Taxa-specific Information (surveys and general information)

PLANTS

Adams, J. 1998. Green alert: Red List finds one in eight plant species at risk. Nature Conservancy 48(5):7.

Doyle, R. 1997. Plants at risk in the U.S. Scientific American 277(Aug.):26.

Dransfield, J., Flenley J.R., et al. 1984. A recently extinct palm from Easter Island. Nature 312:750-2.

Keith, D. A. 1998. An evaluation and modification of World Conservation Union Red List criteria for classification of extinction risk in vascular plants. Conservation Biology 12:1076-90.

Leigh, J. H., R. Boden, et al. 1984. Extinct and Endangered Plants of Australia. Macmillan Co. of Australia, South Melbourne.

Mattoon, A. 1998. Plants in peril. World Watch 11(4): 9.

Oldfield, S., C. Lusty, and A. MacKinven (eds). 1998. The World List of Threatened Trees. Compiled by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre, World Conservation Press.

Pyesmith, C. 1998. Red Alert - How Many Plants Must Become Extinct Before the World Wakes Up. New Scientist 158(2129): 12.

Roberts, L. 1988. Extinction imminent for native plants. Science 242(Dec.): 1508.

Schwartz, A. 1988. Banking on seeds to avert extinction. Audubon 90(Jan.): 22-4+.

Sosa, V., A. P. Vovides, et al. 1998. Monitoring endemic plant extinction in Veracruz, Mexico. Biodiversity and Conservation 7(11): 1521-1527.

Walter, K.S. and H.J. Gillette (eds). 1998. 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants. Compiled by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre. IUCN - The World Conservation Union, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, U.K.

White, D. 1993. Plants in a precarious state. National Wildlife 31: 30-5.

Wickelgren, I. 1988. Plants poised at extinction's edge. Science News 134(Dec.): 372.

Williams, N. 1998. Study finds 10% of tree species under threat. Science 281(5382): 1426.