De La Salle University - Manila

Pathfinder - Endangered and Extinct Species

Scope Note :

Endangered species- species threatened by extinction: a species whose numbers are so few, or are declining so quickly, that the animal, plant, or other organism may soon become extinct. Endangered species are sometimes protected under national or international law.
(Source: MSN Encarta http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary/dictionaryhome.aspx)

Extinct species- species that are no longer existing or living.
(Source: Your Dictionary, http://www.yourdictionary.com/ahd/e/e0297900.html)

Use For :

• Endangered
• Extinct species
• Animal species
• Endangered animals
• Endangered wildlife
• Threatened animal species
• Threatened animals
• Threatened species
• Threatened wildlife
• Varnishing species

Broader Term :

• Species

Related Term :

• Nature conservation
• Nonnative species
• Rare animals
• Wildlife conservation

Narrower Term :

• Endangered fungi
• Endangered plants

BOOKS

Reference sources located at the Information-Reference Section, 2nd floor:

• Endangered species. Sonia Benson, Rob Nagel. QL83 B46 2004 v.1- v.3
• The endangered species handbook. Greta Nilson. QL 82 N54 1983a

Texts Located at the Circulation Section, 3rd floor:

• The biodiversity crisis: losing what counts. Michael J. Novacek. QH 541.15 B56 B55 2001
• Biology and conservation of sea turtles. Bjorndal, Karen A. QL 666 C536 W67 1979
• Blue genes: sharing and conserving the world's aquatic biodiversity. David Seton Greer, Brian Harvey. QH75 .G74 2004
• The endangered kingdom: the struggle to save America's wildlife. DiSilvestro, Roger L. QL 84.2 D57 1989
• Environmental education: principles, concepts and management. Shrivastava, K. K. GE70 .S37 2004
• Evolutionary catastrophes: the science of mass extinction. Courtillot, Vincent. QE 506 C6813 2002
• Extinction rates. John H. Lawton, Robert May. QH 78 E97 1995
• The last extinction. Les Kaufman, Kenneth Mallory QH 75 L36 1986
• The last of lands: conservation in Australia. L.J. Webb, P.B. Wignall. QH 77 A8 L37 1969
• Life in the balance: companion to the Audobon television specials. Wallace, David Rains.QH 75 W34 1987
• Marine conservation biology: the science of maintaining the sea's biodiversity. Norse, Elliott A.QH91.8.B6 M37 2005
• Mass extinctions and their aftermath. Hallam, Anthony. QE 721.2 E97 H34 1997
• Migratory fishes of South America: biology, fisheries and conservation status. Carolsfeld, Joachim, 1955-
• Monitoring the environment. Bryan Cartledge.TD 193 M66 1992
• Politicians and poachers: the political economy of wildlife policy in Africa. Gibson, Clark C., 1961- QH 77 A35 G5 1999
• The rarest of the rare: vanishing animals, timeless worlds. Ackerman, Diane. QH 75 A24 1997
• Science, society and power: environmental knowledge and policy in West Africa and the Caribbean. James Fairhead, Melissa Leach. QH77.G92 F35 2003
• The status of endangered Australasian wildlife. Tyler, Michael J. QL 84.7 A1 C45 1978
• Silent spring. Carson, Rachel Louise.SB 959 C3 1964
• Sustainable ocean governance: a geographical perspective. Vallega, Adalberto. GC1018 .V34 2001
• A text book of environmental studies. Shradha Sinha, Manisha Shukla, Ranjana Shukla.GE70 .S56 2005
• Theodore Roosevelt's America: selections from the writings of the Oyster Bay naturalist. Roosevelt, Theodore. SK 33 R67 1962  

Text Located at the EDRC, 1st floor:

• Convention on international trade in endangered species of wild fauna and flora: EC annual report. European Commission. QL 81.5 E9 1995

Texts Located at the Filipiniana Section, 4th floor:

