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  • ISBN-10: 1108495869
  • ISBN-13: 9781108495868
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  • Formaat: Hardback, 750 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 287x220x40 mm, kaal: 2410 g, Worked examples or Exercises
  • Ilmumisaeg: 09-Mar-2023
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  • ISBN-10: 1108495869
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A global survey of threatened and recently-extinct mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes. As such, it is of immense scientific importance, and key to a modern understanding of the global conservation crisis. Indispensable for academic institutions, conservation NGOs, zoos and the like, and for anyone interested in natural history.

Habitat loss and degradation are currently the main anthropogenic causes of species extinctions. The root cause is human overpopulation. This unique volume provides, for the very first time, a comprehensive overview of all threatened and recently extinct mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes within the context of their locations and habitats. The approach takes a systematic examination of each biogeographic realm and region of the world, both terrestrial and marine, but with a particular emphasis on geographic features such as mountains, islands, and coral reefs. It reveals patterns useful in biodiversity conservation, helps to put it all into perspective, and ultimately serves as both a baseline from which to compare subsequent developments as well as a standardization of the way threatened species are studied.

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'This colossal synthesis fills a void. It will find its place in many libraries, I'm sure.' Ivan Ineich, Bulletin de la Société Herpétologique de France 'It seems inconceivable that the publisher could have produced a comprehensive volume of the global biogeographic distribution of threatened and recently extinct vertebrates, comprising an estimated 650,000 words (the main text alone) and including 24 pages of well-produced color plates at its listed price. But here it is, and we have Matthew Richardson to thank for it the effort and achievement of this volume is enormous, and we can hope that it remains useful for decades to come.' Kevin Padian, The Quarterly Review of Biology

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Arranged biogeographically, this is the first book to discuss all threatened and recently extinct vertebrate species and subspecies.
Foreword xix
Stuart L. Pimm
Preface xxi
Acknowledgements xxviii
1 The Arctic Realm
1(5)
The Polar Ice Cap
1(1)
Tundra
1(2)
Coasts and Satellite Islands
3(1)
The Arctic Archipelago
4(1)
Greenland
4(1)
Svalbard
4(1)
Novaya Zemlya
4(1)
Wrangel Island
4(1)
Balance for the Arctic Realm
4(2)
2 The Palearctic Realm
6(86)
The Eurasian Region
11(2)
Mountains and Highlands
13(2)
The Alps
15(1)
Mountains of Central Asia
15(1)
The Caucasus Mountains
16(1)
The Armenian Plateau
17(1)
The Pontic Mountains
17(1)
The Taurus Mountains
17(1)
The Apennine Mountains
17(1)
The Pyrenees Mountains
17(1)
The Cantabrian Mountains
17(1)
The Carpathian Mountains
17(1)
Miscellaneous Mountains and Highlands
18(1)
Lowland Boreal Forests
18(1)
Lowland Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
19(1)
Lowland Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub
19(1)
Eurasian Steppe
20(1)
Western Steppe
20(1)
Central Steppe
21(1)
Eastern Steppe
21(1)
Deserts and Semi-Deserts
22(1)
The Gobi Desert
23(1)
Miscellaneous Deserts
23(1)
Isolated Caves, Springs and Pools
23(1)
The Sultan Sazligi Marshes
23(1)
Lakes, Rivers, and Marshes
23(5)
The Caspian Sea
28(1)
The Aral Sea
28(1)
Lake Urmia
29(1)
Lake Baikal
29(1)
Lake Saimaa
29(1)
Lake Geneva
29(1)
The Prespa Lakes
29(1)
Lake Ohrid
30(1)
Lake Van
30(1)
Lake Neuchatel
30(1)
Lake Beysehir
30(1)
Lake Egirdir
30(1)
Lake Burdur
30(1)
Lake Tuz
30(1)
Lake Vistonis
31(1)
Lake Trichonida
31(1)
Lake Skadar
31(1)
Lake Ammer
31(1)
Lake Ladoga
31(1)
The Tagus River
31(1)
The Guadiana River
31(1)
The Guadalquiver River
31(1)
The Danube River
31(1)
The Rhine River
32(1)
The Rhone River
32(1)
The Neretva River
32(1)
The Pinios River
32(1)
The Krka River
32(1)
The Cetina River
33(1)
The Ceyhan River
33(1)
The Buyuk Menderes River
33(1)
The Upper Euphrates River
33(1)
