# Bibliography of encyclopedias: biology

This is a list of encyclopedias as well as encyclopedic and biographical dictionaries published on the subject of biology in any language.
    Entries are in the English language unless specifically stated as otherwise.

## General biology

* Becher, Anne, Joseph Richey. American environmental leaders: From colonial times to the present. Grey House, 2008. ISBN 9781592371198.
* Butcher, Russell D., Stephen E. Adair, Lynn A. Greenwalt. America's national wildlife refuges: A complete guide. Roberts Rinehart Publishers in cooperation with Ducks Unlimited, 2003. ISBN 1570983798.
* Cullen, Katherine E. (2009). Encyclopedia of Life Science. Infobase Publishing. ISBN 978-0-8160-7008-4.
* Ecological Internet, Inc. EcoEarth.info: Environment portal and search engine. Ecological Internet, Inc. .
* Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. John Wiley & Sons. 25 May 2007. ISBN 978-0-470-06651-5.
* Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. Groves Dictionaries Incorporated. 1 November 2001. ISBN 978-1-56159-238-8.
* Friday, Adrian & Davis S. Ingram. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. Cambridge, 1985.
* Gaither, Carl C., Alma E. Cavazos-Gaither, Andrew Slocombe. Naturally speaking: A dictionary of quotations on biology, botany, nature and zoology. Institute of Physics, 2001. ISBN 0750306815.
* Gibson, Daniel, National Audubon Society. Audubon guide to the national wildlife refuges. Southwest: Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas. St. Martin's Griffin, 2000. ISBN 0312207778.
* Goudie, Andrew, David J. Cuff. Encyclopedia of global change: Environmental change and human society. Oxford University Press, 2002. ISBN 0195108256.
* Gove, Doris. Audubon guide to the national wildlife refuges. Southeast : Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, U.S. Virgin Islands. St. Martin's Griffin, 2000. ISBN 0312241283.
* Grassy, John. Audubon guide to the national wildlife refuges: Northern Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin. St. Martin's Griffin, c2000. ISBN 0312243154.
* Grassy, John. Audubon guide to the national wildlife refuges: Rocky Mountains: Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wyoming. St. Martin's Griffin, 2000. ISBN 0312245742.
* Gray, Peter. Encyclopedia of the Biological Sciences. Krieger, 1981.
* Grinstein, Louise S., Carol A. Biermann, Rose K. Rose. Women in the biological sciences: A biobibliographic sourcebook. Greenwood Press, 1997. ISBN 0313291802.
* Hancock, John M., Marketa J. Zvelebil. Dictionary of bioinformatics and computational biology. Wiley-Liss, 2004. ISBN 0471436224.
* Hosansky, David. The environment A to Z. CQ Press, 2001. ISBN 1568025831.
* Laubach, René. Audubon guide to the national wildlife refuges. New England : Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont. St. Martin's Griffin, 2000. ISBN 0312204507.
* Mac Arthur, Loren, Debbie S. Miller. Audubon guide to the national wildlife refuges. Alaska and the Northwest: Alaska, Oregon, Washington. St. Martin's Griffin, 2000. ISBN 0312253729.
* Mac Arthur, Loren. Audubon guide to the national wildlife refuges. California & Hawaii : California, Hawaii. St. Martin's Griffin, 2000. ISBN 0312206895.
* Marinelli, Janet, Stephen K.-M. Tim, Brooklyn Botanic Garden. The Brooklyn Botanic Garden gardener's desk reference. Henry Holt, 1998. ISBN 0805050957.
* McAinish, T. F. Physics in Medicine & Biology Encyclopedia. Pergamon Press, 1986.
* Mongillo, John F.; Zierdt-Warshaw, Linda (2000). Encyclopedia of Environmental Science. University Rochester Press. ISBN 978-1-57356-147-1.
* Munn, R. E. Encyclopedia of global environmental change. Wiley, 2002. ISBN 0471977969.
* National Academy of Sciences. Biographical memoirs of the national academy of sciences. National Academy of Sciences. .
* Nature Publishing Group. Encyclopedia of life sciences. Nature Publishing Group, 2002. ISBN 1561592749.
* Niergenberg, William Aaron, Edward O. Wilson, Peter H. Raven. Encyclopedia of environmental biology. Academic Press, 1995. ISBN 0122267303.
* Nybakken, James Willard, William W. Broenkow, T. L. Vallier. Interdisciplinary encyclopedia of marine sciences. Grolier Academic Reference, 2003. ISBN 0717259463.
* O'Daly, Anne. Encyclopedia of life sciences. Marshall Cavendish, 2004. ISBN 0761474420.
* Palmer, William, National Audubon Society. Audubon guide to the national wildlife refuges. South Central: Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Oklahoma. St. Martin's Griffin, 2000. ISBN 0312244878.
* Pilch, Richard F., Raymond A. Zilinskas. Encyclopedia of bioterrorism defense. Wiley-LISS, 2005. ISBN 0471467170.
* Polunin, Nicholas, Lynn M. Curme. World who is who and does what in environment and conservation. St. Martin's Press; Foundation for Environmental Conservation, 1997. ISBN 0312174489.
* Porter, Roy, Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie. The biographical dictionary of scientists. Oxford University Press, 2000. ISBN 0195216636.
* Ricciuti, Edward R. Audubon guide to the national wildlife refuges. Mid-Atlantic: Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia. St. Martin's Griffin, 2000. ISBN 0312204817.
* Roberts, Keith (2007). Handbook of plant science. John Wiley. ISBN 978-0-470-05723-0.
* Royal Society (Great Britain). Biographical memoirs of fellows of the royal society. Royal Society, 1955–. ISSN 0080-4606.
* Shearer, Benjamin F., Barbara Smith Shearer. Notable women in the life sciences: a biographical dictionary. Greenwood Press, 1996. ISBN 0313293023.
* Sterling, Keir B. Biographical dictionary of American and Canadian naturalists and environmentalists. Greenwood Press, 1997. ISBN 0313230471.
* U. S. Department of Energy, Office of Scientific and Technical Information. Science.gov. U. S. Dept. of Energy, Office of Scientific and Technical Information, 2002-. .
* Wexler, Philip, Bruce D. Anderson, Ann de Peyster. Encyclopedia of toxicology. Elsevier Academic, 2005. ISBN 0127453512.

