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PublisherUniversity Press of Kansas

ISBN-100700607269

ISBN-139780700607266

eBay Product ID (ePID)959411

Product Key Features

Book TitleIllustrated Guide to Endangered or Threatened Species in Kansas

Number of Pages152 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1995

TopicRegional, Endangered Species

IllustratorYes

GenreNature

AuthorSuzanne L. Collins, Joseph T. Collins, Craig C. Freeman, Jerry Horak

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight11.1 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN95-019590

Dewey Edition20

Reviews"The greatest treasures on earth are valued for their rarity. The authors of this book present some of Kansas's most treasured wildlife jewels."- Bob Gress , Director of Wichita Wild and coauthor of Kansas Wildlife "The authors provide a timely emphasis that 'endangered and threatened plants and animals are not roadblocks. They exist as a symptom of our deteriorating natural environment,' an environment upon which we depend for our lives and livelihoods."- John L. Zimmerman , author of Cheyenne Bottoms: Wetland in Jeopardy "This unique and important guide focuses not only on threatened and endangered species, but also on the preservation of the habitats that sustain them. It will be of great benefit to those people in industry and agriculture whose business requires them to alter the natural environment but who wish to protect and preserve its treasures. The general public will benefit from its insights as well."- George Potts , coauthor of Watching Kansas Wildlife: A Guide to 101 Sites, "The authors provide a timely emphasis that 'endangered and threatened plans and animals are not roadblocks. They exist as a symptom of our deteriorating natural environment,' an environment upon which we depend for our lives and livelihoods."--John L. Zimmerman, author of Cheyenne Bottoms: Wetland in Jeopardy ., "The greatest treasures on earth are valued for their rarity. The authors of this book present some of Kansas's most treasured wildlife jewels."-- Bob Gress , Director of Wichita Wild and coauthor of Kansas Wildlife "The authors provide a timely emphasis that 'endangered and threatened plants and animals are not roadblocks. They exist as a symptom of our deteriorating natural environment,' an environment upon which we depend for our lives and livelihoods."-- John L. Zimmerman , author of Cheyenne Bottoms: Wetland in Jeopardy "This unique and important guide focuses not only on threatened and endangered species, but also on the preservation of the habitats that sustain them. It will be of great benefit to those people in industry and agriculture whose business requires them to alter the natural environment but who wish to protect and preserve its treasures. The general public will benefit from its insights as well."-- George Potts , coauthor of Watching Kansas Wildlife: A Guide to 101 Sites, "The greatest treasures on earth are valued for their rarity. The authors of this book present some of Kansas's most treasured wildlife jewels."-Bob Gress, Director of Wichita Wild and coauthor of Kansas Wildlife .

TitleLeadingAn

Dewey Decimal574.5/29/09781

Table Of ContentForeword by John E. Hayes, Jr. Preface Introduction A brief history of endangered and threatened species designations Explanation of species accounts For more information Plants Running Buffalo Clove Mead's Milkweed Western Prairie Fringed Orchid Invertebrates American Burying Beetle Lake Scott Riffle Beetle Bleedingtooth Mussel Butterfly Mussel Eltoe Mussel Fluted-shell Mussel Neosho Mucket Mussel Ouachita Kidneyshell Mussel Rabbitsfoot Mussel Rock Pocketbook Mussel Western Fanshell Mussel Slender Walker Snail Fishes Chestnut Lamprey Pallid Sturgeon Speckled Chub Western Silvery Minnow Sturgeon Chub Sicklefin Chub Redspot Chub Hornyhead Chub Arkansas River Shiner Silverband Shiner Flathead Chub Neosho Madtom Arkansas Darter Blackside Darter Amphibians Eastern Newt Longtail Salamander Cave Salamander Many-ribbed Salamander Grotto Salamander Green Toad Spring Peeper Strecker's Chorus Frog Green Frog Eastern Narrowmouth Toad Reptiles Common Map Turtle Broadhead Skink Texas Blind Snake Night Snake Longnose Snake Redbelly Snake Checkered Garter Snake Smooth Earth Snake Birds White-faced Ibis Bald Eagle Peregrine Falcon Whooping Crane Snowy Plover Piping Plover Eskimo Curlew Least Tern Black-capped Vireo Mammals Gray Myotis (Bat) Black-footed Ferret Spotted Skunk Suggested Books About the Authors Index Kansas county outline map

SynopsisRanging from the unfamiliar to the famous--from the inconspicuous, plankton-sucking Elktoe Mussel to the majestic, soaring Bald Eagle--endangered or threatened plants and animals of Kansas continue to play a vital, although diminished, role in the state's ecology. Providing, for the first time, easily accessible information for the professional naturalist and amateur nature lover alike, this guide highlights the habits and habitats of sixty plants and animals currently listed as endangered or threatened in Kansas and protected by state or federal law. The authors illuminate not only the common bond of these species--their precarious status--but also their widely varying routines, idiosyncrasies, and circumstances. All known Lake Scott Riffle Beetles in the world, they show, spend their lives in one spring area of Western Kansas while the nomadic Whooping Cranes alight only a night or two in the state's central and eastern swamplands during migration. For each species--three plants, three mammals, nine birds, eight reptiles, ten amphibians, fourteen fishes, and thirteen invertebrates--the guide features a full-color photograph, standard common and current scientific name, range map, threatened or endangered species status, and information on appearance, size, breeding, habits, surroundings, food preference, and natural history. The authors also list possible causes of species reduction, from loss of habitat through land use change, water diversion, and pollution, to hunting and fishing practices and natural selection. Richly illustrated and informative, this unique guide will be indispensable to anyone wanting to preserve the state's irreplaceable biological diversity.

LC Classification NumberQH76.5.K2I58 1995