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I've edited four dictionaries published by Oxford University Press. Oxford Dictionary of Plant Sciences is in its second edition, the others are in their third editions

Oxford Dictionary of Earth Sciences
Oxford Dictionary of Earth Sciences

"I marvel at how the editors have compressed so much so clearly … a feat which occurs only once in a blue moon - and even that is defined!" Nature.

"… can really claim to offer comprehensive coverage of the earth sciences." Times Educational Supplement.

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Oxford Dictionary of Plant Sciences
Oxford Dictionary of Plant Sciences

"Allaby succeeds remarkably well over a wide range of disciplines … leaves one a better informed person, and who could ask for more from a dictionary?" Peter D. Moore, Times Higher Educational Supplement.

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Oxford Dictionary of Zoology
Oxford Dictionary of Zoology

"… a fine compendium of unquestionable use … Make sure you have an Allaby handy." Nature.

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Oxford Dictionary of Ecology
Oxford Dictionary of Ecology

"Comprehensive coverage of ecology and the environmental sciences." BBC Wildlife.

"I shall certainly use it and so will my colleagues and students. That makes it valuable - by definition." John Lawton, Nature.

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