The Upper Tigris River
33(1)
The Chornaya River
34(1)
The Amur River
34(1)
Miscellaneous Lakes, Rivers, and Marshes
34(2)
Coasts and Satellite Islands
36(1)
The Azores
36(1)
The British Isles
37(1)
Sakhalin
37(1)
Bering Island
38(1)
Sicily
38(1)
Corsica and Sardinia
38(1)
The Aegean Islands
39(1)
The Balearic Islands
39(1)
The Aeolian Islands
40(1)
Miscellaneous Islands
40(1)
Balance for the Eurasian Region
40(2)
The Sino-Himalayan Region
42(1)
Mountains and Highlands
43(4)
The Tibetan Plateau
47(1)
The Himalayan Mountains
48(2)
The Purvanchal Range
50(1)
The Loess Plateau
51(1)
The Qinling Mountains
51(1)
The Wuling Mountains
51(1)
The Qionglai Mountains
51(1)
The Min Mountains
51(1)
The Daba Mountains
52(1)
The Tianmu Mountains
52(1)
The Dabie Mountains
52(1)
The Luoxiao Mountains
52(1)
The Huangshan Mountains
52(1)
The Gaoligong Mountains
52(1)
Mount Emei
52(1)
The Hengduan Mountains
52(1)
The Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau
52(1)
The Dayao Mountains
53(1)
The Miaoling Mountains
53(1)
The Hoang Lien Son Range
53(1)
Miscellaneous Mountains and Highlands
54(1)
Lowland Subtropical Moist Forests
54(1)
Lowland Temperate Deciduous Forests
55(1)
Isolated Caves, Springs, and Pools
55(1)
Lakes, Rivers, and Marshes
55(2)
Lake Dianchi
57(1)
Lake Fuxian
58(1)
Lake Qilu
58(1)
Lake Yangzong
58(1)
Lake Erhai
59(1)
The Upper Mekong River
59(1)
The Upper Irrawaddy River
59(1)
The Upper Salween River
59(1)
The Upper Ganges River
60(1)
The Upper Brahmaputra River
60(1)
The Yangtze River
61(1)
The Pearl River
62(1)
The Yellow River
63(1)
The Red River System
63(1)
Miscellaneous Lakes, Rivers, and Marshes
64(1)
Coasts and Satellite Islands
65(1)
The Japanese Archipelago
65(2)
The Ryuku Islands
67(2)
Taiwan
69(1)
Hong Kong
70(1)
Cat Ba Island
70(1)
Balance for the Sino-Himalayan Region
70(1)
The Saharo-Arabian Region
71(4)
Mountains and Highlands
75(1)
The Atlas Mountains
76(1)
Levantine Mountains
76(1)
The Al Hajar Mountains
76(1)
The Sarawat Mountains
77(1)
The Kopet Dag Mountains
77(1)
The Alborz Mountains
77(1)
The Zagros Mountains
77(1)
The Hindu Kush
77(1)
The Marrah Mountains
77(1)
The Nur Mountains
78(1)
Lowland Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub
78(1)
Deserts and Semi-Deserts
78(1)
The Sahara Desert
79(2)
The Arabian Desert
81(2)
The Levantine Desert
83(1)
The Syrian Desert
83(1)
The Dasht-e Kavir Desert
83(1)
Miscellaneous Deserts
83(1)
Isolated Caves, Springs, and Pools
83(1)
The Haditha Aquifer System
84(1)
Wadi Hadhramaut
84(1)
Lakes, Rivers, and Marshes
84(1)
The Dead Sea
84(1)
Lake Tiberias
85(1)
The Oum Erbiah River
85(1)
The Lower Tigris/Lower Euphrates River Drainage
85(1)
The Lower Indus River
85(1)
The Orontes River
85(1)
The Jordan River Drainage
86(1)
Miscellaneous Lakes, Rivers, and Marshes
86(1)
Coasts and Satellite Islands
86(1)
The Madeira Islands
87(1)
The Canary Islands
87(2)
Cyprus
89(1)
The Socotra Archipelago
89(1)
Miscellaneous Islands
89(1)
Balance for the Saharo-Arabian Region
89(2)
Balance for the Palearctic Realm
91(1)
3 The Afrotropical Realm
92(78)
The Guineo-Congolian Region
93(2)
Mountains and Highlands
95(1)
The Albertine Rift Mountains
96(2)
The Cameroon Volcanic Line
98(3)
The Guinea Highlands
101(1)
Miscellaneous Mountains and Highlands
102(1)
Lowland Tropical Rainforests and Swamp Forests
102(1)
Lowland Guinean Rainforests and Swamp Forests
102(4)
Lowland Congolian Rainforests and Swamp Forests
106(2)
Forest-Savanna Mosaic
108(1)
Guinean Forest-Savanna Mosaic
108(1)
Congolian Forest-Savanna Mosaic
108(1)
Lakes, Rivers, and Marshes
108(4)
The Upemba Wetlands
112(1)
Lake Tanganyika
113(1)
Lake Albert
113(1)
Lake Rukwa
113(1)
Lake George
114(1)
Lake Barombi-Mbo
114(1)
Lake Bermin
114(1)
Lake Ejagham
114(1)
The Congo River Drainage
114(5)
The Kagera River
119(1)
The Volta River Drainage
120(1)
The Niger River
120(1)
The Ogooue River
121(1)
The Konkoure River
121(1)
The Pra River
122(1)
The Cavalla River
122(1)
The Cross River
122(1)
The Nyong River
123(1)
The Sanaga River
123(1)
The Kouilou-Niari River
123(1)
The Campo River
123(1)
The Cuanza River
123(1)
The Cuvo River
124(1)
The Nyanga River
124(1)
The Chari River
124(1)
The Saint Paul River
124(1)
The Mano River
124(1)
Miscellaneous Lakes, Rivers, and Marshes
124(1)
Coasts and Satellite Islands
125(1)
Bioko
126(1)
Sao Tome
127(1)
Principe
128(1)
Annobon
128(1)
Miscellaneous Islands
128(1)