• Conserving Philippine marine environment & resources. Alcala, Angel Chua. GC 1023.76 A4 2000
• Field reference material on protected area. SB 484 P6 F54 1992
• Marine reserves in the Philippines: historical development, effects and influence on marine conservation policy. Alcala, Angel Chua. GC 1023.76 A44 2001
• Pagyamanin ang mga bahura: isang manwal ukol sa mga bahura sa Pilipinas at mga kalapit na dagat. McAllister, Don E.QH77.P6 M3419 1993
• Philippine red data book. QL737.U53 S77 1994
• Philippine wildlife abstracts: a compilation. Philippines. Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau. QL 84.5 P6 P5 1993
• A primer on wildlife conservation education. Baril, Joselito A. QL 84.5 P6 B37 1992a
• Save our coral reefs = pagyamanin ang mga bahura: a coral reef care manual. McAllister.QH77.P6 M34 1993
• Strategic planning workshop for tamaraw conservation : workshop proceedings, 5 to 7 December 1994, San Jose, Occidental Mindoro. QL737.U53 S77 1994
• Sulu-Sulawesi seas. Freund, Jurgen. QH 91.17 F7 2001

PERIODICALS

PRINT (Periodicals Section, 2nd floor)

• Tigerpaper.
• People & nature.

ELECTRONIC

GALE Computer Online
http://infotrac.apla.galegroup.com/itweb/dlsu

• Issues in Science and Technology.

• Paying for protection from invasive species. Jenkins, Peter T. Issues in Science and Technology 19 (1) : 2000. p. 67+ 

JSTOR
http://www.jstor.org/

• BioScience.

• Declining biodiversity: why species matter and how their functions might be restored in californian tidal marshes. Zedler, Joy B. BioScience 51 (12) : December 2001. p. 1005+
• Funding asymmetries for endangered species, feral animals, and livestock. Berger, Joel. BioScience  41 (2) : February 1991. p.105+
• Implementing the endangered species act. Easter-Pilcher, Andrea. BioScience 46 (5) : May 1996. p. 355+
• Improving recovery planning for threatened and endangered species. Foin, Theodore C. BioScience 48 (3) : March 1998. p. 177+
• Threatened and endangered species geography. Flather, Curtis. BioScience 48 (5) : May 1998. p. 365+

• Conservation Biology

• Examining differences between recovered and declining endangered species. Abbitt, Robbyn J. F. Conservation Biology 15 (5) : October 2001. p. 1274+
• Extant unless proven extinct? or, extinct unless proven extant? Jared M. Diamond. Conservation Biology 1 (1) : May 1987. p. 77+

• Synergistic effects of subsistence hunting and habitat fragmentation on amazonian forest vertebrates. Peres, Carlos A. Conservation Biology 15 (6) : December 2001. p. 1490+

• Ecological Applications

• A critical role for critical habitat in the recovery planning process? not yet. Hoekstra, Jonathan. Ecological Applications 12 (3) : June 2002. p. 701+
• Endangered at what level? Orians, Gordon H. Ecological Applications 3 (2) : May 1993. p. 206+
• Endangered species recovery and the SCB study: a U.S. fish and wildlife service perspective. Deborah, Crouse. Ecological Applications 12 (3) : June 2002. p. 719+
• The scope and treatment of threats in endangered species recovery plans. Lawler, Joshua J. Ecological Applications 12 (3) : June 2002. p. 663+

PROQUEST Online
http://www.umi.com/pqdauto/

• The Scientist

• How much does it cost to restore a species? Anonymous. The Scientist 20 (4) : April 2006. p. 42+
• Precision extinction. Atkinson, Nick. The Scientist 19 (22) : November 2005. p. 16+
• Save the great apes! Woodall, Jack. The Scientist 20 (9) : September 2006. p. 59.

