A Dictionary of Zoology

This best-selling dictionary is the most comprehensive and up-to-date of its kind, containing over 5,250 entries on all aspects of zoology. Complemented with numerous illustrations, it includes terms from the areas of ecology, animal behaviour, evolution, earth history, zoogeography, genetics, and physiology and it provides full taxonomic coverage of arthropods, other invertebrates, fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds, and mammals. The third edition has been fully revised and updated and includes many new entries, for example, alarm pheromone, Fick's laws, manometer, and synanthrope. It also features new material on behavioural ecology and conservation biology, and expanded coverage of cytology and taxonomy. New to this edition are recommended web links for many entries, which are accessed and kept up to date via the Dictionary of Zoology companion website. Web links provide valuable extra information by directing you to useful online resources and the homepages of relevant organizations. Following the A-Z dictionary are detailed appendices of endangered animals, the universal genetic code, the geologic time scale, and SI units.Wide-ranging, authoritative, and with jargon-free definitions, this dictionary is an indispensable reference tool for students and teachers of zoology, biological sciences and biomedical sciences, and a valuable resource for naturalists and anyone with an interest in animals.

ISBN 0199233411   Weight (grammes) 507 ISBN13 9780199233410 (What's this?)   Published in Oxford Publisher Oxford University Press   Series title Oxford Paperback Reference Imprint Oxford University Press   Previous ISBN 9780198607588 Format Paperback   Height (mm) 195 Publication date 22 Jan 2009   Width (mm) 129 DEWEY 590.3   Spine width (mm) 40 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level General Pages 704

		Dictionary of Zoology		1
		Endangered animals		603
		The universal genetic code		686
		Geologic time-scale		687
		SI units		688

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