Endangered Species a Reading List

Endangered Species A Reading List

Compiled by Woodland Park Zoo and The Seattle Public Library

Zoos and aquariums accredited by the Association of Zoos & Aquariums (AZA) are dedicated to animal care, wildlife conservation, education, and science. Woodland Park Zoo saves animals and their habitats through conservation leadership and engaging experiences, inspiring people to learn, care and act. Woodland Park Zoo currently partners with 37 conservation projects in more than 50 countries worldwide and in our own backyard. These projects protect species such as snow leopards, golden lion tamarins, western pond turtles, and Oregon silverspot butterflies, through captive management, habitat preservation, community-based involvement, management of human-wildlife conflicts, education, and research.

General Information 578.68097 CHADWIC 1996 Chadwick, Douglas H. The Company We Keep: America’s Endangered Species. 1996.

333.95137 SIMON 1995 Simon, Noel Nature in Danger: Threatened Habitats and Species. 1995

599.0042 TURBAK 1993 Turbak, Gary Survivors in the Shadows: Threatened and Endangered Mammals of the American West. 1993.

Endangered Species Lists

Books and Websites

R578.68097 B353 2001 Beacham, Walton et al. eds. Beacham’s Guide to the Endangered Species of North America. 2001.

R333.9522 En214 2001 Endangered Wildlife and Plants of the World. 2001.

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (International Union for Conservation of Nature) http://www.iucnredlist.org

333.95209 R1829 2001 Oregon Natural Heritage Program Rare, Threatened and Endangered Plants and Animals of Oregon. 2001. Species of Concern (Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife) http://wdfw.gov/wlm/diversity/soc/concern.htm

Washington Rare Plant Species (Washington Natural Heritage Program) http://www1.dnr.wa.gov/nhp/refdesk/lists/plantrnk.html

Documents

Code of Federal Regulations. Wildlife and Fisheries. Lists of endangered and threatened species (both animals and plants). Updated by the Federal Register. Revised yearly. http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-table-search.html

Federal Register Notices of new, endangered and threatened species (both animals and plants). Species names in the Federal Register incorporated into the Code of Federal Regulations once a year. Published daily except for weekends and holidays. http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html

Pictorial Works

591.68.G8639P 2003 Greive, Bradley Trevor Priceless: The Vanishing Beauty of a Fragile Planet. 2003.

574.52909 M584H Middleton, Susan Here Today: Portraits of our Vanishing Species. 1991.

590.W8321L 2000 (Oversize) Wolfe, Art et al. The Living Wild. 2000

Biological Diversity

333.9516 Su828 2008 Chivian, Eric and Bernstein, Aaron, eds. Sustaining Life: How Human Health Depends on Biodiversity. 2008.

R333.95 G899W 2002 Groombridge, Brian World Atlas of Biodiversity: Earth’s Living Resources in the 21st Century. 2002.

580 H982G 2005 Huxley, Anthony Julian Green Inheritance: The WWF Book of Plants. 2005.

333.9516 BIODIVE 1997 Reaka-Kudia, Marjorie L. el at., eds. Biodiversity II: Understanding and Protecting Our Biological Resources. 1997.

333.95 Sp41B 2006 Spicer, John I. Biodiversity: A Beginner’s Guide. 2006.

333.9516 PRECIOU 2000 Stein, Bruce A. et al., eds. Precious Heritage: The Status of Biodiversity in the United States. 2000.

333.95 W692D Wilson, Edward O. The Diversity of Life. 1992.

333.9522 W6928F 2002 Wilson, Edward O. The Future of Life. 2002

Zoo Conservation

590.73 CROKE 1997 Croke, Vickie The Modern Ark: The Story of Zoos – Past, Present, and Future. 1997

639.9 D351M DeBlieu, Jan Meant to Be Wild: The Struggle to Save Endangered Species Through Captive Breeding. 1991.

590.744 KOEBNER 1994 Koebner, Linda Zoo Book: The Evolution of Wildlife conservation Centers. 1994.

Extinction

576.84 COURTIL 1999 Courtillot, Vincent Evolutionary Catastrophes: The Science of Mass Extinction. 1999.

333.9522 G469S 2007 Glavin, Terry The Sixth Extinction: Journeys Among the Lost and Left Behind. 2007.

304.2 LEAKEY 1995 Leakey, Richard E. The Sixth Extinction: Patterns of Life and the Future of Humankind. 1995.

578.68 STEARNS 1999 Stearns, Beverly Peterson and Stearns, Stephen C. Watching, from the Edge of Extinction. 1999.

333.9522 T138G 2006 Tait, Malcom Going, Going, Gone?: Animals and Plants on the Brink of Extinction and How You Can Help. 2006

639.9 T811L Tudge, Colin Last Animals at the Zoo: How Mass Extinction Can Be Stopped. 1992.

575.7 WARD 1994 Ward, Peter Douglas The End of Evolution: On Mass Extinctions and the Preservation of Biodiversity. 1994.

591.68 W426G 2002 Weidensaul, Scott The Ghost with Trembling Wings: Science, Wishful Thinking, and the Search for Lost Species. 2002.

R578.68 WORLD W Beacham, Walton, ed. World Wildlife Fund Guide to Extinct Species of Modern Times. 1997.

Wildlife Trade

341.7625 INTERNA 1994 Hemley, Ginette, ed. International Wildlife Trade: A CITES Sourcebook. 1994.

Other Websites

Convention on Biological Diversity http://www.cbd.int

CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna) http://www.cites.org

IUCN Species Survival Commission (International Union of Conservation of Nature) http://cms.iucn.org/about/work/programmes/species/index.cfm

UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (United Nations Environment Programme) http://www.unep-wcmc.org

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Endangered Species Program http://www.fws.gov/endangered/index.html

Revised 10/08