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Houston Atlas Of Biodiversity

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Available in March 2007
Book Description
The Houston metroplex and 24 surrounding counties
possess striking natural beauty, unique biodiversity, and globally
important ecological resources. With lively, engaging text and vivid color
photographs and illustrations throughout, the Houston Atlas of Biodiversity highlights
the variety, cultural importance, and global value of the natural
environment found within the Houston Wilderness project
area. Written by a consortium of
authors in conjunction with the Houston Advanced Research Center
(HARC) and Houston Wilderness, the Houston Atlas of
Biodiversity focuses on habitats, animal and plant communities,
and broad multi-county ecoregions. It demonstrates how local parks and
preserves are part of an interconnected, diverse natural world that
transcends traditional city or county
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The Atlas details each of the ten ecoregions in the Houston Wilderness
area: Bayou Wilderness, Big Thicket, Coastal Marshes, Coastal
Prairies, Columbia Bottomlands, Estuaries and Bays, Gulf of Mexico, Piney
Woods, Post Oak Savannah, and Trinity Bottomlands. Special attention is
taken to portray these ecological treasures engagingly and accurately,
gently encouraging the reader toward a sense of pride and
appreciation.
The book is laced with stunning
photography of places both familiar and unknown throughout the region and
filled with detailed ecoregion maps. The Houston Atlas of
Biodiversity is truly a one-of-a-kind publication that will
alert the reader to the magnificent ecological treasures of the Houston
Wilderness region.
Purchase Book (Link to Texas A&M University
Press)
Houston Wilderness wishes to
acknowledge the following for their generous support of the Houston Atlas
od Biodiversity:
George and Mary Josephine Hamman
Foundation Albert and Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation The
Moody Foundation The Powell Foundation The Woodlands Development
Company
Houston Wilderness would also like to thank the
Houston Advanced Research Center for support of this
publication through management of chapter content preparation and
development of maps and geographic information systems (GIS)
data.
Design and production by Dearwater
Design.
Printing provided by ConocoPhillips
company.
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