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The dynamic nature of science and scientific progress has required a completely revised, updated and expanded version of this hugely successful book, which remains the most wide-ranging and comprehensive dictionary for the study of natural history in its broadest sense. There are over 11,000 entries, providing a working dictionary for students, teachers, researchers and others having an interest within the broad arena of biodiversity studies. The coverage cuts across classical disciplines (botany, zoology, bacteriology, mineralogy, palaeontology, etc.), focusing particularly on concepts, strategies and methodologies. New information in the book reflects major scientific developments, hence special attention is given to terminology relating to molecular techniques and to terminology generated by recent initiatives in the study of biological diversity and global climate change.
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"An invaluable reference book for students, teachers and researchers, providing not only a working dictionary of essential explanations in line with current usage, but also thirty pages of useful appendices of tables and maps on such topics as biogeographical regions of the world, marine depth zones, SI units, signs and symbols, acronyms and abbreviations, Latin abbreviations, proof correction marks, and the Beaufort wind scale." The Naturalist
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A completely revised, updated and expanded version of this hugely successful book, which remains the most wide-ranging and comprehensive dictionary for the study of natural history in its broadest sense. There are over 11,000 entries, providing a working dictionary for students, teachers and researchers.
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A Dictionary of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
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