TY  - BOOK
AU  - Spellman,Frank R.
AU  - Price-Bayer,Joni
TI  - The handbook of nature
SN  - 9781605907734 (cloth : alk. paper)
AV  - QH45.5 .S63 2012
U1  - 508 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Lanham
PB  - Government Institutes
KW  - Natural history
KW  - Popular works
KW  - Local
KW  - Earth sciences
KW  - Handbooks, manuals, etc
KW  - Biology
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; pt. 1. What Is Nature? -- Introduction -- pt. 2. Earth's Structure -- Composition of Earth -- Reshaping Earth -- pt. 3. The Atmosphere : Earth's Breath -- The Atmosphere -- Atmospheric Water Phenomena -- Atmosphere in Motion -- Weather and Climate -- pt. 4. Water : Earth's Blood -- Water on Earth -- All about Water -- Earth's Oceans and Their Margins -- Running Waters -- Still Waters -- pt. 5. Earth's Life Forms -- Biosphere -- Ecosystems -- The Fundamental Unit of Life -- Biological Diversity -- Animal Groups -- pt. 6. Wilderness -- Land Organism -- Glossary
ER  -