BISAC Subject Headings List

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NATURE

For subheadings that overlap those in the SCIENCE section, use subjects in this section for works aimed at a lay audience and use subjects in the SCIENCE section for scholarly works and/or works aimed at professionals.

NAT000000   NATURE / General

NAT039000   NATURE / Animal Rights

NAT001000   NATURE / Animals / General

NAT003000   NATURE / Animals / Bears

NAT042000   NATURE / Animals / Big Cats

NAT043000   NATURE / Animals / Birds

NAT005000   NATURE / Animals / Butterflies & Moths

NAT007000   NATURE / Animals / Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures

NAT012000   NATURE / Animals / Fish

NAT016000   NATURE / Animals / Horses

NAT017000   NATURE / Animals / Insects & Spiders

NAT019000   NATURE / Animals / Mammals

NAT020000   NATURE / Animals / Marine Life

NAT002000   NATURE / Animals / Primates

NAT028000   NATURE / Animals / Reptiles & Amphibians

NAT037000   NATURE / Animals / Wildlife

NAT044000   NATURE / Animals / Wolves

NAT004000   NATURE / Birdwatching Guides

NAT050000   NATURE / Cultural Botany *

NAT009000   NATURE / Earthquakes & Volcanoes

NAT010000   NATURE / Ecology

NAT045000   NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / General

NAT045050   NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Coastal Regions & Shorelines

NAT045010   NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Deserts

NAT014000   NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Forests & Rainforests

NAT018000   NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Lakes, Ponds & Swamps

NAT041000   NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Mountains

NAT025000   NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Oceans & Seas

NAT045020   NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Plains & Prairies

NAT045030   NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Polar Regions

NAT029000   NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Rivers

NAT045040   NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Wilderness

NAT046000   NATURE / Endangered Species

NAT011000   NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection

NAT024000   NATURE / Essays

NAT051000   NATURE / Foraging *

NAT015000   NATURE / Fossils

NAT022000   NATURE / Fungi & Mushrooms

NAT052000   NATURE / Indigenous Stewardship *

                       NATURE / Minerals see Rocks & Minerals

NAT023000   NATURE / Natural Disasters

NAT038000   NATURE / Natural Resources

NAT026000   NATURE / Plants / General

NAT047000   NATURE / Plants / Aquatic

NAT048000   NATURE / Plants / Cacti & Succulents

NAT013000   NATURE / Plants / Flowers

NAT034000   NATURE / Plants / Trees

NAT027000   NATURE / Reference

NAT049000   NATURE / Regional

NAT030000   NATURE / Rocks & Minerals

NAT031000   NATURE / Seashells

NAT032000   NATURE / Seasons

NAT033000   NATURE / Sky Observation

                     NATURE / Taxidermy see CRAFTS & HOBBIES / Taxidermy

                       NATURE / Volcanoes see Earthquakes & Volcanoes or SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Seismology & Volcanism

NAT036000   NATURE / Weather

If your title does not have subject content, i.e. a blank book, please use the Non-Classifiable term below. Otherwise, use the Subject/General term in the closest descriptive area. NON000000 NON-CLASSIFIABLE

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