Includes bibliographical references and index.

Historical background of the Endangered Species Act / Michael J. Bean -- Listing endangered and threatened species / J.B. Ruhl -- Critical habitat / Federico Cheever -- Recovery / Dale D. Goble -- Interagency consultation under Section 7 / Patrick W. Ryan and Erika E. Malmen -- Indian rights and the Endangered Species Act / Mary Gray Holt -- The take prohibition / Patrick Parenteau -- Land use activities and the Section 9 take prohibition / Steven P. Quarles and Thomas R. Lundquist -- Exceptions to the take prohibition / Sam Kalen and Adam Pan -- Landowner incentives and the Endangered Species Act / Michael J. Bean -- Habitat conservation plans and the Endangered Species Act / Doug P. Wheeler and Ryan M. Rowberry -- Plants / Holly Wheeler -- Citizen suits / Eric R. Glitzenstein -- The Endangered Species Act and the constitutional takings issue / John D. Echeverria and Glenn P. Sugameli -- The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of wild fauna and flora / W. Michael Young and Holly Wheeler -- State endangered species acts / Susan George and William J. Snape III -- Nanotechnology and the Endangered Species Act / J. Michael Klise, Steven P. Quarles, and Wm. Robert Irvin -- Conserving endangered species in an era of global warming : an environmental community perspective / John Kostyack and Dan Rohlf -- Refocusing the Endangered Species Act : a regulated community perspective / W.H. "Buzz" Fawcett.