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Saving unique habitats : [contiguous United States]
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- Summary
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"The greatest threat to the diversity of life on Earth is the loss of habitat -- but the information needed to counter that is more readily available than ever. This map is an example: It shows how...
"The greatest threat to the diversity of life on Earth is the loss of habitat -- but the information needed to counter that is more readily available than ever. This map is an example: It shows how common ore rare a given kind of habitat is in the lower 48 states."
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- Creator
- National Geographic ; editor--Jon Bowen ; design--Hannah Tak ; text--Eve Conant ; research--Shelley Sperry ; map production--Jon Bowen and Theodore A. Sickley
- Included Title
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- Dreaming Green, case study, Ulster County, New York
- Format
- Maps, Atlases
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, [2016]
- copyright © 2016
- Physical Details
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- 1 map : color ; 41 x 66 cm, on sheet 51 x 79 cm, folded to 13 x 20 cm
- OCLC
- ocn964574553
- Cartographic Data
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Scale 1:7,000,000. 1 cm = 70 km. 1 inch = 110 miles, Albers equal-area projection(W 124°47ʹ--W 66°57ʹ/N 49°23ʹ--N 24°31ʹ).
- Shows major animal/vegetal habitats or "habitat rarity" and terrestrial ecoregions.
- Does not cover Alaska or Hawaii.
- Title from panel.
- "Supplement to 'National Geographic', December 2016."
- "This map was funded in part by a grant from Esri to the National Geographic Society."
- "Copyright © 2016 National Geographic Partners, LLC, Washington, D.C."
- Includes number-indexed illustrations of animals/plants with threatened habitats (each with note), ancillary map of "Protected areas within the contiguous United States" with accompanying explanation, other text, and notes.
- Text, notes, map of Ulster County (N.Y.), county aerial view, 3 aerial views of exemplary local areas, and 2 small location maps, all under the general title "Dreaming green, case study, Ulster County, New York" on verso.
Subjects
- Habitat (Ecology) -- United States -- Maps.
- Habitat conservation -- United States -- Maps.
- Conservation of natural resources -- United States -- Maps.
- Habitat conservation -- New York (State) -- Ulster County -- Maps.
- Ecological regions -- United States -- Maps.
- Protected areas -- United States -- Maps.
- Biodiversity -- United States -- Maps.
- Biodiversity conservation -- United States -- Maps.
- Ecosystem management -- United States -- Maps.
- Endangered species -- United States -- Pictorial works.
- Ulster County (N.Y.) -- Maps.
- Ulster County (N.Y.) -- Aerial views.
- Green movement -- New York (State) -- Ulster County -- Maps.