Science Direct
http://www.sciencedirect.com/

• Current Biology

• Can cloning save endangered species? Lee, Kenneth. Current Biology 11 (7) : April 2001. p. 245+
• Frozen ark to hold samples of endangered species. Current Biology 14 (16) : August 2004. p. 638+

ARTICLES
(Periodicals Section, 2nd floor)

• The advertisement calls of two endangered species of endemic Philippine frogs: Playtymantis spelaeus and P.insulatus (Anura; Ranidae). Silliman Journal 43 (1) : January-June 2002. p. 91+
• The air's noblest flier. The Filipinas Journal of Science and Culture 2 : p. 33+
• Beluga nears extinction as demand for caviar soars. Business World 19 (122) : January 12, 2006. p. 2+
• Biodiversity and conservation priority setting in the Babuyan Islands, Philippines. Sylvatrop 15 (1-2) : January-December 2005. p. 35+
• The bird man of the Philippines. The Filipinas Journal of Science and Culture 2 : p. 49+
• Birds of Ban-ban, Central Negros, Philippines: threats and conservation status. Silliman Journal 43 (1) : January-June 2002. p. 110+
• The carabao soon join the endangered list. Philippine Graphic 10 : July 5, 1999. p. 16+
• The diminishing dugong. Mr & Ms 24 (17) : August 29, 2000. p. 14+
• Endangered RP eagles survive in Samar jungles. Philippine Daily Inquirer 20 (187) : June 15, 2005. p. 20.
• Endangered sea turtles find refuge in Pagudpud. Philippine Daily Inquirer 21 (208) : October 4, 2006. p. 15.
• Endangered species : paano maisasalba? Kabayan 1 : April 8, 1999. p. 1+
• Endangered species. Philippines Free Press 97 (37) : September 11, 2004. p. 53+
• The endemic and threatened species of birds in Mt. Kimangkil Range, Bukidnon Province, Mindanao Island. The Philippine Scientist  41 : 2004. p. 176+
• Haribon Ambassadors for conservation. Haring Ibon  27 : p.14+
• Help save our birds. Philippine Panorama 31 : January 13, 2002. p. 12+
• Help save our dugongs. Philippine Panorama 29 (29) : July 23, 2000. p. 18+
• How does species endangerment begin? tarsier conservation, eco-tourism, and farmers in two towns in the province of Bohol, Philippines. Philippine Quarterly of Culture & Society 31 (3) : September 2003. p. 182+
• Let us save the Philippine eagles. Philippine Panorama 29 (33) : August 20, 2000. p. 10+
• Let's protect our wildlife. Mr & Ms : December 4, 2001. p. 28+
• The lizard genus Luperosaurus: taxonomy, history, and conservation prospects for some of the world's rarest lizards. Sylvatrop 10 (1-2) : 2000. p. 107+
• Local knowledge, use, and conservation status of the Malayan Softshell Turtle Dogania subplana (Geoffroy 1809) (Testudines: Trionychidae) in Southern Palawan, Philippines. Sylvatrop 15 (1-2) : January-December 2005. p. 113+
• The malagos eagle center: a nursery to endangered Philippine eagles. MT 103 (166) : June 21, 2002. p. 2.
• Mga hayop na nanganganib na ang lahi. Kabayan 1 (236) : April 9, 1999. p. 1+
• The Mindoro tamaraw is fast vanishing. Manila Bulletin 316 (18) : April 18, 1999. p. 7.
• A new future for the Philippine crocodile, crocodylus mindorensis. Sylvatrop 13 (1-2) : January-December 2003. p. 31+
• Notes on pipefishes (Syngnathidae) from two rivers in Panay and Mindanao, Philippines. The Philippine Scientist  41 : 2004. p. 268+
• Notes on the distribution, abundance and behavior of the Tabon Scrubfowl (Megapodius cumingii) in Arreceffi Island, Baran alo, Puerto Princesa City, Philippines. Sylvatrop 10 (1-2) : 2000. p. 78+
• The Philippine tarsier : an endangered species? Pinoy Global Access : October-November 2006. p. 24+
• Plight of the flying lemurs. Mr & Ms 25 (20) : September 11, 2001. p. 31.
• Protektahan natin ang mga endangered species. Pilipino Reporter 16 (846) : February 26, 2002. p. 31.
• Save the species - but add incentives. Business Week : January 18, 1999. p. 60.
• Saving a physically-challenged ecosystem: who takes charge of the Mt. Talinis' twin lakes forest reserve?. Silliman Journal 45 (2) : July-December 2004. p. 237+
• Saving seahorses from oblivion. Mr and Ms Magazine 22 : January 26, 1999. p. 44+
• Saving the endangered marine turtles form extinction. Mr and Ms Magazine 22 : January 19, 1999. p. 32+
• Seahorse mauubos na. Diario Uno (174) : January 4, 1999. p. 7.
• The silent frogs. Philippine Graphic 10 : July 19, 1999. p. 22.
• The status of threatened and endemic birds of Siquijor Island, Philippines. Silliman Journal 43 (1) : January-June 2002. p. 137+
• A survey of the bats of Rajah Sikatuna protected landscape, Bohol Island, Philippines, and local attitudes towards them. Sylvatrop 13 (1-2) : January-December 2003. p. 93+
• Testing species limits of non-echolocating Philippine swiftlets (Collocalia spp.) using molecular genetic data. Sylvatrop 10 (1-2) : 2000. p. 70+
• Threatened species in the Philippines gaining support from the civil society. Haring Ibon 24 : January-March 2006. p. 28+