### Lifeforms

* Association for Biodiversity Information. NatureServe explorer: An online encyclopedia of life. NatureServe. .
* Beacham, Walton, Frank V. Castronova, Suzanne Sessine. Beacham's guide to the endangered species of North America. Gale Group, 2001. ISBN 0787650285.
* Center for Applied Biodiversity Science. Biodiversity hotspots. Conservation International. .
* Field Museum of Natural History. The encyclopedia of life: EOL. Encyclopedia of Life, 2007-. .
* Henry, Helen L., Anthony W. Norman. Encyclopedia of hormones. Academic Press, 2003. ISBN 0123411033.
* IUCN Invasive Species Specialist Group. Global invasive species database. IUCN Invasive Species Specialist Group. 2000-. .
* Levin, Simon A. Encyclopedia of biodiversity. Academic Press, 2001. ISBN 0122268652.
* Pagel, Mark D. Encyclopedia of evolution. Oxford University Press, 2002. ISBN 0195122003. .
* Polistes Foundation. Discover life. Polistes Corporation, 1999-. .
* Tree of Life Web Project. Tree of life. University of Arizona. .
* World Wildlife Fund. World wildlife fund. World Wildlife Fund. .

#### Animals

* Audubon Society Encyclopedia of Animal Life. Clarkson N. Potter, 1982.
* Bekoff, Marc, Jane Goodall. Encyclopedia of animal behavior. Greenwood Press, 2004. ISBN 0313327459.
* Bruce, Jenni. The encyclopedia of animals: A complete visual guide. University of California Press, 2004. ISBN 0520244060.
* Burton, Maurice, Robert Burton. International wildlife encyclopedia. Marshall Cavendish, 2002. ISBN 0761472665.
* Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior. Facts on File, 1987.
* Encyclopedia of Animal Biology. Facts on File, 1987.
* Encyclopedia of Animal Ecology. Facts on File, 1987.
* Encyclopedia of Animal Evolution. Facts on File, 1987.
* Grzimek, Bernhard. Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. Van Nostrand, 1972–1975.
* Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Ethology. Van Nostrand, 1972–1977.
* The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Wildlife. Grey Castle Press, 1991.
* Knobil, Ernst and Jimmy D. Neill. Encyclopedia of reproduction. Academic Press, 1998. ISBN 0122270207.
* Macmillan Illustrated Animal Encyclopedia. Macmillan, 1984.
* Marshall Cavendish International Wildlife Encyclopedia. Marshall Cavendish, 1990.
* Nowak, Ronald M., David W. Macdonald, Roland W. Kays. Walker's carnivores of the world. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005. ISBN 0801880335.
* The Oxford Companion to Animal Behaviour. Oxford, 1987.
* World Nature Encyclopedia. Raintree/Steck-Vaughn, 1989.

##### Aquatic

* Banister, Keith & Andrew Campbell. The Encyclopedia of Aquatic Life. Facts on File, 1985.
* Dakin, Nick. Macmillan Book of the Marine Aquarium. Macmillan, 1993.
* The Encyclopedia of Marine Invertebrates. T. F. H. Publications, 1983.
* Folkens, Pieter A., Randall R. Reeves, National Audubon Society. Guide to marine mammals of the world. A. A. Knopf, 2002. ISBN 0375411410.
* George, David and Jennifer. Marine Life: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Invertebrates in the Sea. Wiley, 1979.
* Halstead, Bruce. Dangerous Aquatic Animals of the World: A Color Atlas. Darwin Press, 1992.
* Sterba, Gunther. The Aquarium Encyclopedia. MIT Press, 1983.
* Stickney, Robert R. Encyclopedia of aquaculture. Wiley, 2000. ISBN 0471291013.

###### Fishes

* Dr. Axelrod's Atlas of Freshwater Aquarium Fishes. T. F. H. Publications, 6th ed., 1991.
* Dr. Burgess's Mini-Atlas of Freshwater Aquarium Fishes. T. F. H. Publications, 1991.
* Eschmeyer, William N., Earl Stanndard Herald, Howard Hammann. A field guide to Pacific Coast fishes of North America: From the Gulf of Alaska to Baja, California. Houghton Mifflin, 1983. ISBN 0395331889.
* Froese, R., D. Pauly International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management. FishBase: A global information system on fishes. FishBase, [2000?]-. .
* Gilbert, Carter Rowell, James D. Williams, National Audubon Society. National Audubon Society field guide to fishes. Alfred A. Knopf, 2002. ISBN 0375412247.
* Goldstein, Robert J., Rodney W. Harper, Richard Edwards. American aquarium fishes. Texas A&M University Press, 2000. ISBN 0890968802.
* Page, Lawrence M., Brooks M. Burr, Eugene C. Beckham III, National Audubon Society. A field guide to freshwater fishes: North America north of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin, 1991. ISBN 0395910919.
* Paxton, John R., William N. Eschmeyer, David Kirshner. Encyclopedia of fishes. Academic Press, 1998. ISBN 0125476655.

##### Arthropods
###### Insects

* Audubon Society Book of Insects. Abrams, 1983.
* Capinera, John L. Encyclopedia of entomology. Kluwer Academic, 2004. ISBN 0792386701.
* Johnson, Warren T., Howard H. Lyon, C. S. Koehler. Insects that feed on trees and shrubs. Comstock Publishing Associates, 1991. ISBN 0801426022.
* Marshall, S. A. Insects: Their natural history and diversity; With a photographic guide to insects of eastern North America. Firefly Books, 2006. ISBN 1552979008.
* Milne, Lorus Johnson, Margery Joan Greene Milne, Susan Rayfield. The Audubon Society field guide to North American insects and spiders. Knopf, 1980. ISBN 0394507630.
* O'Toole, Christopher. The Encyclopedia of Insects. Facts on File, 1986.
* Pyle, Robert Michael, Carol Nehring, Jane Opper, National Audubon Society. The Audubon Society field guide to North American butterflies. Knopf, 1981. ISBN 0394519140.
* Resh, Vincent H., Ring T. Cardé. Encyclopedia of insects. Academic Press, 2003. ISBN 0125869908.
* Solomon, J. D., U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service. Guide to insect borers in North American broadleaf trees and shrubs. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, 1995.