Balance for the Guineo-Congolian Region
128(1)
The African Region
129(4)
Mountains and Highlands
133(2)
The Ethiopian Highlands
135(1)
The Northern Somalia Highlands
136(1)
The Eastern Rift Mountains
136(2)
The Eastern Arc Mountains
138(3)
The Southern Highlands
141(1)
The Mulanje Massif
141(1)
The Eastern Highlands
142(1)
The Central Plateau
142(1)
The Cape Fold Mountains
143(1)
The Angolan Highlands
143(1)
Miscellaneous Mountains and Highlands
143(1)
Gallery Forests
144(1)
The Tana River Forest
144(1)
Coastal Moist Forests
144(1)
East African Coastal Forests
144(1)
Southeast African Coastal Forests
145(1)
Lowland Mediterranean Forest (Fynbos)
145(1)
Lowland Tropical and Subtropical Savannas
146(1)
Lowland Tropical Savannas
147(3)
Lowland Subtropical Grasslands and Savannas
150(1)
Steppe
151(1)
The Sahel
151(1)
Deserts and Semi-Deserts
152(1)
Karoo
152(1)
The Danakil Desert
152(1)
The Namib Desert
152(1)
The Kaokoveld Desert
153(1)
Lakes, Rivers, and Marshes
153(1)
Lake Afrera
154(1)
Lake Magadi
154(1)
Lake Natron
154(1)
Lake Victoria
155(1)
Lake Malawi
156(2)
The Upper Nile River Drainage
158(1)
The Omo River
159(1)
The Shabelle--Jubba River Drainage
159(1)
The Athi-Galana River Drainage
159(1)
The Tana River
159(1)
The Pangani River
160(1)
The Malagarasi River
160(1)
The Wami River
160(1)
The Ruvu River
160(1)
The Rufiji River
160(1)
The Zambezi River Drainage
161(1)
The Okavango River
161(1)
The Komati River
161(1)
The Limpopo River
161(1)
The Olifants River
161(1)
Miscellaneous Lakes, Rivers, and Marshes
161(1)
Coasts and Satellite Islands
162(1)
The Zanzibar Archipelago
163(1)
The Cape Verde Islands
164(1)
Ascension
165(1)
Saint Helena
165(1)
Tristan da Cunha
165(1)
Balance for the African Region
166(2)
Balance for the Afrotropical Realm
168(2)
4 The Madagascan Realm
170(33)
Madagascar
170(7)
Mountains and Highlands
177(1)
The Northern Highlands
177(2)
The Central Highlands
179(3)
Lowland Rainforests
182(2)
Littoral Forests and Scrub
184(1)
Lowland Dry Deciduous Forests
184(2)
Tsingy Forest
186(1)
Semi-Deserts and Arid Shrublands
187(1)
Succulent Spiny Woodlands
187(1)
Arid Spiny Bush
188(1)
Lakes, Rivers, and Marshes
188(2)
Lake Alaotra
190(1)
The Mananara du Nord River
191(1)
The Lokoho River
191(1)
The Sofia River
191(1)
The Betsiboka River
191(1)
The Onilahy River
192(1)
Coasts and Satellite Islands
192(1)
Nosy Hara
193(1)
Nosy Mangabe
193(1)
Nosy Boraha
193(1)
Nosy Be and Nosy Komba
193(1)
The Glorioso Islands 193
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The Comoros Islands
193(1)
Grand Comore
194(1)
Mount Karthala
194(1)
Anjouan
194(1)
Mayotte
194(1)
Moheli
194(1)
The Seychelles
194(2)
Mahe
196(1)
Praslin
196(1)
Silhouette
196(1)
Marianne
196(1)
The Aldabra Islands
196(1)
Aldabra Atoll
196(1)
The Amirante Islands
196(1)
The Mascarene Islands
196(1)
Mauritius
197(2)
Round Island
199(1)
Serpent Island
199(1)
Gunner's Quoin, Pigeon Rock, lie aux Vacoas, and Flat Island
199(1)
Reunion
199(1)
Rodrigues
200(1)
Balance for the Madagascan Realm
201(2)
5 The Indo-Malaysian Realm
203(91)
The Oriental Region
206(7)
Mountains and Highlands
213(1)
The Western Ghats
214(3)
The Eastern Ghats
217(1)
The Shillong Plateau
218(1)
The Shan Hills
218(1)
The Arakan Mountains
218(1)
The Pegu Range
219(1)
The Cardamom Mountains
219(1)
The Annamite Mountains
219(2)
Miscellaneous Mountains and Highlands
221(1)
Lowland Tropical Moist Forests and Swamp Forests
221(1)
Lowland Tropical Dry Forests and Shrublands
222(1)
Tropical Savannas and Grasslands
222(1)
Seasonally Flooded and Riverine Grasslands
223(1)
Dry Grasslands
224(1)
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands
224(1)
Isolated Caves, Springs and Wells
224(1)
The Pang Mapha Karst Formation
225(1)
Lakes, Rivers, and Marshes
225(6)
Lake Inle
231(1)
Lake Indawgyi
232(1)
The Kaveri River
232(1)
The Periyar River
232(1)
The Panniyar River
232(1)
The Chalakudy River
233(1)
The Sharavati River
233(1)
The Krishna River
233(1)
The Seetha River
233(1)
The Tunga River
233(1)
The Godavari River
233(1)
The Namdapha River
233(1)
The Lower Ganges River
233(1)
The Lower Brahmaputra River
234(1)
The Surma-Meghna River Drainage
234(1)
The Lower Irrawaddy River
235(1)
The Lower Salween River
235(1)
The Great Tenasserim River
236(1)
The Chao Phraya River Drainage
236(1)
The Mae Klong River
237(1)
The Lower Mekong River
237(3)
The Thu Bon River
240(1)
