What is ecology? -- Nature's producers -- Transfer of energy -- Food webs -- Recycling to live -- Water cycle -- Carbon on the move -- Keeping th earth fertile -- Life-giving soil -- Distribution of life -- Eloclogiacl niche -- Studying populations -- Checks on population growth -- Family strategies -- Time and nature -- Ecology and evolution -- Life in the ocean -- Surviving in arid lands -- World of ebb and flow -- Leaves and needles -- Riches of the reef -- Sharing the grasslands -- Where river meets sea -- Scaling the heights -- Fresh waters -- Incredible diversity -- Human ecology -- Human impact -- Ecology today -- Did you know? -- Zones of life -- Find out more -- Glossary -- Index
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Illustrations and text provide information about ecology in general, specific ecosystems, and our changing understanding of life around us