##### Birds

* Alderfer, Jonathan K., National Geographic Society (U. S.). National Geographic complete birds of North America. National Geographic, 2006. ISBN 0792241754.
* American Ornithologists' Union, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Cornell University. The birds of North America. American Ornithologists' Union, 1992–2002. ISSN 1061-5466.
* Cambridge Encyclopedia of Ornithology. Cambridge, 1991.
* Campbell, Bruce and Elizabeth Lack. Dictionary of Birds. Buteo, rev. ed., 1985.
* Clark, William S., Brian K. Wheeler. A field guide to hawks of North America. Houghton Mifflin, 2001. ISBN 0395670675.
* Cornell University. All about birds. Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. .
* del Hoyo, Josep, Andrew Elliott, Jordi Sargatal. Handbook of the birds of the world. Lynx Edicions, 1992–2006. ISBN 8487334105.
* Dunn, Jon, Jonathan K. Alderfer, National Geographic Society (U.S.). National Geographic field guide to the birds of North America. National Geographic, 2006. ISBN 0792253140.
* Ferguson-Lees, David A. Christie, Kim Franklin. Raptors of the world. Houghton Mifflin, 2001. ISBN 0618127623.
* Fuller, Errol. Extinct birds. Comstock, 2001. ISBN 080143954X.
* Montagu, George (1802). Ornithological Dictionary; or Alphabetical Synopsis of British Birds, London: J. White.
* Montagu, George (1813). Supplement to the Ornithological Dictionary, Or Synopsis of British Birds. S. Woolmer, Exeter. p. 1.
* Perrins, Christopher. Illustrated Encyclopedia of Birds. Prentice Hall, 1991.
* Perrins, Christopher and Alex Middleton. Encyclopedia of Birds. Facts on File, 1985.
* Robbins, Chandler S., Bertel Bruun, Herbert Spencer Zim. Birds of North America: A guide to field identification. St. Martin's Press, 2001. ISBN 1582380910.
* Sibley, David. The Sibley field guide to birds of eastern North America. Alfred A. Knopf, 2003. ISBN 067945120X.
* Sibley, David. The Sibley field guide to birds of western North America. Alfred A. Knopf, 2003. ISBN 0679451218.
* Sibley, David, Chris Elphick, John B. Dunning, National Audubon Society. The Sibley guide to bird life and behavior. Alfred A. Knopf, 2001. ISBN 0679451234.
* Sibley, David. The Sibley guide to birds. Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. ISBN 0679451226.
* Terres, John K. Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds. Knopf, 1991.

##### Endangered species

* Endangered Wildlife of the World. Marshall Cavendish, 1993.
* The Grolier World Encyclopedia of Endangered Species. Grolier, 1992.
* Lowe, David W., John R. Matthews, Charles J. Moseley, World Wildlife Fund. The official World Wildlife Fund guide to endangered species of North America. Beacham, 1990–1994. ISBN 0933833172.
* Official World Wildlife Fund Guide to Endangered Species. Beacham, 1990–1992.

##### Mammals

* Beacham, Walton, Kirk H. Beetz. Beacham's guide to international endangered species. Beacham, 1998–2001. ISBN 0933833342.
* Elbroch, Mark. Mammal tracks and sign: A guide to North American species. Stackpole Books, 2003. ISBN 0811726266.
* Folkens, Pieter A., Randall R. Reeves, National Audubon Society. Guide to marine mammals of the world. A. A. Knopf, 2002. ISBN 0375411410.
* Grzimek, Bernhard. Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals. McGraw-Hill, 2nd ed., 1990. ISBN 0079095089.
* Macdonald, David. Encyclopedia of Mammals. Facts on File, 2006. ISBN 0816064946.
* Mammals: A Multimedia Encyclopedia. National Geographic Society/IBM, 1990.
* Nowak, Ronald. Walker's Mammals of the World. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1991. ISBN 0801857899.
* Reid, Fiona, National Audubon Society. A field guide to mammals of North America, north of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin, 2006. ISBN 0395935962.
* Whitaker, John O., National Audubon Society. National Audubon Society field guide to North American mammals. Knopf, 1996. ISBN 0679446311.
* Wilson, Don E., Sue Ruff, American Society of Mammalogists. The Smithsonian book of North American mammals. Smithsonian Institution Press, 1999. ISBN 1560988452.

###### Canines

* Alderton, David (September 2008). Encyclopedia of Dogs (Hardcover). Bath: Parragon Inc. p. 384. ISBN 978-1-4075-2438-2.
* American Kennel Club. The complete dog book: Official publication of the American Kennel Club. Ballantine Books, 2006. ISBN 0345476263.
* Coile, D. Caroline (April 1, 2005). Encyclopedia of Dog Breeds: Profiles of More than 150 Breeds (2nd ed.). Barron's Educational Series, Incorporated. p. 368. ISBN 978-0-7641-5700-4.
* De Prisco, Andrew and James B. Johnson. Canine Lexicon. T. F. H. Publications, 1993.
* De Vito, Dominique (September 1, 2005). World Atlas of Dog Breeds (Print) (6th ed.). Neptune City, NJ Lanham, MD: TFH Publications, Inc. Distributed in the U.S. to the Bookstore and library trade by National Book Network. p. 960. ISBN 978-0-7938-0656-0.
* DK Publishing (July 15, 2013). The Dog Encyclopedia (Hardcover) (1st ed.). DK Adult. p. 360. ISBN 978-1-4654-0844-0.
* Morris, Desmond. Dogs: The ultimate dictionary of over 1,000 dog breeds. Trafalgar Square, 2002. ISBN 1570762198.
* Wilcox, Bonnie; Walkowicz, Chris (March 1995). Atlas of Dog Breeds of the World (Print) (5th ed.). Neptune City, NJ Lanham, MD: TFH Publications, Inc. Distributed in the U.S. to the Bookstore and library trade by National Book Network. p. 912. ISBN 978-0-7938-1284-4.

