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This book is for students, researchers, teachers, writers, and others interested in science. It contains over 5,000 terms in animal behavior, biogeography, ecology, entomology, evolution, genetics, psychology, systematics, statistics, and other related sciences. It is formatted like a standard dictionary and depending on the term; it contains multiple definitions listed chronologically; term hierarchies summarized in tables; definition sources; directives that show where a concept is defined under a synonymous name and concepts related to focal ones; non-technical and obsolete definitions; pronunciations; synonyms; classifications of organisms and descriptions of many taxa; and organizations relevant to animal behavior, ecology, evolution, and related sciences. This book discusses how definitions impact the way people communicate and relates controversies regarding the meanings of many terms.