id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt istl-2041 Plant Conservation Resources on the Internet .html text/html 4905 281 40 Science and Technology Sources on the Internet Plant Conservation Resources on the Internet Danielle Carlock Reference and Instruction Librarian Arizona State University at the Polytechnic Campus Mesa, Arizona danielle.carlock@asu.edu Introduction Audience, Scope and Methodology Indexes and Databases Journals Botanical Gardens Conservation Organizations and Research Institutes Libraries Mailing Lists/Discussion groups Native Plant Societies NGOs, Governmental, and Quasi-Governmental Entities Involved in Plant Conservation Professional Societies Publishers References Introduction The field of plant conservation includes the study of plant decline and its causes, and techniques to conserve rare and endangered plants. Plant conservation can be considered a part of conservation biology, a relatively young field that emphasizes the conservation of biodiversity and whole ecosystems, as opposed to the conservation of individual species (Soulé 1985). cache/istl-2041.html txt/istl-2041.txt