Wide ranging reference which contains over 12,700 definitions and incorporates key concepts and terms from ecology, geology and other related disciplines.
Preface Abbreviations Units and Conversions SI Prefixes Greek Alphabet Common Latin and Greek Noun Endings The Dictionary Appendices: 1. Chemical Elements, Names and Symbols 2. The Periodic Table of the Elements 3. The Elements with Essentially Invariant Oxidation States in their Compounds 4. The Geological Timescale (in Millions of Years Before Present) 5. Outline of the Plant Kingdom 6. Outline of the Fungi Kingdom (Mycetae) 7. Outline of the Animal Kingdom 8. Outline of the Kingdom Protista 9. Outline of the Prokaryotes (Superkingdoms Bacteria and Archaea) 10. Virus Families 11. Etymological Origins of Some Common Word Elements