The Phong Nha River
240(1)
The Lam River
240(1)
The Ma River
240(1)
Miscellaneous Lakes, Rivers, and Marshes
241(1)
Coasts and Satellite Islands
242(1)
Sri Lanka
242(3)
Lakes, Rivers, and Marshes
245(1)
The Maldives
245(1)
The Andaman Islands
246(1)
The Nicobar Islands
246(1)
Hainan
246(1)
Islands of Rach Gia Bay
247(1)
Miscellaneous Islands
247(1)
Balance for the Oriental Region
247(2)
The Sundaic Region
249(2)
The Malay Peninsula
251(1)
The Tenasserim Range
251(1)
Lowland Tropical Rainforests and Swamp Forests
252(1)
Lakes, Rivers, and Marshes
253(1)
Coasts and Satellite Islands
254(1)
Sumatra
254(1)
The Barisan Mountains
255(2)
Lowland Rainforests and Swamp Forests
257(1)
Lakes, Rivers, and Marshes
257(1)
Weh
258(1)
Simeulue
258(1)
Lasia
258(1)
Nias
258(1)
The Mentawai Islands
258(1)
Enggano
259(1)
Bangka
259(1)
Belitung
259(1)
The Natuna Islands
259(1)
Borneo
259(2)
The Central Highlands
261(1)
Lowland Rainforests and Swamp Forests
262(1)
Isolated Caves, Springs, and Pools
263(1)
Lakes, Rivers, and Marshes
263(1)
The Karimata Islands
264(1)
Miang
264(1)
Maratua
264(1)
Bunyu
264(1)
Java
265(1)
The Javan Volcanic Chain
266(1)
Lowland Rainforests
267(1)
Lakes, Rivers, and Marshes
267(1)
Bali
267(1)
Bawean
267(1)
The Karimunjawa Islands
268(1)
The Kangean Islands
268(1)
The Masalembu Islands
268(1)
Christmas Island
268(1)
The Cocos (Keeling) Islands
268(1)
Balance for the Sundaic Region
268(2)
The Wallacean Region
270(1)
The Philippines
270(4)
The Batanes Islands
274(1)
Luzon
274(2)
The Romblon Islands
276(1)
Mindoro
276(1)
Samar
277(1)
Leyte
277(1)
Panay
277(1)
Palawan
277(1)
Negros
278(1)
Ticao
278(1)
Cebu
278(1)
Bohol
279(1)
Siquijor
279(1)
Mindanao
279(1)
The Sulu Archipelago
280(1)
The Sangir Islands
281(1)
Great Sangir Island
281(1)
Siau
282(1)
The Talaud Islands
282(1)
Karakelang
282(1)
Salibabu
282(1)
Miangas
282(1)
Sulawesi
282(2)
Mountains
284(1)
Lowland Rainforests
285(1)
Lakes, Rivers, and Marshes
285(1)
The Togean Islands
286(1)
The Banggai Archipelago
286(1)
Buton
287(1)
The Tukangbesi Islands
287(1)
The Selayar Islands
287(1)
Kalaotoa
287(1)
The Moluccas Archipelago
287(1)
Morotai
288(1)
Halmahera
288(1)
The Sula Islands
288(1)
Obira
288(1)
Bum
288(1)
Seram
289(1)
The Banda Islands
289(1)
The Kai Islands
289(1)
The Barat Daya Islands
289(1)
The Tanimbar Islands
289(1)
The Aru Islands
289(1)
The Lesser Sunda Islands
290(1)
Lombok
290(1)
Sumbawa
290(1)
Flores
290(1)
The Solor Archipelago
291(1)
The Alor Archipelago
291(1)
Sumba
291(1)
Timor
291(1)
Balance for the Wallacean Region
291(1)
Balance for the Indo-Malaysian Realm
292(2)
6 The Papua-Melanesian Realm
294(25)
New Guinea
295(1)
The New Guinea Highlands
296(5)
Lowland Rainforests and Swamp Forests
301(1)
Trans-Fly Savanna and Grasslands
302(1)
Lakes, Rivers, and Marshes
302(3)
Coasts and Satellite Islands
305(2)
The Bismarck Archipelago
307(1)
New Britain
308(1)
New Ireland
308(1)
The Admiralty Islands
308(1)
The St. Matthias Islands
308(1)
The Solomon Islands
309(1)
Bougainville
309(1)
Guadalcanal
310(1)
Malaita
310(1)
Santa Isabel
310(1)
Makira
310(1)
Choiseul
310(1)
The New Georgia Islands
310(1)
The Santa Cruz Islands
311(1)
Rennell Island
311(1)
Ontong Java Atoll
311(1)
Vanuatu (New Hebrides)
311(1)
Espiritu Santo
312(1)
Tanna
312(1)
Aneityum
312(1)
Erromango
312(1)
The Banks Islands
312(1)
The Fiji Islands
312(1)
Viti Levu
313(1)
Vanua Levu
313(1)
The Kadavu Islands
314(1)
Taveuni
314(1)
Rotuma
314(1)
Gau Island
314(1)
The Lau Islands
314(1)
New Caledonia
314(1)
Grande Terre
315(2)
The Isle of Pines
317(1)
The Loyalty Islands
317(1)
Balance for the Papua-Melanesian Realm
317(2)
7 The Australian Realm
319(22)
Mountains and Highlands
325(1)
The Great Dividing Range
325(1)
The Mcllraith Range
326(1)
The Melville Range
326(1)
The Clarke Range
326(1)
The Mount Carbine Tableland
326(1)
The Paluma Range
326(1)
The Blue Mountains
326(1)
The Australian Alps
326(1)
The Central Highlands
326(1)
The Baw Baw Plateau
327(1)
The MacDonnell Ranges
327(1)
Lowland Tropical and Subtropical Rainforests
327(1)
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub
327(1)
Subtropical Mediterranean Forests and Woodlands
328(1)
Mallee Scrub
328(1)
Coastal Heathlands
328(1)
Savannas and Grasslands
328(1)
Tropical and Subtropical Savannas and Grasslands
329(1)
Tropical and Subtropical Wooded Savannas
330(1)
Temperate Savannas and Grasslands
330(1)
Deserts and Shrublands
