This book is part of a book series called Dk Guides .
This is a guide book. This book was published 2006 by Dorling Kindersley Ltd .
Michael Allaby has written numerous books on nature, the environment, and weather, including Facts On File's highly successful Dangerous Weather set, two of the four volumes in the Ecosystem set, and the recently published two-volume Encyclopedia of Weather and Climate. He resides in Tighnabruaich, Scotland.