###### Cats

* Kelsey-Wood, Dennis. The Atlas of Cats of the World: Domesticated and Wild. T. F. H. Publications, 1989.

###### Cattle

* Felius, Marleen. Cattle breeds: An encyclopedia. Misset, 1995. ISBN 9054390174.

###### Horses

* Ensminger, M. F. The Complete Encyclopedia of Horses. A. S. Barnes, 1977.
* Griffin, James and Tom Gore. Horse Owner's Veterinary Handbook. Howell Book House, 1989.
* Hendricks, Bonnie L.; Dent, Anthony A. (30 August 2007). International Encyclopedia of Horse Breeds. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 42. ISBN 978-0-8061-3884-8.
* Kidd, Jane. International Encyclopedia of Horse Breeds. H. P. Books, 1986.
* Kidd, Jane. International Encyclopedia of Horse Breeds & Breeding. Crescent Books, 1989.

###### Primates

* Jacobsen, Lawrence, Raymond Hamel, Cynthia Robinson, Wisconsin Primate Research Center. Primate info net. Wisconsin Primate Research Center, University of Wisconsin. .

###### Human

* Blakemore, Colin, Sheila Jennett, Alan Cuthbert. The Oxford companion to the body. Oxford University Press, 2001. ISBN 019852403X.
* Cooper, David N., Nature Publishing Group. Nature encyclopedia of the human genome. Nature Publishing Group, 2003. ISBN 0333803868.
* Dulbecco, Renato. Encyclopedia of Human Biology. Academic Press, 1991.
* Kristic, Radivoj V. Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Histology. Springer-Verlag, 1984.
* Ramachandran, V. S. Encyclopedia of the human brain. Academic Press, 2002. ISBN 0122272102.
* Ulijaszek, Stanley J., Francis E. Johnston, M. A. Preece. The Cambridge encyclopedia of human growth and development. Cambridge University Press, 1998. ISBN 0521560462.

###### Human evolution

* Jones, Stephen. Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human Evolution. Cambridge, 1993.
* Milner, Richard. Encyclopedia of Evolution: Humanity's Search for Its Origins. Facts on File, 1990.
* Tattersall, Ian. The Encyclopedia of Human Evolution and Prehistory. Garland. ISBN 0815316968.

##### Reptiles and Amphibians

* Behler, John L., F. Wayne King, National Audubon Society. The Audubon Society field guide to North American reptiles and amphibians. Knopf, 1979. ISBN 0394508246.
* Bonin, Franck, Bernard Devaux, Alain Dupré. Turtles of the world. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006. ISBN 0801884969.
* Campbell, Jonathan A., William W. Lamar, Edmund D. Brodie III. The venomous reptiles of the Western Hemisphere. Comstock, 2004. ISBN 0801441412.
* Center for North American Herpetology. Center for North American herpetology: Promoting the preservation and conservation of North American amphibians, crocodilians, reptiles, and turtles through scholarship and information. Center for North American Herpetology. .
* Conant, Roger, Joseph T. Collins, Isabelle Hunt Conant. A field guide to reptiles and amphibians: Eastern and central North America. Houghton Mifflin, 1998. ISBN 0395904528.
* Ernst, Carl H. Evelyn M. Ernst. Snakes of the United States and Canada. Smithsonian Books, 2003. ISBN 1588340198.
* Halliday, Tim and Kraig Alder. The Encyclopedia of Reptiles and Amphibians. Facts on File, 1986.
* Rossi, John, Roxanne Rossi. Snakes of the United States and Canada: Natural history and care in captivity. Krieger, 2003. ISBN 1575240319.
* Smith, Hobart Muir. Handbook of lizards: Lizards of the United States and of Canada. Comstock, 1995. ISBN 0801482364.
* Stebbins, Robert C. A field guide to western reptiles and amphibians. Houghton Mifflin, 2003. ISBN 0395982723.

#### Fungi

* Hall, Ian R. Edible and poisonous mushrooms of the world. Timber Press, 2003. ISBN 0881925861.
* Kuo, Michael, John David Moore, Darvin DeShazer. 100 edible mushrooms. University of Michigan Press, 2007. ISBN 9780472031269.
* Kuo, Michael. MushroomExpert.com. Michael Kuo, 2000-. . 2000–.
* Lincoff, Gary, Carol Nehring, National Audubon Society. The Audubon Society field guide to North American mushrooms. Knopf, 1981. ISBN 0394519922.
* McKnight, Kent H., Vera B. McKnight, National Audubon Society. A field guide to mushrooms, North America. Houghton Mifflin, 1998. ISBN 0395421012.
* Phillips, Roger, Geoffrey Kibby, Nicky Foy. Mushrooms and other fungi of North America. Firefly Books, 2005. ISBN 1554071151.
* Turner, Nancy J., Adam F. Szczawinski. Common poisonous plants and mushrooms of North America. Timber Press, 1991. ISBN 0881921793.

