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The Dictionary of Ecology and Environmental Science

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This is a serviceable reference, and any environmentalist will find that it is a useful book to keep handy when encountering an unfamiliar word or phrase. The book seems to be comprehensive, with every term you could imagine. The entries are also very clear, with succinct explanations that favor being clear over being wordy.

The editor did make a couple of odd format choices, however. The font size is much larger than I'm used to seeing in a dictionary or glossary, and there are very few pictures or illustrations of any kind. I think that more pictures would have made thumbing through the guide a much more enjoyable experience, and the large font size contributes to the book's somewhat cumbersome size. I don't mind my dictionary being big; I just think it should be that size in the service of giving me as many entries as possible.

Criticisms aside, this is a very useful guide, and I do recommend this or something like this for anyone with an interest in ecology.