Texans on the brink [electronic resource] : threatened and endangered animals / edited by Brian R. Chapman and William I. Lutterschmidt ; foreword by John H. Rappole.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Integrative natural history series.
Other Authors: Chapman, Brian R. (Editor)
Lutterschmidt, William I. (Editor)
Language:English
Published: College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2019]
Series:Integrative natural history series.
Subjects:
Endangered species > Texas.
Animal diversity conservation > Texas.
Online Access:
EBSCO eBooks: 2019 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2019 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:
Texans on the Brink: Threatened and Endangered Animals
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Conservation of biodiversity
  • Why save biodiversity?
  • Characteristics of vulnerable species
  • Protecting American species: a brief history
  • The natural regions of Texas
  • Species accounts
  • River and stream fauna
  • Central Texas cave fauna
  • Freshwater spring fauna
  • Terrestrial fauna
  • Resident and migratory bird fauna
  • Gulf of Mexico fauna
  • A glance at the past
  • Vanished: the state's lost fauna
  • Appendix: Scientific names of species mentioned in the text.