A Dictionary of Ecology: Wide-Ranging Coverage of Ecology and Environmental Sciences. New Edition (Oxford Paperback Reference) - Softcover

Allaby, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198609051 ISBN 13: 9780198609056

Verlag: OUP Oxford, 2006

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Book by Allaby Michael

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Reseña del editor

The third edition of the most comprehensive and authoritative dictionary of ecology available. Written in a clear, accessible style, it contains over 5,200 entries on all aspects of ecology and related environmental scientific disciplines such as biogeography, genetics, soil science, geomorphology, atmospheric science, and oceanography. Coverage is wide-ranging and includes plant and animal physiology, animal behaviour, pollution, conservation, and habitat management, evolution, environmental pollution, climatology and meteorology. Fully revised, updated, and expanded, the third edition contains internet links, over 30 new illustrations and over 200 new entries. The dictionary will be invaluable to students of ecology, biology, conservation studies, environmental sciences, and professionals in related areas, as well as the general reader with an interest in the natural world.

Biografía del autor

Michael Allaby has written numerous books on environmental science, including the Encyclopedia of Weather and Climate and the Facts on File Weather and Climate Handbook. He is the General Editor of the Oxford Dictionaries of Zoology and Plant Sciences, and co-author of the Dictionary of Earth Sciences.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: OUP Oxford
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0198609051
• ISBN 13: 9780198609056
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Auflage: 3
• Anzahl der Seiten: 480