Virtual Library - Nevada Natural Heritage Program

VIRTUAL LIBRARY

The Nevada Natural Heritage Program's Virtual Library is an organized collection of citations and links to external on-line publications important to the understanding and/or management of at-risk plants, animals, vegetation types, and ecosystems in Nevada. These are typically large and/or frequently updated works (or those not available in any other form), for which we maintain reference records in our databases, but which do not necessarily need to be maintained as hard-copies in our files. This Virtual Library serves as a ready reference tool for both Natural Heritage Program staff and for the general public.

This collection grows continually as new on-line references are brought to the attention of the Webmaster. The most recent additions are marked with the symbol . On-line publications of the Nevada Natural Heritage Program are accessed separately via our Reports and Publications page. Many other references important to our work are listed on our Recommended Readings page. Many on-line publications are served in PDF format, and most computers already have the necessary software to read and print such documents. If yours does not, you will need to download the free Adobe® Acrobat® Reader plug-in first. Please bring broken links or new on-line references to the attention of the Webmaster.

GENERAL REFERENCES

NON-VASCULAR PLANTS

U.S. Department of Agriculture. 2004. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.5. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA. Online: http://plants.usda.gov, accessed 15 March 2005.

VASCULAR PLANTS

Baker, M. A. 2005. Current Knowledge and Conservation of Cylindropuntia multigeniculata (Cactaceae), the Blue Diamond cholla. Reno, NV: U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, unpublished report in cooperation with Prescott College, Prescott, AZ. Online: http://heritage.nv.gov/statreps.htm, accessed 7 July 2006. [for direct links, click on (text) (tables) (figures 5522kB) (general map) (detailed maps 2-11, 1950kB)]

Nevada Natural Heritage Program. 2006+. Tahoe yellowcress virtual library. Carson City, NV. Online: http://heritage.nv.gov/vlibtyc.htm, accessed 12 January 2007.

Pavlik, B., et al. 2002. Conservation Strategy for Tahoe Yellow Cress (Rorippa subumbellata). Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, Lake Tahoe, NV. Online: http://heritage.nv.gov/reports/rosu_CS.pdf, accessed 9 May 2005. [see also separate Tahoe yellowcress virtual library]

Reed, P. B. 1988. National list of plant species that occur in wetlands. U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Wetlands Inventory, Arlington, VA. Online: http://www.nwi.fws.gov/plants.htm, accessed 9 March 2005. [Includes links to more recent supplements and updates.]

The Nature Conservancy. 2007. A conservation management strategy for nine low elevation rare plants in Clark County, Nevada. Final report, 17 April 2007. Reno: The Nature Conservancy, NV Field Office. Online: http://www.accessclarkcounty.com/depts/daqem/epd/Documents/LERPCMS_Final_32007_updated1.pdf, accessed 19 November 2008. Clark County Desert Conservation Program, Las Vegas, NV.

LICHENS & FUNGI

Belnap, J., J. H. Kaltenecker, R. Rosentreter, J. Williams, S. Leonard, and D. Eldridge. 2001. Biological soil crusts: Ecology and management. U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey and Bureau of Land Management Tech. Ref. 1730-2, Denver, CO. Online: http://www.blm.gov/nstc/library/pdf/CrustManual.pdf, accessed 15 March 2005.

Esslinger, T. L. 1997-2004. A cumulative checklist for the lichen-forming, lichenicolous and allied fungi of the continental United States and Canada. North Dakota State University, Fargo. Online: http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/instruct/esslinge/chcklst/chcklst7.htm, accessed 15 March 2005.

INVERTEBRATES

FISHES

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2005. FishBase. Online: http://www.fishbase.org, accessed 9 May 2005.

Tomelleri, J. R. & Nevada Biodiversity Initiative. 2008. Nevada Native Fishes. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Reno, NV. 2-page poster. Online: http://heritage.nv.gov/reports/nvfishes.pdf, accessed 19 November 2008.

AMPHIBIANS

Altig, R., R. W. McDiarmid, K. A. Nichols, and P. C. Ustach. 1998. A key to the Anuran tadpoles of the United States and Canada. Contemporary Herpetology Information Series 1998(2), 24 September 1998. ISSN 1097-7112. Online: http://www.cnah.org/ch/chis/1998/2/index.htm, accessed 4 March 2005.