#### Plants

* Bailey, Liberty Hyde & Ethel Zoe Bailey. Hortus Third: A Concise Dictionary of Plants Cultivated in the United States and Canada. Macmillan, 3rd ed., 1976.
* Barker, Joan. The encyclopedia of North American wild flowers. Parragon, 2004. ISBN 1405430354.
* Beckett, Kenneth A. The RHS Encyclopedia of House Plants Including Greenhouse Plants. Salem House, 1987.
* Brickell, Christopher. The American Horticultural Society Encyclopedia of Garden Plants. Macmillan, 1989.
* Brickell, Christopher, Trevor J. Cole, American Horticultural Society. American Horticultural Society encyclopedia of plants and flowers. DK Publishing, 2002. ISBN 0789489937.
* Burrows, George E. Toxic plants of North America. Wiley-Blackwell, 2012. ISBN 978-0-8138-2034-7, doi:10.1002/9781118413425.
* Dirr, Michael. Dirr's hardy trees and shrubs: An illustrated encyclopedia. Timber Press, 1997. ISBN 0881924040.
* Flora of North America Association. Flora of North America. Flora of North America Association. .
* Flora of North America Editorial Committee. Flora of North America North of Mexico. Oxford University Press, 1993–2006. ISBN 0195057139.
* Gerard, John, Thomas Johnson. The herbal; or, General history of plants. Dover Publications, 1975. ISBN 048623147X.
* Graf, Alfred Byrd. Exotica Series 4 International: Pictorial Cyclopedia of Exotic Plants from Tropical and Near-Tropical Regions. Scribner's, 12th ed., 1985.
* Graf, Alfred Byrd. Hortica: A Color Cyclopedia of Garden Flora in All Climates and Indoor Plants. Macmillan, 1992.
* Graf, Alfred Byrd. Tropica: Color Cyclopedia of Exotic Plants. Scribner's, 3rd ed., 1986.
* Herwig, Rob. The New Good Housekeeping Encyclopedia of House Plants. Hearst, rev. ed., 1990.
* Heywood, V. H., D. M. Moore, I. B. K. Richardson. Flowering plants of the world. Oxford University Press, 1993. ISBN 0195210379.
* Heywood, Vernon H. and Stuart R. Chat. Popular Encyclopedia of Plants. Cambridge, 1982.
* Hillier's Manual of Trees and Shrubs. Van Nostrand, 5th ed., 1983.
* Hogan, Sean. Flora: A gardener's encyclopedia. Timber Press, 2003. ISBN 0881925381.
* Hora, Bayard. The Oxford Encyclopedia of Trees of the World. Oxford, 1981.
* Kaufman, Sylvan Ramsey, Wallace Kaufman. Invasive plants: A guide to identification and the impacts and control of common North American species. Stackpole Books, 2007. ISBN 0811733653.
* Lowe, David W., John R. Matthews, Charles J. Moseley, World Wildlife Fund. The official World Wildlife Fund guide to endangered species of North America. Beacham, 1990–1994. ISBN 0933833172.
* Mitchell, Alan. Trees of North America. Facts on File, 1987.
* Moore, David M. The Marshall Cavendish Illustrated Encyclopedia of Plants and Earth Sciences. Marshall Cavendish, 1988.
* Nelson, Lewis S., Richard Shih, Michael J. Balick, Lewis R. Goldfrank, Andrew Weil, New York Botanical Garden. Handbook of poisonous and injurious plants. New York Botanical Garden; Springer, 2007. ISBN 0387312684.
* Ness, Bryan D. Magill's encyclopedia of science: Plant life. Salem Press, 2003. ISBN 1587650843.
* Phillips, Ellen and Colston Burrell. Rodale's Illustrated Encyclopedia of Perennials. Rodale, 1993.
* Quattrocchi, Umberto. CRC world dictionary of grasses: Common names, scientific names, eponyms, synonyms, and etymology. CRC/Taylor & Francis, 2006. ISBN 0849313031.
* Rätsch, Christian, Albert Hofmann, John R. Baker. The encyclopedia of psychoactive plants: Ethnopharmacology and its applications. Park Street Press, 2005. ISBN 0892819782.
* Solomon, Jim, Missouri Botanical Garden. W3Tropicos: VAST (VAScular Tropicos) nomenclatural database. Missouri Botanical Garden. .
* Spellenberg, Richard. National Audubon Society field guide to North American wildflowers: Western region. Knopf, 2001. ISBN 0375402330.
* Stace, Clive A., Hilli Thompson. New flora of the British Isles. Cambridge University Press, 1997. ISBN 0521589355.
* Stickney, Robert R. Encyclopedia of aquaculture. Wiley, 2000. ISBN 0471291013.
* Thieret, John W, William A. Niering, Nancy C. Olmstead. National Audubon Society field guide to North American wildflowers: eastern region. Alfred A. Knopf, 2001. ISBN 0375402322.
* Turner, Nancy J., Adam F. Szczawinski. Common poisonous plants and mushrooms of North America. Timber Press, 1991. ISBN 0881921793.
* Webere, Ewald. Invasive plant species of the world: A reference guide to environmental weeds. CABI, 2003. ISBN 0851996957.
* Zomlefer, Wendy B. Guide to flowering plant families. University of North Carolina Press, 1994. ISBN 0807821608.

##### Botany and horticulture

* Bradley, Fern Marshall & Barbara W. Ellis. Rodale's All-New Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening: The Indispensable Resource for Every Gardener. Rodale, 1992.
* Brickell, Christopher. American Horticultural Society Encyclopedia of Gardening. Dorling Kindersley. ISBN 0789496534.
* Everett, Thomas H. The New York Botanical Garden Illustrated Encyclopedia of Horticulture. Garland, 1981–1982.
* Fell, Derek. The Encyclopedia of Flowers. Smithmark, 1993.
* Huxley, Anthony. The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening. Stockton Press, 1992.
* Moggi, Guido and Luciano Guignolini. Simon & Schuster's Guide to Garden Flowers. Simon & Schuster, 1983.
* Seymour, E. L. D. The Wise Garden Encyclopedia. HarperCollins, rev. ed., 1990.
* Shoemaker, Candice A., Chicago Botanic Garden. Encyclopedia of gardens: History and design. Fitzroy Dearborn, 2001. ISBN 1579581730.
* Taylor, Patrick. The Oxford companion to the garden. Oxford University Press, 2006. ISBN 9780198662556.
* Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening. Houghton Mifflin, 4th ed., 1961.
* Thomas, Brian, Denis J. Murphy, Brian G. Murray. Encyclopedia of applied plant sciences. Elsevier Academic, 2003. ISBN 0122270509.
* Westcott's Plant Disease Handbook. Van Nostrand, 5th ed., 1990.
* Woods, Christopher. Encyclopedia of Perennials: A Gardener's Guide. Facts on File, 1982.
* Wyman's Gardening Encyclopedia. Macmillan, 2nd ed., 1986.
* Yepsen, Roger B., Jr. The Encyclopedia of Natural Insect and Disease Control. Rodale, rev. ed., 1984.

