Information covering important topics for today's educators and parents. This 1963 book, part the Life Nature Library Series produced by Time-Life Books, introduces readers to the emerging study of ecology. Topics are presented in a series of text chapters, with marginal illustrations on specific points and a concluding picture essay. The picture essays complement the chapters that they follow, sometimes by illustrating the subject in depth, sometimes by covering supplementary subject material. This book begins a brief review of the web of life.
Subsequent chapters explore communities, adaptation, natural selection, and population ecology.
The book is illustrated with color photographs, diagrams, and maps. A summary of the major biomes of the world and bibliographic references are also provided.