VERTICAL FILE
(Information-Reference Section, 2nd floor)

• Coral reef damage assessment: M/Y Island Explorer grounding site restoration. VF 02152
• The crocodiles of the Philippines. VF 00977
• The Mangyan Heritage Natural Park. VF 1561
• The Philippine cockatoo. VF 00977
• Philippine deer. VF 00977
• Philippine monkey. VF 00977
• The Philippine tarsier. VF 00977
• Rare, threatened and endangered species of mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians of the world. VF 01021
• Responsible dominion in the fisheries sector. VF 01344
• Terms of endangerment. VF 01856
• This fragile beauty hangs by a thread. VF 00107

VIRTUAL VERTICAL FILE
(Information-Reference Section, 2nd floor)

• A framework lessons learned from community based marine reserves and its effectiveness in guiding a new coastal management initiative in the Philippines. VVF0000005.
• Management histories of Sumilon and Apo Marine Reserves, Philippines, and their influence on national marine resource policy. VVF0000142

ADB COLLECTION
(Information-Reference Section, 2nd floor)

• Technical assistance to the democratic socialist republic of Sri Lanka for preparing the protected area management and wildlife conservation project. TAR: SRI 31381

THESES AND DISSERTATIONS

LOCAL
(Archives Section, 4th floor)

• Advocacy video: "Wildlife, not for sale", My Zoo Foundation Inc. Chua, Berenice Myvanwy. Lao, Joan Jaclyn. TU13463
• A package design for the Philippine biodiversity box of the My Zoo Volunteer Group Foundation, Inc. Uychinco, Janelle. TU13436
• World Wide Fund for Nature Philippines (WWF). Antonio, Maria Michaella F. TU13441

AUDIO VISUAL MATERIALS
(Instructional Media Services,Ground floor)

• Antenna verde "plus" [videorecording]. V000320 , V000393, CD02543 , CD02544, CD02545
• Coral reefs [videorecording]. V000314, V000369 , CD02952, CD02953, CD02954
• Think like a mountain [videorecording]. V001719
• Wild discovery. [videorecording]. V002041
• WWF news [videorecording]. CD02549, CD02551

INTERNET WEBSITES
(Cybernook, Ground floor, Graduate corners, 2nd and 3rd floors)

EE-Link:Endangered Species
http://eelink.net/EndSpp/
[Retrieved, July 23, 2007]

Lists all US endangered and threatened species and provides links to websites of other leading endangered species organizations.

Endangered Species
http://www.endangeredspecie.com/
[Retrieved, July 23, 2007]

Provides all the "best information, links, books, and publications regarding rare and endangered species." It also includes "information about conservation efforts and endangered species organizations that are dedicated to saving
and preserving the world's most endangered wildlife and plant life.”

It's Nature
http://www.itsnature.org/
[Retrieved, July 23, 2007]

"Provides interesting resources and facts regarding the natural world."

Should you have comments or suggestions on this pathfinders, please call us at these telephone numbers, 536-0244, 524-4611 local 620 or send message to library@dlsu.edu.ph.

Compiled by: Ms. Yolanda Odsinada & Mr. Arvin Robles
Date: September 2007