Buch, Englisch, 608 Seiten, Format (B × H): 129 mm x 196 mm
Reihe: Oxford Paperback Reference
Buch, Englisch, 608 Seiten, Format (B × H): 129 mm x 196 mm
Reihe: Oxford Paperback Reference
ISBN: 978-0-19-860758-8
Verlag: Oxford University Press
Key Features:
The only paperback dictionary of zoology available
- Sold nearly 30,000 copies
- Over 5,000 up-to-date entries
- Illustrated with clear line drawings
- 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
- Biographical sketches of famous zoologists
Description:
This dictionary is a comprehensive and up-to-date reference work on all aspects of the study of animals.
Now 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. It is illustrated with clear line drawings, and supported by useful appendices on the genetic code, endangered animals, and SI units.
Completely revised to incorporate the discovery of `extremophiles' - organisms living in environments formerly considered impossibly hostile - and the toxonomic reclassification that this has entailed.
Featuring entires on genetics, evolutionary studies, and mammalian physiology.
Zielgruppe
Students of zoology and animal behaviour, amateur naturalists.
