A Dictionary of Ecology

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.

ISBN 0198609051   Volumes 1 ISBN13 9780198609056 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 334 Publisher Oxford University Press   Published in Oxford Imprint Oxford University Press   Series title Oxford Paperback Reference Format Paperback   Previous ISBN 9780198609056 Publication date 23 Mar 2006   Height (mm) 196 Library of Congress QH540.4.C6   Width (mm) 129 DEWEY 577.03   Spine width (mm) 26 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level General Pages 480

PREFACE; A-Z DICTIONARY OF ECOLOGY; APPENDIX 1; Estimates of Population Parameters; APPENDIX 2; Geologic Time-Scale; APPENDIX 3; SI Units

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