Defines 16,500 terms from biology, botany and zoology. McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology . Edited by Sybil P. Parker. McGraw-Hill Inc., 1987. Although this is a general science encyclopedia, biology is covered in depth.
Articles range in size from one paragraph to several pages.
Includes many illustrations and tables. Roe, Keith E. and Frederick, Richard G. Dictionary of Theoretical Concepts in Biology . Attempts to provide access to the literature on named theoretical concepts by citing original sources and reviews in which these concepts are explained. Includes 1,166 named concepts, arranged alphabetically, from the fields of plant and animal biology. Edited by Dr. H.C. Bernhard Grzimek.