Alabama wildlife. Volume 5 / Ericha Shelton-Nix, editor ; published for and in cooperation with the Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries, Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.

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Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Maps; Freshwater Snails and Mussels; Introduction; Freshwater Snails; 2012 Committee Members; Checklist; Priority Species Lists; Priority 1 Species Account; Priority 2 Species Account; Watchlist; References Cited; Freshwater Mussels; 2012 Committee Members; Checklist; Priority Species List; Extirpated Species Account; Extirpated Taxa, Conservation Underway Species Account; Priority 1 Species Account; Priority 2 Species Account; Watchlist; References Cited; Crayfishes; Introduction; 2012 Committee Members; Checklist; Priority Species List.

Priority 1 Species AccountPriority 2 Species Account; Watchlist; References Cited; Fishes; Introduction; 2012 Committee Members; Checklist; Priority Species List; Extirpated Species Account; Extirpated Taxa, Conservation Underway Species Account; Priority 1 Species Account; Priority 2 Species Account; Watchlist; References Cited; Amphibians and Reptiles; Introduction; 2012 Committee Members; Amphibians; Checklist; Priority Species List; Priority 1 Species List; Priority 2 Species List; Watchlist; Reptiles; Checklist; Priority Species Account.

Extirpated Taxa, Conservation Underway Species AccountPriority 1 Species Account; Priority 2 Species List and Updates; Watchlist; References Cited; Birds; Introduction; 2012 Committee Members; Checklist; Priority Species List; Priority 1 Species Account; Priority 2 Species Account; Watchlist; References Cited; Mammals; Introduction; 2012 Committee Members; Checklist; Priority Species Account; Priority 1 Species Account; Priority 2 Species Account; Watchlist; References Cited; Glossary of Terms; About the Editor.

Alabama Wildlife, Volume 5 offers a comprehensive update and provides a wealth of new information concerning changes and developments relative to the conservation status of wild animal populations of the state that have occurred in the decade since publication of the previous four volumes in 2004. Enhancements include the addition of any new or rediscovered taxon, species priority status changes, and taxonomic changes, plus the addition of the crayfishes, which were left out previously because so little was known about these understudied taxa. A complete taxonomic checklist is included, which lists each imperiled taxon along with its priority designation followed by detailed species accounts. The eighty-four crayfish species accounts are comprised of a physical description (including a photograph, when available), distribution map, habitat summary, key life history, ecological information, basis for its status classification, and specific conservation and management recommendations. This revised expansion of the Alabama Wildlife set will be helpful to those seeking to broaden their knowledge of Alabama's vast wildlife resources and will greatly influence future studies in the conservation of many of the imperiled species. The University of Alabama Press originally released a set of four volumes titled Alabama Wildlife in 2004. The series consisted of A Checklist of Vertebrates and Selected Invertebrates (Volume 1), Imperiled Aquatic Mollusks and Fishes (Volume 2), Imperiled Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds, and Mammals (Volume 3), and Conservation and Management Recommendations for Imperiled Wildlife (Volume 4). However, Alabama Wildlife, Volume 5 offers an all-inclusive and complete update of these four previously published volumes, making it the single resource required for all those working with or interested in Alabama's wild animals.

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