Author : Murray Wrobel
Publisher : Elsevier Science
ISBN 13 : 9780444508362
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (83 download)
Book Synopsis Elsevier's Dictionary of Bird Names by : Murray Wrobel
Download or read book Elsevier's Dictionary of Bird Names written by Murray Wrobel and published by Elsevier Science. This book was released on 2002-12-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dictionary gives an overview of the English, French, German and Italian names of birds occurring in Europe, North America, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia and French-speaking countries. It contains 10,838 scientific names of orders, families, species and some sub-species. The relevant order and family are shown for each term. The taxonomy is that used by the different authors of the sources. This dictionary will be of value to translators of scientific and general literature; scientific and botanical authors; environmentalists and ecologists; and scientific and lay readers of foreign literature.