A Dictionary of Zoology
by Allaby, MichaelEdition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1999-09-16
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
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Summary
This dictionary is a comprehensive and up-to-date reference work on all aspects of the study of animals. Now fully revised for this new edition, with over 5,000 entries, it is ideal for students and will be invaluable to amateur naturalists and all those with an interest in the subject. Wide coverage including animal behaviour, ecology, physiology, genetics, cytology, evolution, Earth history, zoogeography Full taxonomic coverage of arthropods, other invertebrates, fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds, and mammals Completely revised to incorporate the recent discovery of 'extremophiles' -- organisms living in environments formerly considered impossibly hostile -- and the toxonomic reclassification that this has entailed New entries on genetics, evolutionary studies, and mammalian physiology
Author Biography
About the Author: Michael Allaby is a well-known writer on science and the environment. He is the general editor of The Oxford Dictionary of Natural History and the editor of The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Ecology and (with Ailsa Allaby) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Earth Sciences.
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