Ecology and Natural History

David M. Wilkinson is an ecologist with very wide interest, having published research on organisms ranging from bacteria to sauropod dinosaurs. He was a Reader in environmental science at Liverpool John Moores University, where he taught for almost a quarter of a century. He is now visiting Professor in ecology at the University of Lincoln, and an honorary research fellow in archaeology at the University of Nottingham. His book Fundamental Processes in Ecology; An Earth Systems Approach won the British Ecological Society’s Marsh Book of the Year Award in 2007.

‘All books in the New Naturalist series deal with ecology and natural history in one way or another, but this is the first to take ecology itself as the main theme. It provides a broad but comprehensive overview of the subject … The author has a pleasant ‘storytelling’ style, well suited to the task; this is a book that could, I think, be read and understood by anyone with a keen interest. I’ve bought plenty of books in this series over the years but this is the first for a while that I’ve been inspired to read through, cover to cover, within a few days.’ Ian Carter, British Birds‘Gives a real feel of what ecologists actually have to do, and how their methods and conclusions are changing … Hasbeen done very well, combining the scientific knowledge intoan interesting story … An excellent book’ The LinneanPraise for David M. Wilkinson‘Wilkinson offers answers as good as science currently can deliver’ Science‘This is a fascinating book. Every ecologist will profit from reading it’ Basic and Applied Ecology‘Extraordinarily readable and accessible … Examines some of the very basic questions underlying ecology in its widest sense’ British Ecological Society BulletinPraise for the New Naturalist series‘Taken either individually or as a whole, they are one of the proudest achievements of modern publishing’ The Sunday Times‘The series is an amazing achievement’ The Times Literary Supplement