##### Trees

* Burns, Russell M., Barbara H. Honkala, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service. Silvics of North America. U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service. 1990. .
* Cafferty, Steve. Firefly encyclopedia of trees. Firefly Books, 2005. ISBN 1554070511.
* Davis, Richard C. Encyclopedia of American forest and conservation history. Macmillan; Collier Macmillan, 1983. ISBN 0029073502.
* Encyclopedia of Wood: A Tree-by-Tree Guide to the World's Most Versatile Resources. Facts on File, 1989.
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#### Protists
### Biochemistry

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### Bioethics

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* Reich, Warren Thomas Encyclopedia of Bioethics. Second edition. New York: Free Press, 1982. (5-Volume Set; 2950 pages)
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#### Agriculture

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* Bailey, Liberty Hyde. Cyclopedia of American agriculture. Macmillan, 1909.
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* Davis, Richard C. Encyclopedia of American forest and conservation history. Macmillan; Collier Macmillan, 1983. ISBN 0029073502.
* Felius, Marleen. Cattle breeds: An encyclopedia. Misset, 1995. ISBN 9054390174.
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* Hillel, Daniel and Jerry L. Hatfield. Encyclopedia of soils in the environment. Elsevier/Academic Press, 2005. ISBN 0123485304.
* Holton, James R., Judith A. Curry, J. A. Pyle. Encyclopedia of atmospheric sciences. Academic Press, 2003. ISBN 0122270908.
* Howard, Philip H. Hearth Taub Printup. Handbook of environmental degradation rates. Lewis, 1991. ISBN 0873713583.
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* Melhorn, Heinz. Encyclopedia of parasitology. Springer, 2008. ISBN 3540489975.
* Montgomery, John H. Agrochemicals desk reference. CRC Press, 1997. ISBN 1566701678.
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* Scharpf, Robert, U. S. Forest Service. Diseases of Pacific Coast conifers. Forest Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1993. ISBN 0160417651.
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* U. S. Food and Drug Administration. FDA directory. Food and Drug Law Institute, 1900s–.
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* Wrigley, Colin W., Harold Corke, Charles E. Walker. Encyclopedia of grain science. Elsevier Academic Press, 2004. ISBN 0127654909.

#### Food

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* Claiborne, Craig. The New York Times Food Encyclopedia. Times Books, 1985.
* Considine, Douglas M. & Glenn D. Considine. Foods and Food Production Encyclopedia. Van Nostrand, 1982.
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* Encyclopedia of Food Engineering. 2nd ed., AVI Publishing, 1986.
* Encyclopedia of Food Science. AVI Publishing, 1978.
* Encyclopedia of Food Technology. AVI Publishing, 1974.
* Ensminger, Audrey H. Foods and Nutrition Encyclopedia. Pegus Press, 1983.
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* Horn, Jane and Janet Fletcher. Cooking A to Z. Ortho Books, 1988.
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* Hui, Y. H., and J. D. Culbertson. Handbook of food science, technology, and engineering. Taylor & Francis, 2006. ISBN 9780849398476.
* Kraig, Bruce and Colleen Taylor Sen. Street food around the world: an encyclopedia of food and culture. ABC-CLIO, 2013. ISBN 9781598849547.
* Macrae, Robert. Encyclopedia of Food Science, Food Technology, and Nutrition. Academic Press, 1993.
* Mariani, John F. The Dictionary of American Food and Drink. 2nd ed., Hearst, 1994.
* Montagne, Prosper & Robert J. Courtine. Larousse Gastronomique: All-New American Edition of the World's Greatest Culinary Encyclopedia. Rev. ed., Crown, 1988.
* Stobart, Tom. Cook's Encyclopedia. Harper & Row, 1981.

##### Nutrition

* Ensminger, Audrey H. Foods and Nutrition Encyclopedia. Pegus Press, 1983.
* Food for Health: A Nutrition Encyclopedia. Pegus Press, 1986.
* Margen, Sheldon. The Wellness Encyclopedia of Food and Nutrition: How to Buy, Store, and Prepare Every Variety of Fresh Food. Rebus, 1992.
* Mount Sinai School of Medicine Complete Book of Nutrition. St. Martin's Press, 1990.
* Tver, David F. and Percy Russell. Nutrition and Health Encyclopedia. 2nd ed., Van Nostrand, 1989.
* Winick, Myron. The Columbia Encyclopedia of Nutrition. Putnam, 1988.
* Yudin, John. Penguin Encyclopedia of Nutrition. Viking, 1985.

##### Wines, beers, and spirits

* Alexis Lichine's New Encyclopedia of Wines and Spirits. 5th ed., Knopf, 1987.
* Grossman's Guide to Wines, Beers, & Spirits. 7th ed., Scribner's, 1983.
* Hugh Johnson's Modern Encyclopedia of Wine. 3rd ed., Simon & Schuster, 1991.
* Hugh Johnson's World Atlas of Wine. 3rd ed., Simon & Schuster, 1985.
* Robinson, Jancis. The Oxford companion to wine. Oxford University Press, 1999. ISBN 019866236X.
* Schoonmaker, Frank. The New Frank Schoonmaker Encyclopedia of Wine. Rev. ed., Morrow, 1988.

### Health, medicine, and drugs

* Adelman, George. Encyclopedia of Neuroscience. Birkhauser Boston, 1987.
* Fishbein, Morris. Fishbein's Illustrated Medical and Health Encyclopedia. H. S. Struttman, 1983.
* Who's who in medicine and healthcare. Marquis Who's Who, 1996–. ISSN 0000-1708.

#### Drugs

* Plumb, Donald C. Plumb's veterinary drug handbook. PharmaVet ; Distributed by Wiley, c2011. ISBN 9780470959640.
* Rätsch, Christian, Albert Hofmann, John R. Baker. The encyclopedia of psychoactive plants: Ethnopharmacology and its applications. Park Street Press, 2005. ISBN 0892819782.
* Stafford, Peter. Psychedelics Encyclopedia. 3rd ed., Ronin Publishing, 1992.
* Swarbrick, James and James C. Boylan. Encyclopedia of Pharmaceutical Technology. Marcel Dekker, 1988-.

