"This text is designed for more senior undergraduate courses. As such it is a useful summary of work which
would find a ready audience in ecology courses. The first chapters looking at fossils and evolution should also
be required reading in geological circles as well. Finally, there is a great deal of information for the ecology
teacher. The trends in research, detailed examples of interactions and the clear history mean that there is much
that can be gained from this text. It deserves a wide readership."
--Dr Paul S Ganderton, TEGNews Book Review Editor, British Ecological Society
Publisher Web Site, September, 2003
Summary
Interactions between plants and animals are incredibly diverse and complex and span terrestrial, atmospheric
and aquatic environments. The last decade has seen the emergence of a vast quantity of data on the subject and
there is now a perceived need among both teachers and undergraduate students for a new textbook that incorporates
the numerous recent advances made in the field. The book is intended for use by advanced level undergraduate and
beginning graduate students, taking related courses in wider ecology degree programmes.
Very few books cover this subject and those that do are out of date.
