The Ecology Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained Hardcover

Ecology asks what happens between living things rather than inside them, and that shift is where the subject gets interesting. Across 352 pages this volume traces the field from early natural history through to present work on biodiversity loss and climate response, explaining each major concept with the series' graphic approach. Food webs, energy flow, population cycles, ecological succession and conservation practice are all set out with diagrams that make the relationships visible rather than described. Short biographies of naturalists and ecologists give the ideas a human sequence, so the theory arrives attached to the people who argued for it. How it is put together: • Concepts from food webs through to conservation biology • Graphic explanations of energy flow and population change • Coverage of biodiversity loss and climate response • Biographical notes on the naturalists who shaped the field Suited to environmental science students, curious general readers and teachers gathering classroom material, published by DK and available through Boipoka.