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From acid rain, CFCs and the greenhouse effect to the food-chain and the gene bank, this reference work provides comprehensive coverage of ecology and the environmental sciences
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With over 8500 entries, this informative dictionary addresses the social, legal, political and economic aspects of the environment and conservation as well as the scientific terms.
著者译名:阿勒比。
The more than 5,000 terms in this dictionary are of use to multiple disciplines: geographers, architects, planners and students. The terms come from ecology, environmental pollution, conservation, biogeography, animal behavior, evolutionary theory, earth science, botany, and geography. The source avoids political issues, but explains concepts and describes natural processes. It is arranged in alphabetical order with cross-references, especially to embedded definitions. Entries vary in length from one sentence to half a column. The language is fairly technical and this limits the source to high school collections.
The origin of ecology as a subject of study can be traced back to the mid-nineteenth century, Though, there is uncertainty about the exact year in which the term 'ecology' was developed, but the years 1866 to 1896 are considered to be specially relevant. However, the existence of ecology is as old as man himself. Ernst Haeckel, a renowned German zoologist, is known as father of the word 'ecology'. He redefined ecology as a science that treats reciprocal relations of an organism and the external world. According to the concise Oxford Dictionary, ecology is ' that branch of biology dealing with organisms relation to one another and to their surroundings.' Undoubtedly, it was developed as a branch of biology but in the modern system ecology has developed as an integrated discipline covering more scope than biology and has a close relation with other social sciences like economics, etc. Thus, ecology is the scientific study of the relationships between organisms and their environment.
Fully revised and updated for the seventh edition, this market-leading dictionary is the perfect guide for anyone studying biology, either at school or university. With more than 5,500 clear and concise entries, it provides comprehensive coverage of biology, biophysics, and biochemistry. Over 250 new entries include terms such as Broca's area, comparative genomic hybridization, mirror neuron, and Pandoravirus. Appendices include classifications of the animal and plant kingdoms, the geological time scale, major mass extinctions of species, model organisms and their genomes, Nobel prizewinners, and a new appendix on evolution. Entry-level web links to online resources can be accessed via a companion website.
Written in a clear, accessible style, this authoritative and wide-ranging dictionary contains entries on all aspects of ecology and related environmental scientific disciplines such as biogeography, genetics, soil science, geomorphology, atmospheric science, and oceanography. Entries cover topics such as plant and animal physiology, animal behaviour, pollution, conservation, habitat management, population, evolution, environmental pollution, climatology, and meteorology. It also includes many line drawings and useful appendices. Fully revised, updated, and expanded, with over 300 new entries that include beach replenishment, delta method, urban heat island, and zonal soils, this new edition is invaluable to students of ecology, biology, and environmental and conservation studies, and professionals in related areas, as well as the general reader with an interest in the natural world.
This unique new dictionary offers comprehensive coverage in a single volume of words and terms encountered in both human and physical geography. Each of the over 5,000 clear and concise entries offers first a brief definition followed by a more in-depth explanation, making the book perfect for novice and expert alike. Especially authoritative, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Geography covers a vast scope of subjects, among them cartography, surveying, meteorology, climatology, biogeography, ecology, geology, geomorphology, population, migration, agriculture, industry, transport, and development. It also reflects the most recent advances in the subject, including the development of humanistic geography, and covers up-to-date topics such as plate tectonics and remote sensing. Wide-ranging and highly readable, answers questions about all aspects of geography quickly and effectively.