331(1)
Isolated Caves, Springs, and Pools
332(1)
The Great Artesian Basin
332(1)
The Dalhousie Springs
332(1)
The Elizabeth Springs
332(1)
The Edgbaston Springs
333(1)
Lakes, Rivers, and Marshes
333(1)
Lake Eyre
334(1)
Cooper Creek
334(1)
The Fitzroy River
334(1)
The Mary River
334(1)
The Murray--Darling River Drainage
334(1)
The Goulburn River
334(1)
Miscellaneous Lakes, Rivers, and Marshes
334(1)
Coasts and Satellite Islands
334(1)
Tasmania
335(1)
Lakes, Rivers, and Marshes
336(1)
Pedra Branca Rock
337(1)
Kangaroo Island
337(1)
Flinders Island
337(1)
King Island
337(1)
Lord Howe Island
337(1)
Norfolk Island
338(1)
Miscellaneous Islands
338(1)
Balance for the Australian Realm
339(2)
8 The Polynesian Realm
341(33)
The Micronesian Region
341(1)
The Bonin Islands
342(1)
Chichi Jima
342(1)
Haha Jima
342(1)
The Volcano Islands
342(1)
Iwo Jima
342(1)
The Mariana Islands
342(1)
Pagan
343(1)
Saipan
343(1)
Aguigan
343(1)
Tinian
343(1)
Rota
343(1)
Guam
343(1)
The Caroline Islands
344(1)
Pohnpei
344(1)
Kosrae
344(1)
Yap Island
345(1)
The Palau Islands
345(1)
The Chuuk Islands
345(1)
The Nomoi Islands
346(1)
The Marshall Islands
346(1)
Wake Island
346(1)
Nauru
346(1)
The Gilbert Islands
346(1)
Balance for the Micronesian Region
346(1)
The Novozelandic Region
347(2)
The Kermadec Islands
349(1)
New Zealand Main Islands
349(4)
North Island
353(1)
South Island
354(2)
Stewart Island
356(1)
The Chatham Islands
356(1)
Novozelandic Sub-Antarctic Islands
357(1)
The Snares
358(1)
The Bounty Islands
358(1)
The Antipodes Islands
358(1)
The Auckland Islands
358(1)
The Campbell Island Group
358(1)
Macquarie Island
358(1)
Balance for the Novozelandic Region
359(1)
The Polynesian Region
360(1)
The Hawaiian Islands
361(2)
Hawaii
363(1)
Maui
364(1)
Oahu
365(1)
Kauai
365(1)
Lanai
365(1)
Molokai
365(1)
Niihau
365(1)
Nihoa
365(1)
Laysan
365(1)
The Line Islands
366(1)
Teraina
366(1)
Kiritimati
366(1)
The Marquesas Islands
366(1)
Nuku Hiva
367(1)
Ua Huka
367(1)
Hiva Oa
367(1)
Fatu Hiva
367(1)
Eiao
367(1)
Ua Pou
367(1)
Mohotani
367(1)
Hatutu
367(1)
Wallis and Futuna Islands
368(1)
The Samoan Islands
368(1)
Savai'i
368(1)
The Society Islands
368(1)
Tahiti
368(1)
Raiatea
369(1)
Moorea
369(1)
Maupiti
369(1)
Huahine
370(1)
The Tuamotu Archipelago
370(1)
Niau
370(1)
Makatea
370(1)
The Gambier Islands
370(1)
The Tonga Islands
370(1)
Eua
370(1)
The Cook Islands
370(1)
Rarotonga
370(1)
Mauke
370(1)
Atiu
370
Mangaia
371(1)
The Austral Islands
371(1)
Tubuai
371(1)
Rimatara
371(1)
Rurutu
371(1)
Rapa Iti
371(1)
The Pitcairn Islands
371(1)
Pitcairn Island
371(1)
Henderson Island
371(1)
Easter Island
371(1)
Balance for the Polynesian Region
372(1)
Balance for the Polynesian Realm
373(1)
9 The Nearctic Realm
374(38)
Mountains and Highlands
379(1)
The Sierra Nevada Mountains
380(1)
The Pacific Coast Ranges
380(1)
The Olympic Mountains
380(1)
The Cascade Range
380(1)
The Klamath Mountains
380(1)
The California Coast Ranges
380(1)
The Santa Cruz Mountains
381(1)
The Santa Lucia Mountains
381(1)
The Transverse Ranges
381(1)
The San Berardino Mountains
381(1)
The San Gabriel Mountains
381(1)
The Tehachapi Mountains
381(1)
The Peninsular Ranges
381(1)
The Santa Rosa Mountains
381(1)
The San Pedro Martir Mountains
381(1)
The Laguna Mountains
381(1)
The Colorado Plateau
381(1)
The Appalachian Mountains
382(1)
The Appalachian Plateau
382(1)
The Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians
382(1)
The Blue Ridge Moutains
382(1)
The Ozark Mountains
382(1)
The Ouachita Mountains
382(1)
Miscellaneous Mountains and Highlands
382(1)
Lowland Forests
383(2)
Lowland Boreal Forests
385(1)
Lowland Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
386(1)
Lowland Coniferous Forests
386(1)
South-eastern Conifer Forests
386(1)
Florfda Sand Pine Scrub
387(1)
California Coastal Sage and Chaparral
387(1)
Lowland Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
387(1)
The Great Plains
387(1)
Western Gulf Coastal Grasslands
388(1)
Lowland Deserts and Semi-Deserts
388(1)
The Mojave Desert
389(1)
Death Valley
389(1)
The Sonoran Desert
389(1)
The Colorado Desert
389(1)
The Chihuahuan Desert
389(1)
The Guzman Endorheic Basin
390(1)
The Cuatro Cienegas Endorheic Basin
390(1)
The Baja California Desert
390(1)
Isolated Caves, Springs, and Pools
390(1)
The Amargosa River
391(1)
The Ash Meadows Complex
391(1)
The Hediondilla Endorheic Basin
392(1)
Lakes, Rivers, and Marshes
