curriculum of upper-elementary and middle school students and text written at a 2nd to 3rd grade reading level. Dyslexia-friendly font and design make learning accessible, and a recap at the end promotes checking for understanding to aid comprehension. It's key environmental science curriculum made approachable for all"--760L
Subjects: Extinction (Biology); Climatic changes;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Plants : extinction or survival? / by Facklam, Howard.(CARDINAL)504517; Facklam, Margery.(CARDINAL)317730;
Includes bibliographical references (page 87) and index.Describes the importance of germplasm and how storage banks around the world are preserving plant seeds so that plant species will not be lost through disease and environmental conditions.
Subjects: Crops; Germplasm resources, Plant; Plant conservation; Plants; Seeds;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The doomsday book of animals : a natural history of vanished species / by Day, David,1947-(CARDINAL)134926;
Bibliography: pages 282-284.
Subjects: Extinct animals.; Rare plants.; Wildlife conservation;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4
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Before they vanish : saving nature's populations--and ourselves / by Ehrlich, Paul R.,author.(CARDINAL)153255; Ceballos, Gerardo,author.(CARDINAL)844857; Dirzo, Rodolfo,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.From origins to extinction -- The sixth mass extinction -- Lost and vanishing mammals -- Bird songs long gone and declining -- The silent crisis: other vertebrates -- Ignored victims: invertebrates -- Vanishing green: plants -- Our emerald treasure -- Microbes: a hidden world -- Defaunation -- Drivers of extinction -- Nature's decline: the costs -- The cure a bitter-sweet pill."This work is a new, hopeful analysis from the world's top natural scientists that shows us the way to save the endangered species of the world"--
Subjects: Endangered species.; Extinction (Biology); Plants;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Endangered species and you. by Zapotocki, Nancy.; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.(CARDINAL)138186;
An educational program on endangered and threatened plants and animals in North Carolina (for kindergarten through grade 6) including a background information section for teachers and those interested in learning more about endangered species.
Subjects: Endangered species; Endangered species; Extinct animals; Extinct plants;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Citizen scientist : searching for heroes and hope in an age of extinction / by Hannibal, Mary Ellen,author.(CARDINAL)671760;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: Change over time -- In which I freak out in the tide pool -- Moby Ghost -- The wild garden -- Dream machine -- Green thumb in a dark Eden -- Into the woods -- We all want to change the world -- First there is a mountain -- Innocence and experience -- Bee, I'm expecting you -- Eyewitness -- Epilogue: The river was there."Citizen Science might just be our last, best chance to fight extinction. But is there really hope for threatened species? Mary Ellen Hannibal needed to find out. Hannibal, an award-winning writer and emerging emissary from scientists to the public, sets out to become a citizen scientist herself. In search of vanishing species, she wades into tide pools, follows hawks, and scours mountains. The data she collects will help environmental research -- but her most precious discovery might be her fellow citizen scientists: a heroic cast of volunteers devoting long hours to helping scientists measure -- and even slow -- today's unprecedented mass extinction. A consummate reporter, Hannibal digs into the origins of the tech-savvy citizen scientist movement -- tracing it back through centuries of amateur observation by writers and naturalists. Prompted by her novelist father's sudden death, she also examines her own past and discovers a family legacy of looking closely at the world. Her personal loss only fuels her quest to bear witness to life, and so she ultimately returns her gaze to the wealth of species still left to fight for. Combining research and memoir in impassioned prose, Citizen Scientist is a literary event, a blueprint for action, and the story of how one woman rescues herself from an odyssey of loss -- with a new kind of science"--
Subjects: Endemic plants; Endemic animals; Introduced organisms; Extinction (Biology); Plants;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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Vanished species / by Day, David,1947-(CARDINAL)134926; Philip,Prince, consort of Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain,1921-2021(CARDINAL)150261; Hayman, Peter.(CARDINAL)316522;
Bibliography: pages 282-284.
Subjects: Encyclopedias.; Extinct animals.; Rare animals.; Endangered species.; Rare plants.; Wildlife conservation;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Saving the wild South : the fight for native plants on the brink of extinction / by Eubanks, Georgann,author.(CARDINAL)274632; Campbell, Donna,1951-photographer.(CARDINAL)283580;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Yadkin River goldenrod and Heller's blazing star -- Florida torreya -- Alabama canebrake pitcher plant and green pitcher plant -- Miccosukee gooseberry -- Shoals spider lily (Cahaba lily) -- Morefield's leather flower -- Michaux's sumac -- River cane -- Schweinitz's sunflower -- American chaffseed -- Epilogue: tending the garden."From the Miccosukee gooseberry to the Florida torreya, the twelve plants starring in The wild South are native to the American South, a place known for its astonishingly rich biodiversity. Georgann Eubanks treks across the region, from Alabama to North Carolina, reporting on their wondrous biology. But these plants are in dire trouble-each one is struggling to survive against the effects of global climate change and disruptive development. Ten of them have already been granted federally endangered status"--
Subjects: Endangered plants; Plant conservation; Rare plants;
Available copies: 15 / Total copies: 19
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