Center for North American Herpetology. 1994-2007+. CNAH PDF library. Online: http://www.cnah.org/cnah_pdf.asp, accessed 12 January 2007.

Collins, J. T. & T. W. Taggart. 2002. Standard common and current scientific names for North American Amphibians, Turtles, Reptiles, and Crocodilians. Fifth edition. Center for North American Herpetology, Lawrence, Kansas. iv + 44 pages. Online: http://www.cnah.org/pdf_files/244.pdf, accessed 4 March 2005.

Declining Amphibian Population Task Force. 1992-2005+. Froglog: newsletter of the Declining Amphibian Population Task Force. Online: http://www.open.ac.uk/daptf/froglog/, accessed 9 May 2005.

REPTILES

Center for North American Herpetology. 1994-2007+. CNAH PDF library. On-line: http://www.cnah.org/cnah_pdf.asp, accessed 12 January 2007.

BIRDS

MAMMALS

Hafner, D. J., E. Yensen, and G. L. Kirkland, Jr. (compilers and editors). 1998. North American rodents: Status survey and conservation action plan. IUCN/SSC Rodent Specialist Group, IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. x + 171 pages. Online: http://www.iucn.org/themes/ssc/actionplans/northamericanrodents/contents.pdf, accessed 15 March 2005.

Western Bat Working Group. 1998. Bat species accounts. Online: http://www.wbwg.org/species_accounts.htm, accessed 9 May 2005.

VEGETATION & ECOSYSTEMS

Comer, P., D. Faber-Langendoen, R. Evans, S. Gawler, C. Josse, G. Kittel, S. Menard, M. Pyne, M. Reid, K. Schulz, K. Snow, and J. Teague. 2003. Ecological systems of the United States: A working classification of U.S. terrestrial systems. NatureServe, Arlington, VA. Online: http://www.natureserve.org/publications/usEcologicalsystems.jsp, accessed 15 March 2005.

Cooper, S. V., P. Lesica, and G. M. Kudray. 2007. Post-fire recovery of Wyoming big sagebrush shrub-steppe in central and southeast Montana. Report to the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, State Office. Montana Natural Heritage Program, Helena. v + 16 pages + appendices. Online: http://mtnhp.org/reports/Sage_Succ_Veg.pdf, accessed 25 January 2008.

Grossman, D. H., D. Faber-Langendoen, A. S. Weakley, M. Anderson, P. Bourgeron, R. Crawford, K. Goodin, S. Landaal, K. Metzler, K. Patterson, M. Pyne, M. Reid, and L. Sneddon. 1998. International classification of ecological communities: Terrestrial vegetation of the United States. Volume I. The National Vegetation Classification System: development, status, and applications. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA. Online: http://www.natureserve.org/library/vol1.pdf, accessed 15 March 2005.

WETLANDS

Cowardin, L. M., V. Carter, F. C. Golet, E. T. LaRoe. 1979. Classification of wetlands and deepwater habitats of the United States. U. S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington, D.C. Online: Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Online, Jamestown, ND, http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/1998/classwet/classwet.htm (Version 04DEC98), accessed 15 March 2005..

Horton, G. A. 2000. Water words dictionary: A compilation of technical water, water quality,
environmental, and water-related terms. Nevada Division of Water Resources, Carson City. Online: http://water.nv.gov/Water%20planning/dict-1/ww-index.htm, accessed 9 March 2005.

Tiner, R.W., H. C. Bergquist, G. P. DeAlessio, and M. J. Starr. 2002. Geographically isolated wetlands: A preliminary assessment of their characteristics and status in selected areas of the United States. U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Northeast Region, Hadley, MA. Online: http://www.nwi.fws.gov/Pubs_Reports/isolated/report.htm, accessed 9 March 2005.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 1997. A system for mapping riparian areas in the western United States. U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Wetlands Inventory, St. Petersburg, FL. Online: http://wetlands.fws.gov/Pubs_Reports/Riparian/Riparian.htm, accessed 9 March 2005.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2004+. Wetlands Mapper. U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Wetlands Inventory, St. Petersburg, FL. Online: http://wetlandsfws.er.usgs.gov, accessed 9 March 2005.