392(3)
The Great Lakes
395(1)
The Klamath Lakes
395(1)
Lake Bonneville
395(1)
Utah Lake
395(1)
Lake Lahontan
396(1)
Lake Waccamaw
396(1)
The Mississippi River Drainage
396(1)
The Missouri River
396(1)
The Ohio River
396(2)
The Arkansas River
398(1)
The Red River
398(1)
The Coosa/Alabama/Mobile River Drainage
398(1)
The Coosa River
398(1)
The Alabama River
399(1)
The Mobile River
399(1)
The San Marcos River
399(1)
The San Marcos Springs
399(1)
The Pascagoula River
399(1)
The Pearl River
399(1)
The Apalachicola River
399(1)
The Ouachita River
399(1)
The Caddo River
399(1)
The Rio Grande
400(1)
The Pecos River
400(1)
Devil's River
400(1)
The Conchos River
400(1)
The Salado River
400(1)
The San Juan River
400(1)
The Colorado River
401(1)
The Little Colorado River
401(1)
The Virgin River
401(1)
The Gila River
402(1)
The Yaqui River
402(1)
The Bavispe River
402(1)
Miscellaneous Lakes, Rivers, and Marshes
402(1)
Coasts and Satellite Islands
403(2)
Salt Marshes
405(1)
The Pribilof Islands
405(1)
The Aleutian Islands
405(1)
The Alexander Archipelago
406(1)
Vancouver Island
406(1)
The Channel Islands
406(1)
Santa Cruz Island
406(1)
San Clemente Island
406(1)
Guadelupe Island
406(1)
The Coronado Islands
407(1)
The Todos Santos Islands
407(1)
Cedros Island
407(1)
San Pedro Nolasco Island
407(1)
San Marcos Island
407(1)
Santa Catalina Island
407(1)
The Revillagigedo Islands
407(1)
Socorro Island
407(1)
Clarion Island
408(1)
San Benedicto
408(1)
Newfoundland
408(1)
Bermuda
408(1)
The Florida Keys
409(1)
Miscellaneous Islands
409(1)
Balance for the Nearctic Realm
410(2)
10 The Caribbean Realm
412(23)
The Lucayan Archipelago
413(1)
The Bahamas
413(1)
The Andros Islands
414(1)
The Exuman Islands
414(1)
Grand Bahama Island
414(1)
San Salvador Island
414(1)
The Abaco Islands
414(1)
The Acklins Bight
414(1)
The Bimini Islands
414(1)
The Inagua Islands
414(1)
New Providence Island
415(1)
The Plana Cays
415(1)
The Turks and Caicos Islands
415(1)
The Turks Islands
415(1)
The Caicos Islands
415(1)
The Greater Antilles
415(1)
Cuba
415(1)
The Sierra Maestra
416(1)
Lowland Moist Forests
417(1)
Lowland Dry Forests and Xeric Shrublands
417(1)
Lakes, Rivers, and Marshes
417(1)
Coasts and Satellite Islands
417(1)
The Zapata Swamp
418(1)
The Canarreos Archipelago
418(1)
The Sabana-Camaguey Archipelago
418(1)
Hispaniola
418(2)
Mountains
420(1)
Lowland Moist Forests
421(1)
Lowland Tropical Dry Forests and Xeric Shrublands
422(1)
Lakes, Rivers, and Marshes
423(1)
Jamaica
423(1)
Mountains
424(1)
Lowland Moist Forests
424(1)
Lowland Dry Forests
425(1)
Isolated Caves, Springs, and Pools
425(1)
The Black River Morass
425(1)
Puerto Rico
425(1)
The Cordillera Central
426(1)
Mona Island
426(1)
Culebra
427(1)
Vieques
427(1)
The Cayman Islands
427(1)
Grand Cayman
427(1)
Little Cayman and Cayman Brae
427(1)
The Lesser Antilles
427(1)
The Virgin Islands
428(1)
Anegada
428(1)
Saint Croix
429(1)
Virgin Gorda
429(1)
Peter Island
429(1)
Anguilla
429(1)
Little Scrub Island
429(1)
Sombrero Island
429(1)
Saint Martin
429(1)
Saint Barthelemy
429(1)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
429(1)
Barbuda
429(1)
Antigua
429(1)
Redonda
430(1)
Montserrat
430(1)
The Guadeloupe Archipelago
430(1)
Grand-Terre and Basse-Terre
430(1)
Marie-Galente
430(1)
The Islands of the Saints
430(1)
The Petite Terre Islands
430(1)
Dominica
430(1)
Martinique
431(1)
Mount Pelee
431(1)
Saint Lucia
432(1)
The Maria Islands
432(1)
Saint Vincent
432(1)
The Grenadines
432(1)
Barbados
432(1)
Grenada
433(1)
Balance for the Caribbean Realm
433(2)
11 The Neotropical Realm
435(109)
The Mesoamerican Region
436(4)
Mountains and Highlands
440(2)
The Mexican Plateau
442(1)
The Sierra Madre Occidental
443(1)
The Sierra Madre Oriental
443(2)
The Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
445(1)
The Sierra Madre de Oaxaca
446(2)
The Mixteca Range
448(1)
The Sierra Madre del Sur
448(2)
The Tuxtlas Range
450(1)
The Sierra Madre de Chiapas
451(1)
The Central American Highlands
452(5)
The Isthmian Highlands
457(3)
The Tabasara Cordillera
460(1)
The San Bias Cordillera
460(1)
The Darien Range
460(1)
The Pirre Range
461(1)
The Baudo Range
461(1)
Lowland Rainforests
461(1)
Northern Mesoamerican Lowland Rainforests
461(1)
Caribbean Lowland Rainforests
462(1)
Isthmian-Pacific Lowland Rainforests
462(1)
Southern Mesoamerican Lowland Rainforests
463(1)
Lowland Tropical Dry Forests
