Bücher der Reihe Outline Studies in Ecology

This text on animal pollution dynamics should be of interest to those studying ecology, population dynamics and pest control.

This book is about the regeneration of plants from seed under field conditions. The in teractions between plants and animals seen in pollination, seed dispersal and predation provide excellent material for the study of coevolution.

I have used Chapter I to introduce a number of ideas, beginning with the nature of vegetation in space, then passing to an introduction to the nature of changes in vegetation with time, in particular those generally known as successions.

This study presents a concise review of current studies in island ecology, considering both real islands surrounded by oceans, and habitat "islands" surrounded by more or less inhospitable terrain.

In this small book I have tried to confine myself to the absolute necessities in a field which requires a knowledge of both biology and physics. Advanced students will be able to take the subject further if they look up some of the references.