Ecology and Earth History

This volume outlines in simple terms the basic concepts of ecology. It is not a textbook of ecology, but an introduction to the subject and to the more advanced presentations of special aspects that will appear in succeeding volumes. There are many excellent textbooks of ecology, to some of which the reader is referred and to which the present volume should also serve as a useful primer. I have linked this presentation of ecological theory to a survey of present theories of Earth History. A...