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Title A dictionary of ecology / edited by Michael Allaby
Edition Second edition
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998

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Location Call no. Vol. Availability
 MELB  577.02 All/Doe 1998  AVAILABLE
 W'PONDS  577.03 All/Doe 1998  AVAILABLE
Description vi, 440 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Series Oxford paperback reference
Oxford paperback reference.
Summary "This is the most comprehensive and authoritative paperback dictionary of ecology available. Including wide-ranging coverage of the environmental sciences, and now thoroughly revised for this new edition, it will be invaluable to students, professionals, and anyone with an interest in the natural world and our environment." "Over 5,000 entries: Subjects include plant and animal physiology, animal behaviour, evolution, environmental pollution and conservation, climatology and meteorology, geomorphology, and oceanography. Fully updated to incorporate developments in this rapidly evolving field, particularly in the areas of molecular ecology, conservation, and the management of habitats. New entries include economic injury level, edge effect, extremophile, hot spot, intermediate disturbance hypothesis, satellite DNA, selfish herd, transfer-RNA, and xenology."--Jacket
Analysis Dictionaries
Ecology
Overseas item
Notes Revised edition of: The concise Oxford dictionary of ecology. 1994
Also available as an electronic book via the World Wide Web to institutions affiliated with netLibrary, Inc
Subject Ecology -- Dictionaries.
Ecology -- Dictionaries.
Environmental sciences -- Dictionaries.
SUBJECT gb 99073366
Genre/Form Dictionaries.
Author Allaby, Michael.
LC no. 98009813
ISBN 0192800787
9780192800787
Other Titles Ecology
OTHER TI Concise Oxford dictionary of ecology
Other Titles Ecology