464(1)
Central American Lowland Dry Forests
464(1)
Pacific Equatorial Lowland Dry Forests
465(1)
Lowland Deserts and Xeric Shrublands
465(1)
The Motagua Valley
465(1)
Isolated Caves, Springs, and Pools
465(1)
The Yucatan Cave and Cenote System
465(1)
The Charco la Palma Spring System
465(1)
Lakes, Rivers, and Marshes
466(1)
Valley of Mexico Wetlands
467(1)
Lake Chichancanab
468(1)
Lake Patzcuaro
468(1)
Lake Atitlan
468(1)
Lake Alchichica
468(1)
The Lerma-Santiago River Drainage
468(1)
The Ameca River
469(1)
The Panuco River
469(1)
The San Pedro Mezquital River
469(1)
The Grijalva River
470(1)
The San Juan River
470(1)
The Acandi River
470(1)
The Atrato River
470(1)
The Esmeraldas River
471(1)
The Mira River
471(1)
Miscellaneous Lakes, Rivers, and Marshes
471(1)
Coasts and Satellite Islands
471(1)
Mangroves
472(1)
Cozumel
472(1)
Cocos Island
472(1)
Coiba Island
472(1)
Gorgona Island
472(1)
Tumaco and Bocagrande Islands
472(1)
The Marias Islands
473(1)
The Bahia Islands
473(1)
The Corn Islands
473(1)
Escudo de Veraguas Island
474(1)
Miscellaneous Islands
474(1)
Balance for the Mesoamerican Region
474(1)
The Amazonian Region
475(9)
The Northern Andes
484(3)
The Cordillera Occidental
487(7)
The Cordillera Central
494(2)
The Cordillera Oriental
496(12)
The Merida Cordillera
508(1)
The Venezuelan Coastal Ranges
509(2)
The Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
511(1)
Inter-Andean Valleys
511(1)
The Guiana Highlands
512(1)
The Pakaraima Mountains
512(3)
The Parima Mountains
515(1)
The Iwokrama Mountains
515(1)
The Brazilian Highlands
515(1)
The Atlantic Plateau
515(4)
The Central Plateau
519(1)
The Southern Plateau
519(1)
Lowland Tropical Rainforests and Swamp Forests
519(1)
Lowland Amazonian Rainforests
519(5)
Lowland Atlantic Rainforests
524(4)
Lowland Dry Forests
528(1)
Coastal Caribbean Lowland Dry Forests
528(1)
Lowland Atlantic Dry Forests
528(1)
Tropical Grasslands and Savannas
528(1)
Flooded Savannas and Grasslands
528(1)
Lowland Cerrado Woodlands and Savannas
529(1)
Caatinga Scrub
529(1)
Isolated Caves, Springs, and Pools
530(1)
The Sao Domingos Karst Region
530(1)
Lakes, Rivers, and Marshes
530(2)
Lake Junin
532(1)
The Amazon River Drainage
532(4)
The Orinoco River Drainage
536(1)
The Tocantins River
536(1)
The Magdalena River
536(2)
The Essequibo River
538(1)
The Sao Francisco River
538(1)
The Parana River
538(1)
The Uruguay River
538(1)
Miscellaneous Lakes, Rivers, and Marshes
538(1)
Coasts and Satellite Islands
539(1)
Restinga
539(1)
The Paraguana Peninsula
539(1)
Trinidad and Tobago
539(1)
Margarita Island
540(1)
Marajo
540(1)
The Fernando de Noronha Islands
540(1)
Trindade and Martim Vaz Archipelago
540(1)
Queimada Grande
540(1)
The Alcatrazes Islands
540(1)
Miscellaneous Islands
541(1)
Balance for the Amazonian Region
541(1)
Balance for the Neotropical Realm
542(2)
12 The Patagonian Realm
544(18)
Mountains and Highlands
546(1)
The Central and Southern Andes
546(2)
The Andean Plateau
548(1)
The Atacama Plateau
548(1)
The Aconquija Range
548(1)
The Ambato Range
548(1)
The Fatima Range
548(1)
The Famatina Range
548(1)
The Uspallata Range
548(1)
The Baguales Range
548(1)
The Chilean Coastal Cordillera
548(1)
The Cantillana Mountains
549(1)
The Nahuelbuta Range
549(1)
The Pelada Range
549(1)
The Cordoba Ranges
549(1)
The Somuncura Plateau
549(1)
Lowland Subtropical Dry Forests
549(1)
Lowland Moist Forests
549(1)
Lowland Valdivian Temperate Rainforests
549(1)
Lowland Magellanic Subpolar Forests
549(1)
The Gran Chaco
550(1)
The Pampas
550(1)
Lowland Deserts and Semi-Deserts
551(1)
The Sechura Desert
551(1)
The Atacama Desert
551(1)
Argentine Salt Flats
551(1)
The Pipanaco Salt Pans
551(1)
The Great Salt Flats
551(1)
Patagonian Desert
551(1)
Lakes, Rivers, and Marshes
552(1)
Lake Titicaca
552(1)
Miscellaneous Lakes, Rivers, and Marshes
553(1)
Coasts and Satellite Islands
553(1)
The Galapagos Islands
554(2)
Isabela
556(1)
Santa Cruz
556(1)
Fernandina
556(1)
Santiago
557(1)
San Cristobal
557(1)
Floreana
557(1)
Espahola
557(1)
Pinta
558(1)
Marchena
558(1)
Genovesa
558(1)
Pinzon
558(1)
Rabida
558(1)
Santa Fe
558(1)
Darwin, Wolf, and Roco Redonda Islands
558(1)
The Juan Fernandez Islands
558(1)
Alejandro Selkirk Island
558(1)
Robinson Crusoe Island
559(1)
Mocha Island
559(1)
The Falkland Islands
559(1)
The Chonos Archipelago
560(1)
Balance for the Patagonian Realm
560(2)
13 The Antarctic Realm
