Safeguarding the uniqueness of the Colorado Plateau : an ecoregional assessment of biocultural diversity / contributors, Tony Joe [and others].
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| Language: | English |
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[Flagstaff, Ariz.] :
Center for Sustainable Environments : Terralingua : Grand Canyon Wildlands Council,
[2002], ©2002.
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| Physical Description: | xii, 97 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm |
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Ecoregional assessment of biocultural diversity. |
| Format: | Book |
Contents:
- Foreword / Stephen Trimble
- Preface / Luisa Maffi
- The Colorado Plateau: an orientation and invocation / Gary Paul Nabhan
- Assessing levels of biocultural diversity on the Colorado Plateau in relation to other regions / Gary Paul Nabhan, Patrick Pynes, and Tony Joe
- Eliciting perceptions of biocultural diversity on the Colorado Plateau: a methodology for defining threats and response options / Thomas D. Sisk
- Geographic heterogeneity: climate, stratigraphy, and soils of the Colorado Plateau / Lawrence E. Stevens and Gary Paul Nabhan
- Hydrological diversity: water's role in shaping natural and cultural diversity on the Colorado Plateau / Lawrence E. Stevens and Gary Paul Nabhan
- Biodiversity: plant and animal endemism, biotic associations, and unique habitat mosaics in living landscapes / Lawrence E. Stevens and Gary Paul Nabhan
- Ethnolinguistic diversity: restoring the native languages to the Colorado Plateau / Patrick Pynes and Gary Paul Nabhan
- Agricultural diversity: crop genetic resources, agrohabitats, and the farmland-wildland mosaic on the Colorado Plateau / Gary Paul Nabhan and Patrick Pynes
- Diversifying conservation strategies: innovative means of protecting traditional cultural places and their wildlands settings / Tony Joe, Gary Paul Nabhan, and Patrick Pynes
- Living as if biocultural diversity matters: conservation opportunities and recommended actions / Gary Paul Nabhan and David Seibert
- App. 1. Checklist of native mammals of the Colorado Plateau
- App. 2. Endemic plants of the Colorado Plateau
- Literature cited.