##### Drug and alcohol abuse

* Evans, Glen. The Encyclopedia of Drug Abuse. 2nd ed., Facts on File, 1991.
* Fay, John. Alcohol/Drug Abuse Dictionary and Encyclopedia. Charles C. Thomas, 1988.
* O'Brien, Robert & Morris Chaftetz. The Encyclopedia of Alcoholism. 2nd ed., Facts on File, 1991.

#### Health

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* Ammer, Christine (1997). Gesundheitslexikon der Frau: Anatomie, Diagnose, Therapie, Medikamente, Hormone, Sexualität, Schwangerschaft und Geburt, Seelische Gesundheit (in German). Dt. Taschenbuch-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-423-36014-2.
* Axt-Gadermann, Michaela (2005). Bertelsmann, Das grosse Gesundheitslexikon (in German). Wissen-Media-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-577-10373-2.
* Baert, Albert L. (2007). Encyclopedia of Diagnostic Imaging. Springer. ISBN 978-3-540-35278-5.
* Beers, Mark H.; Fletcher, Andrew J. (2008). Encyclopédie médicale: Le Manuel Merck (in French). Larousse. ISBN 978-2-03-582305-2.
* Breslow, Lester (2002). Encyclopedia of Public Health. MacMillan USA. ISBN 978-0-02-865350-1.
* Bullough, Vern L. (2001). Encyclopedia of Birth Control. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-57607-181-6.
* Fermie, Peter; Shepherd, Stephen; Kelly, Robert F. (2004). Family Health Encyclopedia: The Comprehensive Guide to the Whole Family's Health Needs. Lorenz Books. ISBN 978-0-7548-1162-6.
* Fink, George. Encyclopedia of stress. Elsevier, 2007. ISBN 0120885034.
* Gullotta, Thomas P.; Bloom, Martin (2003). Encyclopedia of Primary Prevention and Health Promotion. Springer. ISBN 978-0-306-47296-1.
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* Jacoby, David B.; Youngson, R. M. (2004). Encyclopedia Of Family Health. Marshall Cavendish. ISBN 978-0-7614-7486-9.
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* Langer, Jerk W. (2009). Politikens bog om barnets sygdomme (in Danish). Gyldendals Bogklubber. ISBN 978-87-03-03314-3.
* Loue, Sana; Sajatovic, Martha (2008). Encyclopedia of Aging and Public Health. Springer. ISBN 978-0-387-33753-1.
* Loue, Sana; Sajatovic, Martha (2012). Encyclopedia of Immigrant Health. Springer. ISBN 978-1-4419-5659-0.
* Lovejoy, Frederick H. (1987). The New child health encyclopedia: the complete guide for parents. Delacorte Press. ISBN 978-0-385-29541-3.
* Macmillan Health Encyclopedia. Macmillan, 1993.
* The Marshall Cavendish Encyclopedia of Family Health. Marshall Cavendish, 1991.
* Navarra, Tova (2004). The Encyclopedia of Vitamins, Minerals, and Supplements. Infobase Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4381-2103-1.
* Ohm, Christian; Curic, Anton (1999). Gesundheitslexikon von A – Z.: 3000 verständlich formulierte Einträge zu Krankheiten und ihren Symptomen, Naturheilverfahren und Vorsorge (in German). Eco Verlag GmbH. ISBN 978-3-933468-52-9.
* QA International Collectif (2010). L'encyclopédie Familiale de la Santé: Comprendre, Prévenir, Soigner (in French). Québec Amerique. ISBN 978-2-7644-0865-0.
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* U.S. National Library Medicine (2012): MedlinePlus including the freely accessible Medical Encyclopedia.
* Wagman, Richard J., ed. (1987). The medical and health encyclopedia. J.G. Ferguson Pub. Co. ISBN 978-0-89434-077-2.
* Wellness Encyclopedia. Houghton Mifflin, 1991.

##### Physical disorders

* Wynbrandt, James & Mark D. Ludman. The Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders and Birth Defects. Facts on File, 1991.

###### Hearing disorders

* Turkington, Carol and Allen Sussman. Encyclopedia of Deafness and Hearing Disorders. Facts on File, 1992.
* Van Cleve, John V. Gallaudet Encyclopedia of Deaf People and Deafness. McGraw-Hill, 1987.

###### Vision impairment

* Sardegna, Jill & T. Otis Paul. The Encyclopedia of Blindness and Vision Impairment. Facts on File, 1991.

##### Women's health

* Ammer, Christine. The New A to Z of Women's Health: A Concise Encyclopedia. Facts on File, 1989.
* Foley, Denise and Eileen Nechas. Women's Encyclopedia of Health & Emotional Healing. Rodale, 1993.
* New Our Bodies, Ourselves. Rev. ed., Simon & Schuster, 1992.

#### Medicine

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* Bendiner, Jessica, Elmer Bendiner. Biographical dictionary of medicine. Facts on File, 1990. ISBN 0816018642.
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* Bynum, W. F., Helen Bynum. Dictionary of medical biography. Greenwood Press, 2006. ISBN 0313328773.
* Clayman, Charles B. The American Medical Association Encyclopedia of Medicine. Random House, 1989.
* Delves, Peter J., Ivan M. Roitt. Encyclopedia of immunology. Academic Press, 1998. ISBN 0122267656.
* Fischer, Isidor. Biographisches Lexikon der hervorragenden Ärzte der letzten 50 Jahre. 1932–33.
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* Gomez, Joan. Dictionary of Symptoms. Rev. ed., Stein & Day, 1985.
* Griffith, H. Winter. Complete Guide to Symptoms, Illness & Surgery. 2nd ed., Price Stern Sloan, 1989.
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* Leroy, Francis. A century of Nobel prize recipients: Chemistry, physics, and medicine. Marcel Dekker, 2003. ISBN 0824708768.
** Levin, Beatrice. Women and medicine. Scarecrow Press, 2002. ISBN 0810842386.
* Magner, Lois N. Doctors, nurses, and medical practitioners: A bio-bibliographical sourcebook. Greenwood Press, 1997. ISBN 0313294526.
* Marquis Who's Who. Who's who in medicine and healthcare. Marquis Who's Who, 1996-.
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* Meyers, Robert A. Encyclopedia of molecular cell biology and molecular medicine. Wiley-VCH Verlag, 2004–2005. ISBN 3527305432.
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* Mosby Medical Encyclopedia. Rev. ed., Penguin USA, 1992.
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* Physician's Desk Reference. Medical Economics, 1947-.
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* The World Book/Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center Medical Encyclopedia: Your Guide to Good Health. World Book, 1991.

