Download or read book The Dictionary of Ecology and Environmental Science written by Henry Warren Art and published by Henry Holt & Company. This book was released on 1993 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Defines more than eight thousand terms and concepts relating to the environment and all aspects of environmental science

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Download or read book The Dictionary of Ecology and Environmental Science written by Henry Warren Art and published by Holt Paperbacks. This book was released on 1995-03-15 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For professionals, students, researchers, and the environmentally committed and/or curious at any level of sophistication, this dictionary presents concise and accessible explanations of some 8,000 terms and concepts used in the study of ecology and environmental science. It also defines policies and laws as well as environmental organizations, and includes such diverse entries as the International Monetary Fund, judicial review, urbanization, migration rate, and holoparasite. Includes some 100 drawings, charts, and diagrams. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Download or read book Dictionary of Ecology and the Environment written by Peter Hodgson Collin and published by Peter Collin Publishing. This book was released on 1992 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The completely revised Third Edition of the Dictionary of Ecology and the Environment includes some 8,000 main headwords. Problems concerning the environment and conservation are becoming ever more important, no longer the concern only of activists but now a major concern of governments around the world. The Dictionary covers all aspects of ecology and the environment, including pollution, climatology, endangered species, waste disposal, and environmental protection. Individual headword entries include phonetic pronunciation guides, quotations, and examples, and the Dictionary also includes tables of endangered species and disasters.

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Download or read book Dictionary of Ecology the Environment written by Peter Hodgson Collin and published by Peter Collin Publishing. This book was released on 1992 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dictionary of ecology and environment in English and French, which gives the basic terms used in environmental studies with translations into the other language. About 3,000 main words are listed in each language, with thousands of examples translated. The vocabulary covers all aspects of the subject including climate, refuse disposal and endangered species. Throughout the text short quotations are given from current newspapers and magazines, to show that the terms used in the dictionary do exist in real life.

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