The Last extinction / edited by Les Kaufman and Kenneth Mallory.

Contributor Kaufman, Les.

Imprint:Cambridge, Mass. : Published in cooperation with the New England Aquarium [by] the MIT Press, c1986.

Descriptionix, 208 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

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

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.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographies and index.

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