a ISBN 0-262-11115-2

a Original cataloging agency NEU GrandLibrary

a Classification number QH75

b Item number .L36 1986

a Title The Last extinction /

c Statement of responsibility, etc edited by Les Kaufman and Kenneth Mallory.

h Medium BOOK

a Place of publication, distribution, etc Cambridge, Mass. :

b Name of publisher, distributor, etc Published in cooperation with the New England Aquarium [by] the MIT Press,

c Date of publication, distribution, etc 1986.

a Extent ix, 208 p. :

b Other physical details ill. ;

c Dimensions 24 cm.

a General note Based on a public lecture series, "Extinction: saving the sinking ark," held in Boston at the New England Aquarium during fall 1984.

a Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographies and index.

a Formatted contents note Why the ark is sinking / Les Kaufman -- Mass extinctions / David Jablonski -- The Amazon : paradise lost? / Ghillean T. Prance -- Vanishing species in our own backyard : extinct fish and wildlife of the United States and Canada / James D. Williams and Ronald M. Nowak -- Riders of the last ark : the role of captive breeding in conservation strategies / Thomas J. Foose -- Life in the next millennium : who will be left in earth's community? / David Ehrenfeld.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Nature conservation

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Wildlife conservation

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Extinction Biology

a Personal name Kaufman Les

a Personal name Mallory Kenneth