562(4)
Antarctica
563(1)
Isolated Sub-Antarctic Islands
563(1)
The Kerguelen Islands
563(1)
The Crozet Islands
563(1)
Heard and McDonald Islands
563(1)
Amsterdam and Saint Paul Islands
564(1)
Amsterdam Island
564(1)
Saint Paul Island
564(1)
South Georgia Island
564(1)
Balance for the Antarctic Realm
564(2)
14 The Oceanic Realm
566(63)
The Temperate Northern Atlantic Region
576(2)
The North Atlantic Ridge
578(1)
The Seawarte Seamounts
578(1)
The Azores Plateau
578(1)
The Madeira Abyssal Plain
579(1)
The North Sea
579(1)
The Baltic Sea
579(1)
The Bay of Biscay
579(1)
The Mediterranean Sea
579(1)
The Black Sea
579(1)
Balance for the Temperate Northern Atlantic Region
580(1)
The Temperate Northern Pacific Region
580(3)
The Emperor Seamount Chain
583(1)
The Bering Sea
584(1)
The Sea of Okhotsk
584(1)
The Sea of Japan
585(1)
The East China Sea
585(1)
The Yellow Sea
585(1)
The Gulf of California
585(1)
Balance for the Temperate Northern Pacific Region
586(1)
The Tropical Atlantic Region
586(5)
The Bahama Banks
591(1)
The Cay Sal Bank
591(1)
The Cape Verde Rise
591(1)
Saint Peter and Paul Rocks
591(1)
The South Atlantic Ridge
591(1)
The Saint Helena Seamount Chain
592(1)
The Gulf of Mexico
592(1)
The Campeche Bank
593(1)
The Caribbean Sea
593(1)
Lake Maracaibo
594(1)
The Mesoamerican Barrier Reef
595(1)
The Gulf of Guinea
595(1)
Balance for the Tropical Atlantic Region
595(1)
The Western Indo-Pacific Region
596(2)
The Mascarene Plateau
598(1)
The Seychelles Bank
599(1)
The Chagos--Laccadive Ridge
599(1)
The Red Sea
599(1)
The Gulf of Aqaba
599(1)
The Gulf of Suez
599(1)
The Arabian Sea
599(1)
The Persian Gulf
600(1)
The Gulf of Aden
600(1)
The Andaman Sea
600(1)
The Bay of Bengal
601(1)
The Hooghly Estuary
601
The Mozambique Channel
600(1)
Balance for the Western Indo-Pacific Region
601(1)
The Central Indo-Pacific Region
601(5)
The Norfolk Ridge
606(1)
The Wanganella Bank
606(1)
The Saumarez Plateau
606(1)
The South China Sea
606(1)
The Macclesfield Bank
607(1)
The Gulf of Thailand
607(1)
The Lingayen Gulf
607(1)
The Taiwan Strait
607(1)
The Verde Island Passage
607(1)
The Philippine Sea
607(1)
The Kyushu--Palau Ridge
608(1)
The Visayan Sea
608(1)
The Samar Sea
608(1)
The Bohol Sea
608(1)
The Sulu Sea
608(1)
The Celebes Sea
608(1)
The Molucca Sea
608(1)
The Java Sea
608(1)
The Bali Sea
608(1)
The Flores Sea
609(1)
The Timor Sea
609(1)
Dillon Shoals
609(1)
Ashmore Reef
609(1)
The Banda Sea
609(1)
The Arafura Sea
609(1)
The Bismarck Sea
609(1)
The Solomon Sea
609(1)
The Coral Sea
609(1)
The Chesterfield Bank
610(1)
The Great Barrier Reef
610(1)
The New Caledonia Barrier Reef
610(1)
The Holmes Reefs
610(1)
Shark Bay
610(1)
Balance for the Central Indo-Pacific Region
610(1)
The Eastern Indo-Pacific Region
611(1)
The Tonga-Kermadec Ridge
612(1)
The Hawaiian Ridge
612(1)
Balance for the Eastern Indo-Pacific Region
612(1)
The Tropical Eastern Pacific Region
613(2)
The Galapagos Rise
615(2)
The Mathematicians Ridge
617(1)
The Cocos Ridge
617(1)
The Malpelo Submarine Ridge
617(1)
The Nazca Ridge
617(1)
The Gulf of Panama
617(1)
The Bay of San Miguel
618(1)
Balance for the Tropical Eastern Pacific Region
618(1)
The Temperate South America Region
618(1)
The Salay Gomez Ridge
619(1)
The Scotia Sea
620(1)
The Scotia Arc
620(1)
The Strait of Magellan
620(1)
Balance for the Temperate South America Region
620(1)
The Temperate Southern Africa Region
621(1)
The Kerguelan Plateau
622(1)
Balance for the Temperate Southern Africa Region
622(1)
The Temperate Australasia Region
622(2)
The Naturaliste Plateau
624(1)
The Tasman Sea
624(1)
The Great Australian Bight
624(1)
Balance for the Temperate Australasia Region
624(1)
Balance for the Oceanic Realm
625(1)
Global Balance
626(1)
Global Balance by Vertebrate Class
626(3)
Bibliography 629(84)
Index 713
Matthew Richardson is a Canadian author known for such award-winning books as Lemurs of Madagascar (3rd edition, Conservation International, 2010). He has worked alongside some of the most high-profile conservationists in the world, and served as an active member of both the IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group and Conservation Planning Specialist Group. Passionate about both human and natural history, he has drawn extensively from these experiences to create what will surely become the foundational text on endangered and extinct species for decades to come.