##### History of medicine

* Bynum, W. F. and Roy Porter. Companion Encyclopedia of the History of Medicine. Routledge, 1994.
* McGrew, Roderick E. and Margaret P. McGrew. Encyclopedia of Medical History. McGraw-Hill, 1985.

##### Medical ethics

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##### Medical tests

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* Pinckney, Cathey and Edward R. Pinckney. Do-It-Yourself Medical Testing. 3rd ed., Facts on File, 1989.
* Pinckney, Cathey and Edward R. Pinckney. The Patient's Guide to Medical Tests. 3rd ed., Facts on File, 1986.
* Shtasel, Philip. Medical Tests and Diagnostic Procedures. HarperCollins, 1991.
* Sobel, David and Tom Ferguson. People's Book of Medical Tests. Summit Books, 1985.

##### Natural and alternative medicine

* Bricklin, Mark. Practical Encyclopedia of Natural Healing. Rev. ed., Rodale, 1983.
* Bricklin, Mark. Rodale's Encyclopedia of Natural Home Remedies. Rodale, 1982.
* Murray, Michael T. & Joseph E. Pizzorno. An Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine. Prima Publishing, 1991.
* Olsen, Kristin. Encyclopedia of Alternative Health Care. Pocket Books, 1990.
* Visual Encyclopedia of Natural Healing. Rodale, 1991.
* Wade, Carlson. Home Encyclopedia of Symptoms, Ailments, and Their Natural Remedies. Parker, 1991.

##### Nursing

* Marquis Who's Who. Who's who in American nursing. Marquis Who's Who, 1984-.

##### Veterinary medicine

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* Concise Veterinary Dictionary. Oxford, 1988.
* Griffin, James and Tom Gore. Horse Owner's Veterinary Handbook. Howell Book House, 1989.
* Merck Veterinary Manual. Merck.
* Plumb, Donald C. Plumb's veterinary drug handbook. PharmaVet ; Distributed by Wiley, c2011. ISBN 9780470959640.
* West, Geoffrey. Black's Veterinary Dictionary. Barnes & Noble Books, 1992.

### Microbiology

* Britton, Gabriel. Encyclopedia of environmental microbiology. Wiley, 2002. ISBN 0471354503.
* Lederberg, Joshua. Encyclopedia of microbiology. Academic Press, 2000. ISBN 0122268008.

### Neuroscience

* Houdé, Olivier Daniel Kayser, Vivian Waltz, Christian Cav. Dictionary of cognitive science: Neuroscience, psychology, artificial intelligence, linguistics, and philosophy. Psychology Press, 2004. ISBN 1579582516.

### Prehistoric life

* Dixon, Dougal. The Macmillan Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals: A Visual Who's Who of Prehistoric Life. Macmillan, 1988.
* Encyclopedia of Prehistoric Life. McGraw-Hill, 1979.

### Shells

* Abbott, Tucker and Peter Dance. Compendium of Seashells. American Melacologists, 4th ed., 1990.
* Collector's Encyclopedia of Shells. McGraw-Hill, 1982.
* Rehder, Harald Alfred, James H. Carmichael, Jr., Carol Nehring, National Audubon Society. The Audubon Society field guide to North American seashells. Knopf, 1981. ISBN 0394519132.
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* Murray, Michael T.

## Footnotes

* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 Guide to Reference: Biology
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Kister, 1994, p. 329-330.
* 1 2 3 Kister, 1994, p. 374.
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Guide to Reference: Biography
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 Guide to Reference: Agriculture
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Kister, 1994, p. 333.
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Kister, 1994, p. 331.
* 1 2 3 Kister, 1994, p. 332-333.
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Kister, 1994, p. 334.
* ↑ Kister, 1994, p. 333-334.
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Kister, 1994, p. 332.
* 1 2 3 4 5 Kister, 1994, p. 329.
* ↑ Kister, 1994, p. 331-332.
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Kister, 1994, p. 370.
* 1 2 3 4 5 Kister, 1994, p. 372.
* 1 2 3 Guide to Reference: Anthropology and Ethnology
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Kister, 1994, p. 335.
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Kister, 1994, p. 336.
* 1 2 Kister, 1994, p. 336-337.
* 1 2 Guide to Reference: Art and Architecture
* 1 2 Kister, 1994, p. 337.
* ↑ Kister, 1994, p. 334-335.
* ↑ Kister, 1994, p. 330-331.
* ↑ Kroeger, 1911, p. 13.
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Kister, 1994, p. 359.
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Kister, 1994, p. 360.
* 1 2 3 4 5 Kister, 1994, p. 361.
* 1 2 Kister, 1994, p. 359-360.
* 1 2 3 4 5 Kister, 1994, p. 360-361.
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Kister, 1994, p. 371.
* 1 2 3 4 Kister, 1994, p. 372-373.
* ↑ Kister, 1994, p. 371-372.
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 Kister, 1994, p. 368-369.
* 1 2 3 4 5 Kister, 1994, p. 373.
* 1 2 Kister, 1994, p. 374-375.
* 1 2 3 Kister, 1994, p. 369-370.
* ↑ Guide to Reference: History of the Americas
* ↑ Kister, 1994, p. 434.
* ↑ Kister, 1994, p. 370-371.
* ↑ Guide to Reference: Gender Studies
* 1 2 Guide to Reference: Philosophy
* 1 2 3 4 5 Kister, 1994, p. 373-374.