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DICTIONARY OF ZOOLOGY, 4th Edition

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9780199684274
The fourth edition has been fully revised and updated and includes many new entries, for example, activational effects of hormones, deprivation studies, aqueous humour, immunization, and Psocoptera.

This best-selling dictionary is the most comprehensive and up to date of its kind, containing over 6,000 entries on all aspects of zoology. Complemented by numerous illustrations, it includes terms from the areas of ecology, animal behaviour, evolution, earth history, zoogeography, genetics, and physiology and provides full taxonomic coverage of arthropods, other invertebrates, fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds, and mammals. The fourth edition has been fully revised and updated and includes many new entries, for example, activational effects of hormones, deprivation studies, aqueous humour, immunization, and Psocoptera. It also features new terms from anatomy and physiology, biomechanics, neurophysiology, immunology, and evolutionary development.

Recommended web links can be accessed via the Dictionary of Zoology companion website and provide valuable extra information by directing you to useful online resources and the homepages of relevant organizations. Detailed appendices include a list of endangered animals, the universal genetic code, the geologic time scale, SI units, and a taxonomic classification scheme based on the three-domain taxonomic system. Wide-ranging, authoritative, and with jargon-free definitions, this dictionary is an indispensable reference tool for students and teachers of zoology, biological sciences, and biomedical sciences, and a valuable resource for naturalists and anyone with an interest in animals.


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Автор Michael Allaby
Страници 704
Корица мека
Език английски
Година 2014
Дата на получаване 17.09.2016 г.
Издателство OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
ID на книга 21448427
ISBN 9780199684274
Категории Ботаника и зоология
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