Animal Behavior Desk Reference: A Dictionary of Animal Behavior, Ecology, and Evolution: A Dictionary of Animal Behavior, Ecology, and Evolution, Second Edition - Hardcover

Barrows, Edward M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0849320054 ISBN 13: 9780849320057

Verlag: CRC Press Inc, 2001

Inhaltsangabe

Revised and updated, containing over 5,000 entries, with over 1,100 more entries than in the previous edition, Animal Behavior Desk Reference, Second Edition: A Dictionary of Behavior, Ecology, and Evolution provides definitions for terms in animal behavior, biogeography, evolution, ecology, genetics, psychology, statistics, systematics, and other related sciences.
Formatted like a standard dictionary, this reference presents definitions in a quick- and easy-to-use style. For each term, where applicable, you receive:

Multiple definitions listed chronologically

Term hierarchies summarized in tables

Definition sources

Directives that show where a concept is defined under a synonymous name, and concepts related to focal ones

Non-technical and obsolete definitions

Pronunciations of selected terms

Common-denominator entries

Synonyms

Classifications of organisms and descriptions of many taxa

Organizations related to animal behavior, ecology, evolution, and related sciences
Still the most complete work of its kind, Animal Behavior Desk Reference, Second Edition: A Dictionary of Behavior, Ecology, and Evolution will improve your scientific communication, particularly in the fields of animal behavior, evolution, ecology, and related branches of biology. If you are a teacher, student, writer, or active in science in any way, this book will prove to be one of your most valuable resources.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: CRC Press Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0849320054
• ISBN 13: 9780849320057
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 922
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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