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The books below are just a starting point! If you're looking for related material in the catalog, terms like Endangered, Conservation Biology, Wildlife Conservation, and Extinction can help you find additional relevant resources on your own!
Recommended Books and E-Books
Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Extinction by Call Number: ebook and Carothers Library Reference - Non Circulating QL7 .G7813 2013ISBN: 9781414490670Publication Date: 2013Supplement to the Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia covering topics concerned with extinction and endangered species.
What Is Extinction? : A Natural and Cultural History of Last Animals by Call Number: ebookISBN: 9781531501662Publication Date: 2023Critical theory and case studies about extinction from a humanities and biological perspective.
Endangered Species by Call Number: ebookISBN: 9781837690602Publication Date: 2023Information on the importance of conservation practices, including a section on conservation of plants.
Criminal Justice, Wildlife Conservation and Animal Rights in the Anthropocene by Call Number: ebookISBN: 9781529223378Publication Date: 2024This book explores the topic of wildlife conservation and habitat loss from a perspective of outcomes of legal challenges related to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (1973).
In Defense of the World's Most Despised Species by Call Number: ebookISBN: 9781032525013Publication Date: 2023-10-05A multidisciplinary examination of endangered species and human biases toward species.
Wildlife Disease and Health in Conservation by Call Number: ebookISBN: 9781421446752Publication Date: 2023Organized by animal type, including a section on diseases that cross species, this book covers the role of disease in the challenges of species conservation.
Rangeland Wildlife Ecology and Conservation by Call Number: ebookISBN: 9783031340369Publication Date: 2023Data and analysis concerning wildlife management in rangeland habitats.
Internet Resources
- The IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesProvides taxonomic, conservation status and distribution information on plants and animals that have been globally evaluated. Catalogs and highlights those plants and animals that are facing a higher risk of global extinction (i.e. those listed as Critically Endangered, Endangered and Vulnerable).
