Note to users. If you're seeing this message, it means that your browser cannot find this page's style/presentation instructions -- or possibly that you are using a browser that does not support current Web standards. Find out more about why this message is appearing, and what you can do to make your experience of our site the best it can be.
Science Careers Booklet

Site Tools

  • AAAS
  • Subscribe
  • Feedback

Site Search

Search Advanced

Science 24 January 1997:
Vol. 275. no. 5299, pp. 550 - 553
DOI: 10.1126/science.275.5299.550
Prev | Table of Contents | Next

Reports

Geographic Distribution of Endangered Species in the United States

A. P. Dobson, * J. P. Rodriguez, W. M. Roberts, D. S. Wilcove

Geographic distribution data for endangered species in the United States were used to locate "hot spots" of threatened biodiversity. The hot spots for different species groups rarely overlap, except where anthropogenic activities reduce natural habitat in centers of endemism. Conserving endangered plant species maximizes the incidental protection of all other species groups. The presence of endangered birds and herptiles, however, provides a more sensitive indication of overall endangered biodiversity within any region. The amount of land that needs to be managed to protect currently endangered and threatened species in the United States is a relatively small proportion of the land mass.

A. P. Dobson, J. P. Rodriguez, W. M. Roberts, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544-1003, USA.
D. S. Wilcove, Environmental Defense Fund, 1875 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20009, USA.
*   To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: andy{at}eno.princeton.edu

Read the Full Text


THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
Global biodiversity conservation priorities..
T. M. Brooks, R. A. Mittermeier, G. A. B. da Fonseca, J. Gerlach, M. Hoffmann, J. F. Lamoreux, C. G. Mittermeier, J. D. Pilgrim, and A. S. L. Rodrigues (2006)
Science 313, 58-61
   Abstract »    Full Text »    PDF »
From the Cover: Land market feedbacks can undermine biodiversity conservation.
P. R. Armsworth, G. C. Daily, P. Kareiva, and J. N. Sanchirico (2006)
PNAS 103, 5403-5408
   Abstract »    Full Text »    PDF »
Latent extinction risk and the future battlegrounds of mammal conservation..
M. Cardillo, G. M. Mace, J. L. Gittleman, and A. Purvis (2006)
PNAS 103, 4157-4161
   Abstract »    Full Text »    PDF »
Chloroplast DNA phylogeny and phylogeography of the North American plums (Prunus subgenus Prunus section Prunocerasus, Rosaceae).
J. Shaw and R. L. Small (2005)
Am. J. Botany 92, 2011-2030
   Abstract »    Full Text »    PDF »
Biodiversity and extinction: species and people.
K. J. Gaston (2005)
Progress in Physical Geography 29, 239-247
   PDF »
Comparative Losses of British Butterflies, Birds, and Plants and the Global Extinction Crisis.
J. A. Thomas, M. G. Telfer, D. B. Roy, C. D. Preston, J. J. D. Greenwood, J. Asher, R. Fox, R. T. Clarke, and J. H. Lawton (2004)
Science 303, 1879-1881
   Abstract »    Full Text »    PDF »
Comparison of Three Different Targeted Tissue Factor Fusion Proteins for Inducing Tumor Vessel Thrombosis.
P. Hu, J. Yan, J. Sharifi, T. Bai, L. A. Khawli, and A. L. Epstein (2003)
Cancer Res. 63, 5046-5053
   Abstract »    Full Text »    PDF »
Extinction rates under nonrandom patterns of habitat loss.
E. W. Seabloom, A. P. Dobson, and D. M. Stoms (2002)
PNAS 99, 11229-11234
   Abstract »    Full Text »    PDF »
Population genetics of two rare perennials in isolated wetlands: Sagittaria isoetiformis and S. teres (Alismataceae).
A. L. Edwards and R. R. Sharitz (2000)
Am. J. Botany 87, 1147-1158
   Abstract »    Full Text »
Prodigious polyphyly in imperilled freshwater pearly-mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae): a phylogenetic test of species and generic designations.
C. Lydeard, R. L. Minton, and J. D. Williams (2000)
Geological Society, London, Special Publications 177, 145-158
   Abstract »    PDF »
Conservation implications of genetic variation in three rare species endemic to Florida rosemary scrub.
R. W. Dolan, R. Yahr, E. S. Menges, and M. D. Halfhill (1999)
Am. J. Botany 86, 1556-1562
   Abstract »    Full Text »    PDF »
Biodiversity -the road to an atlas.
K. J. Gaston (1998)
Progress in Physical Geography 22, 269-281
   PDF »
Biodiversity Assessment and Conservation Strategies.
A. S. van Jaarsveld, S. Freitag, S. L. Chown, C. Muller, S. Koch, H. Hull, C. Bellamy, M. Krüger, S. Endrödy-Younga, M. W. Mansell, et al. (1998)
Science 279, 2106-2108
   Abstract »    Full Text »
Species Distributions, Land Values, and Efficient Conservation.
A. Ando, J. Camm, S. Polasky, and A. Solow (1998)
Science 279, 2126-2128
   Abstract »    Full Text »
Distribution and Causation of Species Endangerment in the United States.
B. Czech, P. R. Krausman;, A. Dobson, J. P. Rodriguez, W. M. Roberts, and D. S. Wilcove; (1997)
Science 277, 1116-1117
   Full Text »
Hopes for the Future: Restoration Ecology and Conservation Biology.
A. P. Dobson, A. D. Bradshaw, and A. J. Baker (1997)
Science 277, 515-522
   Abstract »    Full Text »    PDF »
Umbrellas and flagships: Efficient conservation surrogates or expensive mistakes?.
S. J. Andelman and W. F. Fagan (2000)
PNAS 97, 5954-5959
   Abstract »    Full Text »    PDF »


ADVERTISEMENT
Click Me!

ADVERTISEMENT
Click Me!

To Advertise     Find Products

Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)