Macmillan encyclopedia of the environment
By: general editor, Stephen R. Kellert ; associate editors, Matthew Black, Richard Haley.
Contributors: Kellert, Stephen R.; Black, Matthew, naturalist.; Haley, Richard.
Publisher: Macmillan Library Reference USA; Simon & Schuster and Prentice Hall International; Macmillan Library Reference
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 797
Subjects: Environmental sciences -- Dictionaries, Juvenile.; Environmental protection -- Dictionaries.; Ecology -- Dictionaries.
Other titles: Environment
Description: Provides basic information about such topics as minerals, energy resources, pollution, soils and erosion, wildlife and extinction, agriculture, the ocean, wilderness, hazardous wastes, population, environmental laws, ecology, and evolution.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. A-C; title: v. 2. D-F; title: v. 3. G-L; title: v. 4. M-P; title: v. 5. P-S; title: v. 6. T-Z.