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Beschreibung
With over 6,000 entries, A Dictionary of Zoology is a detailed and authoritative guide to all areas of the field. It offers full taxonomic coverage of arthropods, other invertebrates, fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds, and mammals. It also includes terms from the areas of ecology, animal behaviour, evolution, earth history, zoogeography, genetics, and physiology.

All entries have been fully revised and updated, making this the most up-to-date reference guide of its kind. There are around 400 entries new to this edition covering areas that include taxonomic groups, prefixes, and widely used descriptive terms. These include articles on micronucleus, stoma, platy-, proto-, and terrestrial.

The dictionary is enriched through its useful web links, accessible via the companion website, as well as diagrams and detailed appendices. This fifth edition also includes a new Common Names appendix and three new illustrations.
With over 6,000 entries, A Dictionary of Zoology is a detailed and authoritative guide to all areas of the field. It offers full taxonomic coverage of arthropods, other invertebrates, fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds, and mammals. It also includes terms from the areas of ecology, animal behaviour, evolution, earth history, zoogeography, genetics, and physiology.

All entries have been fully revised and updated, making this the most up-to-date reference guide of its kind. There are around 400 entries new to this edition covering areas that include taxonomic groups, prefixes, and widely used descriptive terms. These include articles on micronucleus, stoma, platy-, proto-, and terrestrial.

The dictionary is enriched through its useful web links, accessible via the companion website, as well as diagrams and detailed appendices. This fifth edition also includes a new Common Names appendix and three new illustrations.
Über den Autor
Michael Allaby has written many books on environmental science and especially on climatology and meteorology. These include the Encyclopedia of Weather and Climate, the Facts on File Weather and Climate Handbook, and the DK Guide to Weather. He is the General Editor of several Oxford dictionaries, including Plant Sciences, Geology and Earth Sciences, Ecology, and Environment and Conservation.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Preface

  • A to Z entries

  • Endangered animals

  • Endangered animals 2012

  • The universal genetic code

  • Geologic time-scale

  • SI units

  • Supplementary units

  • Derived SI units

  • Multiples used with SI units

  • Extant animal phyla

  • Taxonomic classification

  • Common names

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Genre: Importe
Produktart: Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik: Sachliteratur
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: Oxford Quick Reference
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780198845089
ISBN-10: 0198845081
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Allaby, Michael
Auflage: 5 Revised edition
Hersteller: Oxford University Press
Oxford Quick Reference
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Postfach:81 03 40, D-70567 Stuttgart, vertrieb@dbg.de
Maße: 195 x 128 x 43 mm
Von/Mit: Michael Allaby
Erscheinungsdatum: 18.06.2020
Gewicht: 0,504 kg
Artikel-ID: 117928405

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