The Ecology Book – Big Ideas Simply Explained – Dorling Kindersley

The Ecology Book examines how living things connect with each other and with the environments they inhabit, how ecosystems change over time, and why biodiversity is significant. It also looks at the long history of attempts to classify the natural world and explain how it works, set alongside the increasing influence of human activity on the planet. Written in plain English, the book sets out more than 90 key ideas in short, accessible entries. Explanations are supported by step-by-step diagrams, quotations, and illustrations, with content spanning biology, geology, geography, and environmentalism. It moves from classical thinkers and Enlightenment approaches to ordering nature through to discoveries such as DNA and theories including the Gaia hypothesis. Key details More than 90 ideas across ecology and related subjects Plain-English text presented in concise entries Step-by-step diagrams, quotations, and illustrat...