A Dictionary of Zoology

by Allaby, Michael

• ISBN13: 9780199233403
• ISBN10: 0199233403
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-02-28
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Thoroughly revised, this book, offers the most authoritative and up-to-date zoology dictionary available today. Allaby covers all aspects of the study of animals in more than 5,250 clearly written entriesmany new to this edition, including alarm pheromone, Ficks laws, shock disease, and synanthrope. Illustrated with many line drawings, the book defines terms from animal behavior, evolution, earth history, zoogeography, genetics, and physiology, provides full taxonomic coverage of arthropods and other invertebrates, fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds, and mammals, and introduces new material on behavioral ecology and conservation biology. In many entries, he recommends web links, which are kept up to date through the Dictionary of Zoologys companion website. Finally, the book includes detailed appendices covering the universal genetic code, endangered animals, the geologic time scale, and SI units. An invaluable dictionary for students of zoology and the related fields of biological and biomedical sciences, Dictionary of Zoology is also ideal for amateur naturalists and anyone with an interest in animals.

Author Biography

Michael Allaby has written many books on environmental science and especially on climatology and meteorology. These include 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 the Oxford dictionaries of Ecology, Zoology, and Plant Sciences, and author of A Dictionary of Earth Sciences.

Table of Contents

Dictionary of Zoology

Endangered Animals

The universal genetic code

Geologic time-scale

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